Posted on 01/12/2014 4:18:19 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Navy Cmdr. Valerie Overstreet wanted to start a family. But her job as a Navy pilot and the fact that she and her husband, also a naval officer, were stationed in different parts of the country made it complicated.
So she decided to take advantage of a fledgling Navy program that allowed her to take a year off and return to duty without risking her career or future commands.
Now, three years later, she's got a 2-year-old daughter and a 9-month old son, she's back at work at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Md., and her promotion to captain has been confirmed....
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Bing bing bing bing!!!!
yeah not quite the same is it
Well I know a couple of active duty (male) folks who did a sabbatical while instructing at USMA. Army claims it wants to start this type of thing more for officers during late Captaincy (sp). We’ll see if it pans out. Not to sound like the next Gloria Allred, I just believe in getting all the facts out there an basing opinions on that, leave emotions to the other side.
Does the military allow fathers to do what they are allowing mothers?
Not some sabbatical or position they have to compete for.
Equality means it goes both ways.
“Why does anyone care about keeping them in?”
Because much of the military has been turned into a huge government “workfare” program. When Bush II went to war against Iraq, one of the big papers here in NJ had a feature story about a military couple who had both been called up (forcing them to leave their children with family).
Absolutely bizarre...
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