Women in the military. Pampered and coddled.

You either pack the gear to serve in the military or you don't.  If you reach a point where continued service is a detriment ... either to your personal or professional life ...then thank you for your service, next body up.

Now, check this out from Yahoo News.

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.

So what happens when Capt Schmuckatelli walks into the BN commanders office and decides he wants a year away from the Corps to go to Colorado and get his head right?

Will we give him a year off?

Does this make any damn sense?

Women better get a handle on this.  The backlash will be fierce unless they understand that they MUST play by the same rules as the guys.

Its only fair. 

NOTE:  Thanks for the article Eric.  You raised my blood pressure and added a couple of new holes to my wall....