Online dating in war zones

USA Today (via Danger Room):

“It always amazes me when I think about how I had to go to Iraq to meet the person I would be with back in the United States,” says Jonathan Stoddard, 26, who met Lisa Wagner online while serving as a Marine lieutenant in Anbar province and married her in Fullerton, Calif., last Oct. 26. … Their first get-acquainted chats were over a satellite phone with Jonathan huddled outside — to get the uplink — dressed out in helmet and body armor.

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