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Originally Posted by jatx
I don't think we're getting the full story.
If she appealed to her chain of command, I cannot imagine the Army forcing a mother to abandon her child if there were truly no next of kin available to her for child care. There are policies in place for this. In fact, I know of soldiers whose wives are also in the Army and who were scheduled for simulatenous deployment - and the Army chose not to deploy the spouse despite the availability of ready and willing grandparents.
It doesn't make sense that events worked out such that her only option was a refusal to deply with her unit. I smell a rat.  |
The Rat? The rat is there isn't a spouse. This an unwed mother case.