Don't accuse the U.S. Army's 1st Armored Division of wasting time. Just over nine months since 5,000 soldiers returned from Iraq to Baumholder Army base in Germany, the place is crawling with newborns. "We normally have one or two births a month here," says Lt. Col. Mike Money, chiefnurse of Baumholder's health clinic. "Now we're having close to 40 a month." In a community of roughly 13,000 people, 400 families are expecting. Base shops have drastically upped inventories of diapers and formula. And with many new moms and dads preparing to redeploy in the fall, next up is expanding the base's daycare facilities. Says Devon Simpson, 27, a communications specialist whose wife, Nakita, 25, a medic, gave birth to twins Joshua and Ciarah in mid-June: "Even in the Army you get time off. But not with these guys."

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Top row, from left: LAURA HAMMOND (with Charlotte), DENISE MILLER (James), STEPHANIE ESPINOSA (Nicolas), TRINA VASQUEZ (Erica) AND VERONICA JOSEPH (Jasmyne).

Second row from top: CRISTINE HOLTGREWE (Anya), JEWEL BURKETT (Brianna), JILL NORRIS (Amina), ANDREA CONDE (Miriam), ANNA HARPER (Nia) AND CHRISTIANA WILLIAMS (Aaylana).

Third row from top: AMBER STEWARD (Tanner), KERRY WARD (Brandon), AMY HERTLING (Jack), AMANDA VINEYARD (Jacob), ANNA GONZALES (Brianna Nicole), ANGELINA HIGGINS (behind Gonzales, with Noa), KELLI GAMBLE (Jeremy), RACHEL MCDONALD (Abigail), NICOLE EBERLE (behind McDonald, with Marvin), MICHELLE LOGAN (Patrick), MARIA SERRA (Mark), SANDY EWERS (Maria), COLLEEN HOFFMAN (Anna Grace), WENDY BUTLER (Blaine), FRANZISKA BEST (Noah Harrison) AND LISA HILTZ (John Philip V).

Front row, in uniform: TIFFANY HAWKINS (Charity), NAKITA SIMPSON (Joshua and Ciarah), JENNIFER KESS (Sean), JESSICA EDWARDS (Noah James) AND DESIREE GARDNER (Jocelyn).