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3	''Army Wives'' is a show on Creator/{{Lifetime}} about Army wives (and [[TheOneGuy one Army husband]]). It stars Creator/DrewFuller, Creator/CatherineBell, Creator/KimDelaney, Creator/SallyPressman, Creator/BrigidBrannagh, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/BrianMcNamara, Creator/WendyDavis, Creator/KatelynPippy, and Creator/TerrySerpico. The show started in 2007 and ended in 2013 after seven seasons. A two-hour special celebrating the series aired on March 16, 2014.
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5	!!This show provides examples of:
6	* AbusiveOffspring: Jeremy slaps his mother Denise in a fit of rage over not getting into the military school that he wanted and the subsequent dialogue makes it clear this has been happening for some time.
7	* AttemptedRape: While alone with a male friend of her husband's, Claudia Joy is nearly raped by him. She escapes by beating him up, however.
8	* BolivianArmyCliffhanger: The season one finale: [[spoiler: A man walked into The Hump Bar and set off a bomb he had strapped to his chest.]]
9	%%* ButICantBePregnant: Ties in with...
10	%%** LawOfInverseFertility for [[spoiler: Denise]].
11	* ConvenientMiscarriage: Not so for [[spoiler: Roxy and Trevor, who were looking forward to their third child.]]
12	* DomesticAbuse: In the first season, Jeremy is abusing his mother, Denise. In season four, Denise helps a new friend get away from her abusive husband.
13	* FatalFamilyPhoto: [[spoiler: Jeremy's friend, Mark in season 3.]]
14	* FourthDateMarriage: Jeremy proposes to his girlfriend only weeks after meeting her. Roxy and Trevor married after only knowing each other for four days.
15	* HappilyMarried: Roxy and Trevor, Michael and Claudia Joy. Not so much for Denise and Frank and Pamela and Chase, although Denise and Frank have made up. Roland and Joan have also had problems, but they also made up.
16	%%* InsatiableNewlyweds: Trevor and Roxy.
17	* IronicEcho: used in seasons three's episode, M.I.A.
18	* IvyLeagueForEveryone: Claudia Joy and Michael met at Harvard.
19	* KeepTheHomeFiresBurning: The entire concept of the show.
20	%%* KilledOffForReal: Jeremy, Claudia Joy
21	* LawOfInverseFertility: Denise was told she couldn't have kids after son Jeremy's birth. [[spoiler: Twenty years later, she learns she's pregnant.]]
22	%%* LipstickLesbian: Charlie in season six.
23	* MilitaryBrat: Jeremy Sherwood (in the Army himself), TJ, Finn, Wyatt, and Drew [=LeBlanc=], Katie and Lucas Moran, Sara Elizabeth Burton, David Burton, and Sophie Clark
24	%%* PlatonicLifePartners: Denise and Roland
25	%%* PutOnABus: Pamela in season six.
26	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Catherine Bell's pregnancy [[spoiler: was written in during season four.]]
27	* ScreamingBirth: [[spoiler: Denise]] in the fourth season finale.
28	* SeriesContinuityError: In a season two episode, Denise mentions brothers. In a season four episodes, two sisters show up. They're her only siblings.
29	* TheOneGuy: Roland is the "Army Husband" among Claudia Joy, Denise, Pam, and Roxy.
30	* TimeSkip: The tenth episode of season four skipped ahead six months.
31	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: A season three episode flashes back to the main characters playing Army Wives in the '40s as the current versions of the past Army Wives are telling the story to the current ones.

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