Pregnant soldiers leaving Iraq

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Registered: 05-18-2004
Pregnant soldiers leaving Iraq
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Thu, 06-17-2004 - 4:14pm
Women in the military....well at least they are good for morale.


http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/holnus/003200406170322.htm

Pregnant soldiers leaving Iraq, US "unaware of numbers"

Washington, June 17. (PTI): Many U.S. women soldiers in Iraq are leaving the frontline and returning home, but the Pentagon does not want to reveal their numbers as the "embarrassing" statistic includes unwed mothers, media reported on Wednesday.

"U.S. Central Command is not tracking the number of troops who must leave the Iraq war theatre due to pregnancy, prompting military advocates to charge that the Pentagon wants to keep secret what could be an embarrassing statistic," The Washington Times said in a report.

The paper said that there have been anecdotal reports of unmarried women soldiers becoming pregnant in Iraq. One military police unit reported losing three women for that reason.

Lynndie England, the 21-year-old photographed holding a leash attached to a naked Iraqi prisoner, became pregnant during an affair with another soldier at the Abu Ghraib prison compound in Iraq, it said.

But overall numbers are hard to come by. "We are definitely not tracking it," said a spokesman for U.S. Central Command, which runs the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

"I have been attending operations briefings for two years, and I don't think I have heard once that pregnancy has come up."

As in the case of England, said the paper, pregnancies can be embarrassing to the military. In May 2003, the Marine Corps was forced to bring a Marine back home after she gave birth on a Navy warship in the Persian Gulf. She told superiors that she did not know she was pregnant.

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iVillage Member
Registered: 05-18-2004
Fri, 06-18-2004 - 1:18pm
"I would think that the 'embarrassment' would be because they obviously don't provide their enlisted with access to birth control... "

No the embarrassment is because this exact thing was predict as a problem with women in the military along with several other problems. In order to be politically correct the military ignored it. Women do not belong in combat or in isolated locations (ships and subs) for long periods of time with men. It is a detriment to our military.

Jim

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 06-18-2004 - 5:11pm
Sorry for sounding like I was coming on strong...guess I've just had to put up with some 'backward' thinking elsewhere (not here on the boards).

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Registered: 03-23-2003
Fri, 06-18-2004 - 5:14pm

Women do not belong in combat or in isolated locations (ships and subs) for long periods of time with men. It is a detriment to our military.



Gee, and here I thought our military men should have more control than that...

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Registered: 04-16-2003
Sat, 06-19-2004 - 12:33pm
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I agree

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 06-24-2004 - 9:37am

Is this the same open-ended comment without any logical thought or rationalization as "allowing homosexuals to marry will undermine the very core of civilization?"


This is the same mentality found back in the 50s and 60s where, when a woman got pregnant it was all her fault, and no fault of the man's.

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Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 06-24-2004 - 9:42am

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Yes, and men certainly have nothing to do with it.

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Registered: 05-18-2004
Thu, 06-24-2004 - 9:51am
"Is this the same open-ended comment without any logical thought or rationalization as "

"Trust me, buddy..."

"You make it sound like any female involved in anything is only there just so she can lose her clothes and spread her legs. And the mentality you show here is the exact same mentality that wouldn't mind jumping right in when said legs get spread...regardless of the circumstances."

Exactly how do you want me to respond to this? You mention my statement is without logic. You sarcastically call me "buddy". Then you make the assertion that I couldn't resist "Jumping right into spread legs" because I don't have the mental capacity to resist doing so.

This post doesn't deserve the time I've spent writing this. It isn't meant to further discussion of women in the military. It is meant to insult. I will have no part of it.

Jim

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Registered: 04-09-2003
Thu, 06-24-2004 - 11:17am
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lol you must not have read my other post when people questioned me regarding this statment. Not going to repeat myself.

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Registered: 07-01-2004
Fri, 07-02-2004 - 3:16pm
>Doesn't the military have some type of regulation about fraternization?<

As far as I know, the fraternization rules apply mostly to such between enlisted and officers...but I could be wrong.

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Registered: 04-09-2003
Sat, 07-03-2004 - 12:13pm
"Women do not belong in combat or in isolated locations (ships and subs) for long periods of time with men."

Where do women belong?

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