Merry Christmas Soldiers! You Can Now Knock Each Other Up!S
Soldiers in Iraq were, until today, likely to face disciplinary
action for getting pregnant or getting another soldier pregnant.
Not any more!  It makes sense that a bunch of young people in
peak physical condition thrown together would... go on
exercises. But a CNN story today reveals the scandals afoot
under the command of Major General Anthony Cucolo (who put the
rules in place for the 22,000 troops, including 1,682 women
under his command).  The rule prohibited:  ...becoming
nondeployable for reasons within the control of the soldier,"
including "becoming pregnant or impregnating a soldier ...
resulting in the redeployment of the pregnant soldier.  Probably
because eight women got pregnant under his sexxxy command. While
the rule said a court martial was a possible punishment, four of
them got letters of reprimand and four were "not impregnated
while deployed" so beat the rule. Ha! The men were not so lucky.
Of the men involved, three were repr