With numerous changes on the way, Lifetime has announced a premiere date for Army Wives Season 7.

The drama will return with 13 all-new episodes on March 10 at 9/8c, leading into the return of The Client List and its second season.

As previously announced, four new characters will join the series this spring, played by Ashanti, Torrey DeVitto, Elle McLemore and Jesse McCartney. Kim Delaney's Claudia Joy, meanwhile, will be killed off.

“We’re all very excited about season seven, in which a new tribe emerges from the shadow of tragedy. Maintaining the enduring premise of Army Wives, the audience will witness a remarkable set of women - some familiar, some new - form friendships that see them through the challenges of Army life as their husbands serve at a dangerous outpost in Afghanistan,” said producer Jeff Melvoin in a statement.

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