Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo, who heads US troops in northern Iraq, has told his soldiers they risk being court-martialed for becoming pregnant or impregnating another soldier. The decision was made, he told his 22,000 troops, because every soldier is needed. “Anyone who leaves this fight earlier than the expected 12-month deployment creates a burden on their teammates. Anyone who leaves this fight early because they made a personal choice that changed their medical status – or contributes to doing that to another – is not in keeping with a key element of our ethos,” he told troops.

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