<p>Interesting. Anyone have any further info on this:</p>
<p>Pregnancy</a> in Iraq could mean court-martial - Army News, news from Iraq, - Army Times</p>
<p>I support this policy 100%. Some (but not all) women choose to get pregnant just to avoid deployment, or to get sent home from a deployment. Time to stop with the free passes. If you didn’t want to serve, you shouldn’t have joined.</p>
<p>It looks as if the policy is a no-go:
[url=<a href=“http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401830.html]washingtonpost.com[/url”>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/24/AR2009122401830.html]washingtonpost.com[/url</a>]</p>
<p>Of course it’s a no-go. This is an untouchable issue. And a well-kept secret of the services. Were the USN to reveal reality of pregnant sailors exiting their ship-board tours, well… Way too much fodder here. And I speculate it’s the ultimate symptom of the principal issue as to why the length of active duty continues to plummet among sailors. Both men and women.</p>
<p>But it can’t be discussed because of where that discussion inevitably leads.</p>
<p>“But it can’t be discussed because of where that discussion inevitably leads.”</p>
<p>Yup, there would be a firestorm if there was suddenly a directive to remove all men from the ships. Only other solution is the one piece jumpsuit that you put on when you board and take off when your deployment is over. (Either that or some self discipline)</p>