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Off Topic => Ten Forward => Topic started by: Gambler on July 21, 2004, 03:50:36 pm
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Fort preps for baby invasion (http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Central/07/21/baby.invasion.ap/index.html)
FORT CARSON, Colorado (AP) -- Officials at Fort Carson are mobilizing for a baby boom among the first soldiers who returned from Iraq earlier this year.
About 160 babies are expected in December, followed by another 140 in January, said Roycelyn Bowman, obstetrics director at the post.
More are set to follow in February and March as some soldiers get ready to deploy again to the Middle East.
"We knew as soon as the troops came back that we were going to have a population explosion," Bowman said.
They say 'He got back, and yup, now I'm pregnant!"'
Fort Carson sent 14,000 soldiers to Iraq and soldiers began returning in February. Most returned in March and April.
To accommodate all the expectant mothers, Fort Carson is holding group pregnancy education classes for the women instead of the normal one-on-one classes.
The post's Evans Army Community Hospital won't be able to handle all the births. Civilian doctors have been found to care for some of the women off-post.
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No doubt..I know haw I was greeted after my year in Korea... :lol:
Mike
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That must have made quite an impression because you're still smiling. ;D
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I'm afraid I don't understand... How were they welcomed home? perhaps You could wrte a decriptive paragraph and offer some detailed photos so I can better understand?
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I'm afraid I don't understand... How were they welcomed home? perhaps You could wrte a decriptive paragraph and offer some detailed photos so I can better understand?
I could do that for you since there are digi and video movies made from when Ferret came home off of deployment but then this thread would be moved to the Hot and Spicy at the least and I could be banned forever and a day at the most!
:LOL:
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I'm afraid I don't understand... How were they welcomed home? perhaps You could wrte a decriptive paragraph and offer some detailed photos so I can better understand?
I could do that for you since there are digi and video movies made from when Ferret came home off of deployment but then this thread would be moved to the Hot and Spicy at the least and I could be banned forever and a day at the most!
:LOL:
You and Steve crack me up. Happy Birthday BTW to you both. Stephen
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I could do that for you since there are digi and video movies made from when Ferret came home off of deployment but then this thread would be moved to the Hot and Spicy at the least and I could be banned forever and a day at the most!
:LOL:
So in other words you are going to deny me the knowledge I seek? Geez, we might as well just go back to the dark ages... ;)
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I could do that for you since there are digi and video movies made from when Ferret came home off of deployment but then this thread would be moved to the Hot and Spicy at the least and I could be banned forever and a day at the most!
:LOL:
So in other words you are going to deny me the knowledge I seek? Geez, we might as well just go back to the dark ages... ;)
Nah. I think you are just fishing for a cheep thrill! LOL
Hey thanks Sirgod for the well wishing! But you might wanna save it for next week. ;D Whoa, you are only less than a year older than us? Cool!
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Hehe... my daughter Annie was born 10 months after I got back from the Gulf in '91.
The article failed to mention the unfortunate rash of 8 to 9 pound premature births that arrive 6 to 8 months after the soldiers get back. ::)
Boy do I have some stories there...
At least in my unit, the only thing more startling than all the babies being born was the divorce rate. Only time I had ever seen a military barracks filled to bursting since basic training.
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The article failed to mention the unfortunate rash of 8 to 9 pound premature births that arrive 6 to 8 months after the soldiers get back. ::)
I wonder if it had something to do with the chemicals the soldiers were exposed to? Could it be an unfortunate side effect of gulf war syndrome?
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Naw, just the fact someone got a copy of the key to the chastity belt :rofl:
Mike
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The article failed to mention the unfortunate rash of 8 to 9 pound premature births that arrive 6 to 8 months after the soldiers get back. ::)
I wonder if it had something to do with the chemicals the soldiers were exposed to? Could it be an unfortunate side effect of gulf war syndrome?
WHOOSH!
The joke goes WAY of G's head.
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Nah. I think you are just fishing for a cheep thrill! LOL
I don't think anyone here would call you cheap.
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The article failed to mention the unfortunate rash of 8 to 9 pound premature births that arrive 6 to 8 months after the soldiers get back. ::)
I wonder if it had something to do with the chemicals the soldiers were exposed to? Could it be an unfortunate side effect of gulf war syndrome?
WHOOSH!
The joke goes WAY of G's head.
Naw, just playing dumb. Apparently too wel.
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I think so, yes. :D