According to an article in the New York Times, the army base at Fort Bragg, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, is experiencing a baby boom of unprecedented scope.
The base is home to the 82nd airborne, division, some 22,000 troops who
were deployed en masse in the Iraq "surge" -- nine months after the
soldiers began returning to their families, the surge was on at the
local maternity ward. It's not just the 82nd; another nearly 30,000
soldiers also contributed to a flood of pregnancies that's swamping not
only the hospital but also local businesses -- apparently Target is
selling out of cribs and the embroidery kiosk at the mall is all backed
up doing camouflage diaper bags. Earlier this month, a mass baby shower
was held to honor 1,000 soon-to-be moms at the base.
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