{"id":70636,"date":"2017-03-02T12:22:22","date_gmt":"2017-03-02T17:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=70636"},"modified":"2017-03-02T13:07:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-02T18:07:06","slug":"navy-has-readiness-problems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=70636","title":{"rendered":"Navy has readiness problems"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve read how the number of Navy vessels has declined over the last eight years. We’ve also read that much of the Navy’s aircraft is not ready for battle. Now, the Daily Caller<\/a> says that pregnancy is cutting into manpower issues as well;<\/p>\n

A record 16 out of 100 Navy women are reassigned from ships to shore duty due to pregnancy, according to data obtained under the Freedom of Information Act by The Daily Caller News Foundation\u2019s Investigative Group.<\/p>\n

That number is up 2 percent from 2015, representing hundreds more who have to cut their deployments short, taxing both their unit\u2019s manpower, military budgets and combat readiness. Further, such increases cast a shadow over the lofty gender integration goals set by former President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

Overall, women unexpectedly leave their stations on Navy ships as much as 50% more frequently to return to land duty, according to documents obtained from the Navy. The statistics were compiled by the Navy Personnel Command at the request of TheDCNF, covering the period from January 2015 to September 2016.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

We were alerted for Desert Storm in late October and deployed in early January. In that time, our support platoon’s ambulance platoon had a number of drivers who popped hot on pregnancy tests to avoid deployment. They had to draw from other units to get back to readiness standards. I’m sure that the Navy has to deal with the same manpower problems when a sailor gets herself preggers.<\/p>\n

In January 2015, 3,335 women were pregnant aboard military vessels, representing about 14 percent of the 23,735 women then serving such duty, according to the data.<\/p>\n

But by August 2016 that number reached nearly 16 percent, an all-time high. The Navy reported 3,840 of the 24,259 women sailors who were aboard Navy ships were pregnant.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

According to the Daily Caller, according to the standard last year under Ray Mabus, the Navy was to make 25% of their vessels’ crews female sailors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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