I’m sorry he didnt’t get to go, but I was referring more to people that have to cover for women like her. Women Marines get away with this kind of stuff all the time. They can just keep getting pregnant and never have the responsibilities (PFT’s, deployments, etc) that my husband and others do. I don’t feel it’s right. It makes me sound like a child to rant about it not being fair, I know, but he goes so much. This last deployment was really bad, both for him and for our family, but we did what we were required to do. She should have to do the same. If not, then she should not be in the Army. Period.
I was doing PT up until the births...I came back from c-sections and PT’d and fulfilled all of my obligations right along with the others. It wasn’t easy, but what is?
People who are going to milk a system are going to milk any system. Good soldiers are good soldiers, and their careers show that.