[TXnMA]

"Now let the dad take care of the child."

That particular "Dad" is also deployed to iraq.

Since there were no relatives who were capable of "parenting" the child, my daughter (a fellow officer and ROTC roommate) became "the plan"...

AFAIK, as far as the Army is concerned, all my daughter gets out of this is responsibilty for a fourth pre-schooler for a year -- and the gratitude of a dear friend...

Looks like a deficiency in logistic planning on the part of the Army to me...

[Hulka]

That's nice, but it didn't address my point about others (mostly men) that have to take up the slack for her poor planning.
And please see the post by the guy that is in the unit.
Very telling.
And the military is not a social welfare agency, it has a mission and day-care is not a core mission.