N.J. Military Families Stung by Loss of Program

Denise Bard with her children Delaney
and Carson.

DELRAN, N.J. — As the wife of a senior master sergeant in the Air Force who is frequently deployed around the world, Denise Bard said she sometimes feels like "a single mother with a marriage license."
But when their son was diagnosed with autism and their daughter with a number of chronic illnesses, the Delran mother of two quickly realized that with her husband, Charlie, away from home so often, she couldn’t handle the responsibilities by herself.