Soldiers to carry condoms.
London: With pregnancies at bases in Afghanistan on the rise, Britain has launched a campaign asking its female soldiers to carry condoms during deployments to overseas locations.
Advertisements in the army’s official magazine Soldier warned “on deployment, there’ll be 50 blokes to each woman” and urge female squaddies, medics and administrative staff to use a condom or “face something you really don’t want to hear”.
Officially, a “no-touching” rule bans military personnel from having sex in a war zone. According to senior officers if sexual relationships between soldiers of a similar rank and do not impact operations, commanders often turn a blind eye.
However, if, for example, a female nurse is caught having sex with a senior officer, both would face serious disciplinary action and could be thrown out of the army. Once female soldiers become pregnant, they are flown home immediately, because rules bar expectant mothers from frontline service.
According to Daily Mail, between January 2003 and February 2009, at least 102 British servicewomen posted to Iraq had been sent home after it was found they were to become mothers. Over the same period the number of female soldiers who had discovered they were pregnant while in theatre in Afghanistan was 31.
Condoms are readily available to male and female soldiers at bases such as Camp Bastion, which houses 8,500 British troops—including 700 women.
On Saturday Conservative MP Patrick Mercer, a former army commanding officer, asked why the army has taken so long to take action over the rise of pregnancies on the frontline. He said, “At a time of serious financial squeeze, does it really have to take a change of government before the ministry of defence centres on ways of saving money by helping to avoid unwanted pregnancies?” AGENCIES
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Troubled by the rise in pregnancies at bases in Afghanistan, Britain’s ministry of defence has asked female soldiers to carry condoms during deployments to overseas locations
Ads in the army’s official magazine Soldier warned ‘on deployment, there’ll be 50 blokes to each woman’ and urge female squaddies, medics and administrative staff to use a condom or ‘face something you really don’t want to hear’
According to official figures, between January 2003 and February 2009, at least 102 British servicewomen posted to Iraq had been sent home after getting pregnant.
Source:http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOI/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIM&...
me too i think they get preg.so they get away from this bad places full war , stress, all these matters that is created by war
Some years ago there was a report in the papers that the footwear of British soldiers melted in the heat of the Afghan wilderness and it also added, 'Nothing can be more demoralising.' Hope the British have managed to figure this out.
better give them pills on meals....
Severe depression, post dramatic stress, Gulf War Syndrome, the list goes on FS, and the fact is most soldiers don't even support these wars, so frankly, pregnancy is an easy way out.
i think they use the cheap chinese condoms which get torn very fast....:(
OR may be they dont know how to use it, they wear it on their fingers
they just carry the condom, they should teach them how to use it! Lol!!!
where is the american base ill make a viagra stall with one pack of protection free for double shot
asif, me the youngest among all???? lol...how?? check my profile..
Still waiting for a call from the US popats...:(
I have kept my luggage stuffed with all the protections i need for this mission....
Hope i get the call soon....
Poor men, they can't even get pregnant to get out of there :P
Rizkz has already sent his CV to the US marines.. pleaing for a position and offering his service in Afghan till he retires.
Olive..I was thinking the same. They have no other option than to complete their tenure..most of them come back with sever depression..
Personally I think the women are getting pregnant purposely to get out of Afghanistan and Iraq. I know I would if it was a ticket out of those hell holes.
LOL FS thanks for ur lovely words.
i am blushing.....
You can never be too careful.
Rizk...is the resident Pervert of QL..lol no wonder nothing on your head…stop thinking about these ..and your hair will reappear…lol
asif khan kids like u should be in school not in QL...
rizks ur spoiling QLRS as there are other kids like me darude and pajju and the youngest of them all is soniya so please consider us
Guyz i just read this early in the morning and thought of sharing with you all so tat u also use protections all times no matter if its in bed or at Ramada Parking lot.
a good business to me.
should open a rubber shop there now.
50 men to every women, just another night at the harp.
lol..rizks early morning news is masala.com it seems.. :P
rizks u perv
posting these useless topics
what is our use if british or american soldiers carry protection with them?
will it be easy to do battle on the bed?
ohhh no, something like this in the early morning..lol