Of course, there's been no mention of the women serving on ships coming back from a cruise pregnant.
God Forbid that they actually address a REAL problem.
Well, in the Air Force we don't have a lot of ships, so it wasn't much of a problem. 8D (ducking) ...
Certainly the problems created by increasing the number of women in the military were widely discussed, Biker. But with congress putting intense pressure on all four services to expand the roles and numbers of women, it was inevitable that there'd be some accommodation. Yes, one could take a stand and lose one's career, but most dedicated military members don't want to pay that price.