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Default Childbirth Incident One 'First' The Military Didn't Need

On Mon, 11 Aug 2003 03:08:12 +0200, Fritz Wuehler wrote:

In case you missed the nano-second of news media attention it
received amid all the other major stories and issues from the war
with Iraq, a Marine staff sergeant assigned to the amphibious
assault ship USS Boxer gave birth to a healthy 7-pound boy while her
ship was operating in the Persian Gulf.


A nano-second was all the story deserved. Besides the marine being
unaware of her pregnancy, unusual but not unheard of, what's the big
deal?