Jail time for pregnant soldiers?

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

hmm.

Tbonez · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 7:03 am Post subject:

It appears the military is completely full...With policies like these its obvious that they dont need to keep or recruit people...

boardordie · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 7:51 am Post subject:

I've heard a lot of accounts where female enlisted soldiers are getting out of going over to the great big sandbox by getting pregnant.

J_DOGG · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 8:00 am Post subject:

Sounds about right to me - you join the military - you give up all your rights for the next 4 years now deal with it!!!

Classic!!! The militaries true colors are shining through!

Why not let them have the kid and just hold it hostage until both parents serve the full 4 years.
If they both die the military gets to keep your child and raise it to be a bar coded assassin. win win for everyone!!! LOL..

Honestly they should have thought of this before they let woman serve side by side with men.

Is the US Military indicating they are having a hard time filling positions???
Where are all the good little Patriots lining up to get in??? Well run dry?LOL....

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

Dumb bishes.

Commodore · Ladies Man Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 11636

J_DOGG, there is so much sarcasm in there I can't find your point. Honestly. Please explain your opinion.

J_DOGG · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 9:16 am Post subject:

haugy, Honestly they should have thought of this before they let woman serve side by side with men.

Broccoli B · Posted: Dec 21, 2009 11:05 am Post subject:

That's right! They should be in the mess hall makin pies!

LeHabanero · Addict Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 786 City: hagerstown

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Is it illegal for a male in the military to willfully acquire a medical condition that would remove him from combat?

Yes.

Why should it be different for women?

I've been having sex probably 3x a week for 18 years. (average, dry spells and torrential floods taken into account) and I only got one woman pregnant, and it was on purpose. Go figure.

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

^ bingo, you can't shoot yourself in the foot to get out of duty. You sure as hell shouldn't be able to let someone shoot you in the ovaries to get out.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

lots of stupid in this thread. starting w/ the op.

YELLOWMOBIUS · Addict Joined: 25 Apr 2004 Posts: 776 City: da region

^^ care to explain o great one?

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

no problem, lamb.

1st, you really think this new source is accurate? the world news is a good source for accurate reporting of us army regulations and how they are handled? you are a moron if you do. if you are cb, you are simply trolling for responses because you are bored.

2nd, a major general in command of an infantry division can't put anyone in jail, much less dictate military policy. there is due process in the military and no one is getting arrested for getting pregnant w/o half the nation giving their $0.02 before it happens.

3rd, w/ just some minimal googling and a tiny bit of common sense/knowledge of how the us military works, you would know that this is going to get killed from above w/i a week.

Neognosis · Ladies Man Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 17617 City: Webster

Here's CNN's version of the story

http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/12/21/iraq.us.soldiers.pregnancy/

Lop · Posted: Dec 22, 2009 6:57 am Post subject:

ccrider89 · Criminal Joined: 09 May 2007 Posts: 54 City: Montreal

Forced abortion

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

no woman will ever be put in jail because of this. not one.

breazy · Criminal Joined: 13 May 2009 Posts: 91

As a Former Marine, I've seen women get pregnant to avoid deployment. I watched my friend go from being scheduled to deploy 6 months down the line to leaving in 2 days. JT they very well can and should punish the women whom get pregnant to avoid or during deployment. Our standing orders while deployed were ZERO SEXUAL CONTACT. It costs alot of money to send one person home because they got pregnant, and bring out a replacement. Its even worse when you are a mission critical job with very little personel in your specialty. If they want to jail them thats fine with me, restriction seems like a better option, but I'm not the General or the person that will deal with their NJP. Either way they shouldn't just get to go back home or stay home with no punishment what so ever since what they're doing is counter to the mission and their unit.

For what its worth, No military personnel will wind up in jail unless convicted by a court marshall. Without courtmarshall, I believe, off the top of my head, the highest penalty one could get in the Marine Corps would is 90 days restriction to barracks and loss of 1/2 each months pay for the same time length.

Hell its only six-eighteen months, do the time then get pregnant right when you get back if you want a kid that bad, but getting pregnant to avoid/leave early a deployment is not the reason to be bringing a kid into this world anywas.

Just my .02

Tbonez · Posted: Dec 23, 2009 4:49 am Post subject:

The idea that the government can tell people what they can and cant do with their twigs and berries just doesnt sit right...I guess thats one of many reasons why Im not in the military...

boardordie · Posted: Dec 23, 2009 5:10 am Post subject:

Former Army National Guard... my comment above was based on talking with old contacts over the last few months that are still at my old unit and with others I met during my time in service.

JT... I compare this to the gay and lesbian enlistees who all of the sudden came out of the closet when the first Gulf war came around. It only came out when they wanted to stay state side and not get deployed. It unfortunately resulted in the Don't Tell Don't Ask laws currently in use. The females in today's military have found a loop hole for this conflict/war like the gays found during the last major conflict.

Side note... it is extremely funny (at least for me) to see all the college kids who signed up for the "free" education through the Reserve and Guard whining about getting deployed. "My recruiter told me my unit would never get deployed! I don't want to go to (insert country)!" I find it really funny that none of these people ever thought that being in the military could result in fighting overseas. I was lucky and missed getting deployed by six months because my service obligations were done. I thought really long and hard about re-enlisting but decided I had had enough of the military and it was time to exit stage left.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

^ i agree 100% with boardordie,

ScottyB_RochNY · Addict Joined: 09 Jun 2004 Posts: 971 City: Rochester

I also agree with jt09 that no pregnant women are going to jail. But I do agree there should be punishment as this is clearly abusing the ability to get pregnant and a severe infraction of the rules that the soldier AGREED to.

kyle f · Addict Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 835 City: Norris Lake

just read on yahoo, policy is officially lifted.

You cant mess with a pregnant woman.

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin