BAGHDAD, Iraq – They live at Camp Stryker, part of a massive military base in Baghdad, in an eight by 15-foot military trailer with two single beds pushed together. When we stop by to see them the electricity is out. They’re sitting on a storage box, holding a flashlight, chatting in the heat.

But 27-year-old Captain Jessica Hegenbart and 33-year-old Chief Warrant Officer Brian Hegenbart - both Blackhawk pilots - say they’re not complaining.

They’re married but under traditional Army rules they would not be allowed to live together. Now, under a policy quietly introduced in 2006, they can –- if housing is available. Watch video report

“I think it makes it easier for us to unwind than some of the other folks here that don't have their spouse, their best friend, here to share that with,” Jessica says.  “It's harder to communicate over the phone and through email and that's something that we're really lucky to have.”

I ask Brian if his fellow pilots are jealous. “Definitely!” he laughs.  ”Maybe not true jealousy, but in a joking manner I get it all the time from the guys, you know! If I complain about somethin' they're like, whatever, yeah, your wife's here!"

But it’s no laughing matter to know up close the dangers your spouse faces. Brian flies infantry troops on assault missions against al-Qaeda in Iraq; Jessica transports military personnel. They fly the same black helicopters, with two gunners at each window, weapons ready.

“I don't usually worry,” Jessica says, “unless he's getting to the point that he should be home and it's going on a couple hours and I feel like he should have been home by now. So I try not to think about it otherwise.”

Brian adds: “I call her right when I get back in the office,  just to let her know I'm back, just so she doesn't have to worry.”

Back in their trailer - part of a row of the same white “mil vans” protected by concrete blast walls where other personnel, some of them married, live - the Hegenbarts show us the trappings of home: mini-refrigerator, microwave oven, a TV, Playstation and computer, all bought at the PX on base.

Their identical uniforms hang together on a coat stand. Jessica says that on early mornings, when she dresses in the dark, she sometimes puts on Brian’s uniform by mistake.

They’ve been married for three years but Army regulations still apply: no public displays of affection.

I ask them if they ever hug or kiss each other in public on the base. “No m'am,” Brian says. “It's hard sometimes but it can wait until we get back to the room.”

Watch video report on married military life in Baghdad