FAIRBANKS — It’s a cool Wednesday morning in September in Fairbanks, the type of fall morning on which you might see soldiers at nearby Fort Wainwright out for a run.
But instead of training their bodies, 19 soldiers from Task Force 49’s 6th Squadron, 17th Cavalry and their wives are at the Alpine Lodge, training for better marriages.
For the past three days, Lt. Col Jack Woodford, chaplain for Task Force 49, has been going over tips for a successful marriage at the Strong Bonds Training for Couples retreat. In the closing hour of the session, he reminds the couples, none of whom are in uniform, to “sharpen the saw,” to work every day to improve their marriage, and he leaves them with a parting word about intimacy.
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