I am 8wks pregnant and both my husband and myself are dual military. Both Navy. He is deployed 80percent of the year and I am considered deployed 50percent of the year. I have read the Milpersman articles concerning pregnant military women and am still confused. Does my situation qualify for separation of duty? What steps do I take? I have no one else to care for my child. I am also concerned about how I will be treated upon request to separate should I so choose. I don't want to burn any bridges.
Pregnant while in the Military 2.?
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You cannot be deployed once proof of pregnancy has been declared by a Military Medical professional.
You will stay at your home unit during the pregnancy and have Maternal Leave for an amount of time determined by your unit (usually a month give or take).
Now what happens when the baby is born? Well this is where I am not knowledgeable. However if you do stay in the military, you will be eligible to enroll your baby into the installations CDC (Child Development and Care) program.
(EDIT: As long as you or your husband are military or military contractors or federal employees [that work on base], you will have access to CDC. To be more specific concerning my last paragraph is that what priority Tier you are placed in for CDC enrollment will be higher if you both are active duty should you choose not to leave the Army due to pregnancy.)
Who is eligible is based off a Tier system. Seeing as how you and your spouse are dual military, you should be in the second tier (First Tier being those with dire needs like a single mom).
I went through something similar with my wife and my child attends CDC at MacDill AFB and loves it. The school is clean, the staff is very nice and she learns a lot.
Don't quote me on this though as all of this is based off of what I've heard or experienced versus me knowing facts from Rules and Regulations.
Best wishes to you. I wish I knew more exact details.
You will stay at your home unit during the pregnancy and have Maternal Leave for an amount of time determined by your unit (usually a month give or take).
Now what happens when the baby is born? Well this is where I am not knowledgeable. However if you do stay in the military, you will be eligible to enroll your baby into the installations CDC (Child Development and Care) program.
(EDIT: As long as you or your husband are military or military contractors or federal employees [that work on base], you will have access to CDC. To be more specific concerning my last paragraph is that what priority Tier you are placed in for CDC enrollment will be higher if you both are active duty should you choose not to leave the Army due to pregnancy.)
Who is eligible is based off a Tier system. Seeing as how you and your spouse are dual military, you should be in the second tier (First Tier being those with dire needs like a single mom).
I went through something similar with my wife and my child attends CDC at MacDill AFB and loves it. The school is clean, the staff is very nice and she learns a lot.
Don't quote me on this though as all of this is based off of what I've heard or experienced versus me knowing facts from Rules and Regulations.
Best wishes to you. I wish I knew more exact details.
1. Your company commander and 1sgt should have given your the mandatory pregnancy counseling. If they have not done this yet, you need to speak to your immediate supervisor.
2. You can at that time request the discharge. Make sure that you have the pregnancy test results from the doctor. It has to be an official one.
3. It will take some time for the discharge to go through. I had a soldier in my platoon (I was the plt leader) when I was on active duty and it took a good 2 months for the discharge.
4. Make sure that you make copies of all of your personnel and medical files. You may need them later.
5. Make sure that your discharge is honorable and make sure that you are not given a bad reenlistment code so that you might be able to reenlist later. Remember that you might want to enlist in the reserves later on.
Finally, make sure that this is what you really want. Speak with your husband and other family members before you initiate the paperwork. I know that this is hard because you are dual members and as dual members, you have to have a workable family care plan because you can be deployed after your recovery period. I believe that it might be six months now but when I was in, you were considered deployable after 3 or 4 months. Also make these choices while you are not emotional. When you are pregnant, you are hormonal and sometimes you do not think clearly. You actually might want to see if you can have the baby while you are on duty and if things are rough, you can request a discharge later. Also talk with soldiers who are already moms and see what they say. Good luck
DUAL ARMY COUPLES DO NEED FAMILY CARE PLANS. IT IS MANDATORY.
2. You can at that time request the discharge. Make sure that you have the pregnancy test results from the doctor. It has to be an official one.
3. It will take some time for the discharge to go through. I had a soldier in my platoon (I was the plt leader) when I was on active duty and it took a good 2 months for the discharge.
4. Make sure that you make copies of all of your personnel and medical files. You may need them later.
5. Make sure that your discharge is honorable and make sure that you are not given a bad reenlistment code so that you might be able to reenlist later. Remember that you might want to enlist in the reserves later on.
Finally, make sure that this is what you really want. Speak with your husband and other family members before you initiate the paperwork. I know that this is hard because you are dual members and as dual members, you have to have a workable family care plan because you can be deployed after your recovery period. I believe that it might be six months now but when I was in, you were considered deployable after 3 or 4 months. Also make these choices while you are not emotional. When you are pregnant, you are hormonal and sometimes you do not think clearly. You actually might want to see if you can have the baby while you are on duty and if things are rough, you can request a discharge later. Also talk with soldiers who are already moms and see what they say. Good luck
DUAL ARMY COUPLES DO NEED FAMILY CARE PLANS. IT IS MANDATORY.
I don't know about the Navy. I know in the Army you can request separation based on your situation, but you may not get it. And you will be looked down upon by a lot of servicemen and women. Not necessarily fair, but that's the way it goes. In the Army, a lot of times what they do is make sure only one parent is deployed at any given time. As long as one parent is available to care for the child, you really don't have a family care plan issue. But like I said, that's Army. Every case is different. Do you WANT to be separated?