Iraqi Soldiers could be suspended for being pregnant

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If the intent of getting pregnant is to get out of an upcoming or current deployment, these women are screwing themselves (not taking blame away from the men, but it's the women who would get taken out of combat).

Once the child is born, wouldn't they have to fulfill their obligation(s)? They could likely be sent back and have an infant at home. They might be able to put it off for a while if they are breastfeeding (I have no idea if this is possible), but they will have to eventually serve out their time, right?

I don't know the answer to this question - if you were scheduled to be deployed and ended up not being able to be sent to combat at that time - let's say you broke your leg or something else that would be a liability in a combat zone. Now, you can probably sill work stateside in an administrative role, but would you be held to eventually serve your deployment once you are healed? Once you have those orders, do you have to complete them "at some point" if such an occasion arises?

Another question - if you were scheduled to be deployed and something happened that permanently prevented you from carrying out combat orders - like you suddenly developed a heart murmur - but you were still able to do other stuff, are you just reassigned for the duration the rest of your enlistment (or whatever the correct word is) if it's safe for you and you are not a liability?