[Nachum]

That's one way to come home early.

[maestro]

Planned Parenthoods

[looscnnn]

"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."

How do you not know you are pregnant? I would think the weight gain/enlarged stomach, lack of periods, etc. would be clues to at least see a doctor.

[ken5050]

If there are that many pregancies, when condoms and othe birth control measures are so readily available, then the amount and frequency of "hooking-up" among members of the miliotary must be staggering.. Of course, it's perfectly natural..take young men and women, in top physical shape...put them in close proximity, in a high-stress enviroment, with few other diversions, and what do you expect...ultimately, and tragically, I fear it will lead to a breakdown in what can be called "military cohesion"

[Jim Riggs]

I was in the army mostly during peace time, and when the unit went to California for a month deployment and training most of the women got pregnant, and most of them not all of them, 2 weeks after the unit was gone well lets say they were not pregnant anymore

this has happened for a while and is nothing new to the us army

[NJ_gent]

Queue the "women shouldn't be in the military blah blah blah get back in the kitchen" in 5... 4... 3...

[devane617]

I remember reading the data from Aircraft Carriers about the pregnancy rate, and was shocked!

[thoughtomator]

Why should the Army be embarassed? Mixed-gender forces were imposed on them by politicians over military protest. Pregnancies were inevitable - they are, any time a large number of men and women are in close contact over extended periods of time. It is the politicians that should be embarassed.

[LetsRok]

How about dishonorable discharges for all of them unless they can prove they were impregnated by their husbands before leaving for duty?

[Constitution Day]

placemarker

[Sender]

"Oh, I thought you said to clean my GUN, Sergeant."

[TheBattman]

Would an unwed female soldier getting pregnant while deployed not be considered "conduct unbecoming"?

Is this also not one of the many arguments against women in the military - particularly in "front line" sort of rolls?

[Not A Snowbird]

Why are they surprised? This is bound to happen anytime you put young men and young women in close proximity away from home.

[valkyrieanne]

Just let Congress try to enact a draft law that includes women. Our birth rate problems will be over, because you can have and nurse a LOT of babies between age 18 and 25.

[k2blader]

And then some idiots, even on FR, want to draft women.

[Ruth A.]

Its been happening on the ships for years. The women go home early and get shore billets. Guess what. There are less shore billets available for the sailors who have done their time at sea.

[The_Media_never_lie]

Wonder how much of this is due to "emergency sex"?

[BurbankKarl]

Is abortion legal in the military?