Female soldiers in Iraq face court-martial and possible jail time if they get pregnant, even if they are deployed with their husbands. My daughter, an Army specialist who just returned from Afghanistan, says the policy does not apply there. Apparently it's the brainwave of the U.S. Army general in command in northern Iraq. My daughter married an Afghanistan veteran in February, and they are expecting to be deployed again next year, they hope together. When the Army deploys husbands and wives together, they provide them with private quarters. So ... this is nuts.
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December 21, 2009
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This blog is by Bob (Robert C.) Conner, a longtime journalist and author of the 2018 novel "The Last Circle of Ulysses Grant" published by Square Circle Press, and a 2013 biography "General Gordon Granger" published by Casemate. He is currently writing a biography of the Kansas abolitionist Col. James Montgomery. His Civil War blog can be found at robertcconnerauthor.blogspot.com
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For the sake of argument, is it unreasonable for a general in a difficult war zone to want his best soldiers to remain available? And since you wouldn't want any of them to get abortions...
Posted by: Brian | December 21, 2009 at 06:33 PM
Though you wouldn't have this problem with gay soldiers... hehe...
Posted by: Brian | December 21, 2009 at 06:34 PM
You can argue against deploying women in combat zones, or against deploying husbands and wives together, but I don't think you can make a reasonable argument for this court martial policy.
Posted by: Bob Conner | December 21, 2009 at 08:49 PM