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Correspondent jennifer griffin is live from the pentagon now. jennifer, what's been the reaction among men in the military? >> reporter: well hard to generalize, jon, but in general marines and special operators have expressed the biggest skepticism. marines such as ryan smith, a retired sergeant that served in iraq thinks the decision puts live at risk. >> my 1st sergeant was mortally wounded when we were in iraq and in the turret of a amphibious assault vehicle. he was 6'5", roughly 250 pound man. i haven't seen a woman yet be able to pill that man out of amphibious assault vehicle and get h...

proves me wrong. it's unpredictable. you don't want to come out in there. there's the big gust. you don't want to come out in this. we saw people walking around and driving around. it's not a good idea. stay home. stay inside. don't come outside. when you do, when the sun does come up, be careful driving around. there are so many trees down in this area. you never know when there will be a live power line involved with a tree being toppled. >> indeed. driving around may be severely compromised. there have got to be places where there are trees down. suzanne kennedy, thank you so much...

Troops are still deployed. >> i'm starting to have insomnia. i'm not sleeping real well, i'm having nightmares about particular incidents. >> reporter: before those escalate when troops head home. >> what's in his pocket? >> reporter: but sometimes problems with money or marriages don't wait. >> it's hard dealing with, you know, two kids and, you know, an unstable relationship, you know, in itself. >> reporter: 1st sergeant michael bass is dealing with a divorce while deployed. hose not alone. those raids have been steadily rise for years. >> the dear john letters will start coming probably ab...