US General Defends Pregnancy Ban

[Peter Parka]

US general defends pregnancy ban
A US Army general in northern Iraq has defended his decision to add pregnancy to the list of reasons a soldier under his command could face court martial.
It is current army policy to send pregnant soldiers home, but Maj Gen Anthony Cucolo told the BBC he was losing people with critical skills.
That was why the added deterrent of a possible court martial was needed, he said.
The new policy applies both to female and male soldiers, even if married.
It is the first time the US Army has made pregnancy a punishable offence.


“ I'm going to take every measure I can to keep them all strong, fit and with me ”
Gen Anthony Cucolo
Gen Cucolo told the BBC it was a "black and white" issue for him.
He said married soldiers in combat zones should either put their love lives on hold - or take precautions.
"I've got a mission to do, I'm given a finite number of soldiers with which to do it and I need every one of them."
"So I'm going to take every measure I can to keep them all strong, fit and with me for the twelve months we are in the combat zone," he said.

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[Peter Parka]

The new policy applies both to female and male soldiers, even if married.

Erm...has this guy had the birds and the bees talk? Men cant get pregnant. :24:

 

[Francis]

Erm...has this guy had the birds and the bees talk? Men cant get pregnant. :24:

I guess he is looking for a honorable discharge of the different kind.. :nod:

 

[AnitaBeer]

Wow. I agree people shouldn't be getting knocked up while overseas or anything, but what about those men who's wifes were pregnant before they left and they want to go home for delivery...EEK. I'm wondering what kinds of problems this is going to bring up.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

I wonder what kinda problems it brings up when a soldier comes home for the first time in three years to find his wife knocked up, and twins running around that look like Tiger Woods?

 

[sierrabravo]

i agree that some things need to be proof-read before being sent out to the general public, but apparently this guy's somewhere near the top...

 

[dt3]

I'm assuming he means the guy that gets the girl pregnant. Sex is strictly prohibited in combat zones.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

I'm assuming he means the guy that gets the girl pregnant. Sex is strictly prohibited in combat zones.

Not if you and I are spooning in the fox hole:ninja

 

[dt3]

Not if you and I are spooning in the fox hole:ninja

What happens in Iraq stays in Iraq. :ninja

Unless somebody gets knocked up :eek

 

[Guyzerr]

I'm assuming he means the guy that gets the girl pregnant. Sex is strictly prohibited in combat zones.

That's why they invented cease fires.

 

[Accountable]

and exit strategies.

 

[Guyzerr]

and exit strategies.

That only comes into effect once the mission has been accomplished.

 

[Dana]

gotta love euphemisms

 

[cam elle toe]

He's not gettin any and he's jealous.

 

[RedRyder]

That's why they invented cease fires.

..... or misfires...... :ninja

 

[Mystic]

...someone wants to be in a Viagra commercial....

 

[Pabst]

War zone pregnancy punishments being dropped - Yahoo! News


an update to this thread. they are rescinding the policy.

 

[GuesSAngel]

i think it's pretty fucked up...i mean especially with married couples who find out they are pregnant and then to be punished? i would tell the court martial to go ass fuck himself.

 

[Accountable]

Find out?? :24: You make it sound like they caught the flu.

 

[GuesSAngel]

Find out?? :24: You make it sound like they caught the flu.

he didn't, but she did for 9 months. and yes, you find out if you are pregnant or not.