European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 22, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page Navy triples deployment deferral for new mothers marines Cut time in half by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the Navy has tripled the time that sailors can defer deployments after giving while the Marine corps has Cut the deferment period in half for marines who have had babies As of sailors can now defer deploy ments for up to 12 months after giving up from the old poli which gave sailors a four month deferment said Stephanie Miller is head of women policy for the chief of naval personnel diversity she said the change comes after get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406  when youre Over 6000 Miles from there Are some things that you just  Are you 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their babies for the first and that giving families a year off allows them to establish a Lon term childcare she we just Felt that this really is the Best the right thing to do for healthy Navy Miller in other the Navy is also giving mothers shaken baby syndrome prevention postpartum depression and the new policy requires com Manders to provide mothers a clean place to breastfeed their a she Navy mothers and fathers now have 21 Days administrative leave to adopt she for More on the new Navy poli go to Navy administrative Mes Sage Nav admin Avail Able at none of these changes apply to who now have six months to defer deployments after giving birth instead of 12 a Marine corps spokeswoman there Are responsibilities that come with and for those in these responsibilities require increased consideration and planning due to military the spokeswoman said in an email thursday the change came after an extensive review of the old corps policy on pregnancy and Parent the spokeswoman during the review and staffing process it was determined six month deferment provided the Best balance Between ensuring the health of the Mother and child and the needs and requirements of the Marine she commanders can extend the new six month deferment period for marines if it is determined to be in the Best interest of the Mother or according to the which was announced june marines who already gave birth when the old 12month policy was in effect Are exempt from this the policy in another pregnant marines cannot be ordered to Fame a restricted the policy the new policy exempts preg Nant marines from routine physical training and the physical fit Ness test up to six months after giving birth but they Are required to take part in an exercise pro Gram approved by their healthcare marines who suffer a miscarriage or give birth to a stillborn baby should inform their com Mand and work with their obstetricians to determine when they should resume physical training and taking the physical fitness the policy for More information on the new corps go to Marad min available at email Jeff Schogol at  a Sailor demonstrates the proper technique to conduct a search during the navys individual augmented combat training course at fort the Navy said it will try to Hytt the number of aug enters k plucks mid tour to support the War on jacket Bratt Courtesy of the Navy Navy to ease in aug enters service wont pull sailors to fill spots mid tour by Jeff Schogol stars and stripes the Navy plans to ease sailors into future individual augmented assignments instead of plucking them from their regular assign ments before their tour is com individual aug enters Are both Active duty and Reserve component sailors who Are sent to fill billets in support of ground their duties in clude guarding pro Viding medical support and going on about such sailors Are serving in Iraq and about Are in according to the until sailors could be As signed a duty at any Point in their meaning they could be pulled out of their assignment mid tour to fill billets in support of ground said Jim of task Force individual augment the billets Are known As Glo bal War on terrorism support As or said Simp son in an now the Navy wants to select sailors to fill such billets when they Are at the end of their Tours and talking to their retailers about their next Perma  he As Gas billets Are transitioned to the pulling sailors mid tour will become the exception and not the he once the members have executed their it will be unlikely they will be ordered to a Gas assignment until they have completed that the Navy has begun to move Gas billets into the detail ing Simpson the which will become open Between september and March account for on third of the navys current Active duty a this is the first phase of the navys plan to make a duty part of sailors career he we will incorporate the Les sons Learned into our plan to implement phases two and Simpson the move will make it easier for sailors to Volunteer for a duty because the Navy plans to publish open Gas billets along sea and Shore he and Well be confident we Are getting the Best possible match Between the needs of the Navy and the wants and needs of the Simpson Simpson said All personnel should not expect to pull a but that sailors in ratings and designators that Are important to the War on terrorism Are More Likely to fill Gas the Navy also expects to continue to be asked to provide sail ors As individual aug enters who have expertise in other areas including Intelli information technology and electronic War Simpson every Sailor should work to be physically and mentally ready to contrib Ute to our anywhere in the whether at sea or he Emall Jeff Schogol at  uss Paul decommissioned by Sandra Jontz stars and stripes after a final deployment marred by the deaths of two sail ors and the Transfer of its com the fast attack nuclear submarine uss Minneapolis St Paul is being decommissioned Fri after 23 years of Fri Days ceremony is a scheduled and routine inactivation for the and not the result of problems stemming from its last deployment to the North said Petty officer 1st class Chris Tine a submarine Force sailors and family were scheduled to gather at pier 3 of naval station Norfolk in Virginia on Fri Day morning to bid Farewell to the 21st los Angeles class attack sub the submarine will be placed in a shipyard and taken Shaw there will be no Observance during the ceremony for senior chief Petty officer Thomas Hig gins and Petty officer 2nd class Michael who drowned 29 after being swept from the subs Bridge during bad weather As the sub pulled out of port in two other sailors were have closed that Shaw they will Al ways be a part of the but they dont think this is the appropriate time to Honor in late the navys sub Marine Force commander relieved Edwin Ruff of his the and a unrelated nonfatal sub collision 10 Days led to an operational Stan Down for All in which commanders were told to focus on getting Back to basics of submarine the second incident happened when the fast attack sub Marine uss Newport news collided with a japanese Oil Tanker As the Tanker passed Over the sub merged sub in the narrow Strait of the a 360foot submarine built by electric boat division of general dynamics in Gro has made 12 deploy ments since it was commissioned March it was operated by a Crew of 12 officers and 115 enlisted according to the subs web the Pauls final six month deployment to the North Atlantic included port vis its to France Spain England and in the sub has visited 26 ports Over its life Emall Sandra Jontz at