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US Navy Triples Paid Maternity Leave in Effort to Attract Women
Military.com ^
| July 3, 2015
| Lolita C. Baldor
Posted on 07/05/2015 7:15:45 PM PDT by QT3.14
The U.S. Navy is tripling the amount of paid maternity leave that female sailors and Marines can take after the birth of a child, and will now provide a total of 18 weeks off.
The change, directed by Navy Secretary Ray Mabus, makes the Navy the first of the military services to provide more than the current six weeks of leave.
According to the Navy, about 5,000 women would be eligible for the benefit each year, including 500 officers.
The actual order extends convalescent leave for maternity cases only, and is effective immediately. Service secretaries have the authority to make the change themselves, and no change of law is required.
In a statement, Mabus said that the Navy and Marine Corps are routinely looking for ways to recruit and retain good people.
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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: maternityleave; military; navy
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:15:45 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
To: QT3.14
it should ONLY apply if they are MARRIED!!!
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:17:03 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: QT3.14
What you subsidize you will get more of.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:17:14 PM PDT
by
Leaning Right
(Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
To: QT3.14
According to the Navy, about 5,000 women would be eligible for the benefit each year... Seems like an ill-advised time to have a kid, but I guess career women would fall under this heading too.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:17:50 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: QT3.14
One of the commenters in the link said this about his sister:
"...she was pregnant twice while in, that means on light duty for 18 months for the pregnancy and three to six months following the pregnancy. So a total of 48 months of "active" service she spent 24-30 months of light duty. Plus all the leave and extended 72 or 96 hour liberty periods in San Diego."
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:18:50 PM PDT
by
QT3.14
(When will the Pope come out with his book: "The Audacity of Pope"?)
To: QT3.14
Join up, get pregnant, pays better than civilian welfare?
Do I have that correct?
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:19:58 PM PDT
by
Salman
To: Chode
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:20:25 PM PDT
by
ButThreeLeftsDo
(Don't be a FReeploader...)
To: QT3.14
This is why the equal pay crowd get such little respect from me.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:21:03 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: QT3.14
Prolifers like me should applaud with me.
9
posted on
07/05/2015 7:21:55 PM PDT
by
lightman
(O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
100%... that too!!!
10
posted on
07/05/2015 7:23:20 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: QT3.14
WTF !!???!!!??!!!?????
Join the navy, get laid, get pregnant and we'll give you three times more than what we used to
THAT'S it ?
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:25:31 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true .... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: DoughtyOne
With the maternity wards and gay weddings it seems military readiness has fallen way down the charts if it remains at all.
The Pentagon may as well be the San Francisco Chronicle.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:26:24 PM PDT
by
relictele
(Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
To: QT3.14
Navy: Another welfare program by another name.
13
posted on
07/05/2015 7:27:16 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Chode
To: QT3.14
Because women are so much better at armed combat than men.
As long as the enemy gives them a time out once a month.
/s
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:27:50 PM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(We may be paranoid but that doesn't mean they aren't really after us)
To: QT3.14
Waiting for the day when a female sailor is deployed on a missile sub not knowing she is pregnant, then finding out during the cruise ( if a boomer, could be 6 months at sea ).
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:28:01 PM PDT
by
TheCipher
(Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself. Mark Twain)
To: relictele
I agree.
Thinking people are able to understand the dynamics women in the military represent.
Anyone not willing to be honest about it is either too stupid or too intent on destroying our military for my liking.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:29:00 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
To: Salman
Yea, but you eventually have to do something for the money. And don’t forget that the military has a zero tolerance towards drugs.
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:32:23 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(INTOLERANCE WILL NOT BE TOLERATED!!!!)
To: QT3.14
I’m a lesbian trapped in a man’s body. Do I qualify?
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posted on
07/05/2015 7:33:34 PM PDT
by
Veggie Todd
(The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. TJ)
To: QT3.14
We’re all in a pink submarine. ;-)
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