AMENDED POST:
First Thanks to SGT Nick and SSG G! Based on the information they provided I have amended my answer. Bottom line I believe a Soldier that has had a miscarriage “Cannot” be placed in the Army Body Composition Program because they were in fact “Pregnant”. However the Soldier must provide official documentation to the chain of command that she was “Pregnant”.
SSG G specifically shared the following extract of AR 600-9:
AR 600-9 also states:
3–15. Pregnancy
a. Personnel who meet this regulation’s standards and become pregnant will be exempt from the standards for the duration of the pregnancy plus the period of 180 days after the pregnancy ends.
“So, the day after a miscarriage would fall within that 180 day window”.
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SSG G
AR 600-9 also states:
3–15. Pregnancy
a. Personnel who meet this regulation’s standards and become pregnant will be exempt from the standards for the duration of the pregnancy plus the period of 180 days after the pregnancy ends.
So, the day after a miscarriage would fall within that 180 day window.
Mark Gerecht
SSG G,
First Thanks for the information and correction. I sincerely appreciate your assistance/sharing of information and will amended my post. By the letter of the regulation “if” the Soldier was Pregnant and she produced official documentation from a military medical facility she “would not be eligible” to participate in the Army Body Composition Program.
My thought process with regard to the post was:
1. She did not provide a documentation from a military medical facility. Therefore she could be taped until such time as she could prove she was pregnant with official paperwork.
2. If she was pregnant any time between 1 day and 12 weeks usually she would not have gained any weight or have been adversely impacted from a weight perspective. Unless of course the Soldier was borderline from a weight perspective to begin with. However your extract of AR 600-9 makes this a mute point.
Again I greatly appreciate your input! Old dogs can learn new tricks. I hope you will continue to post on ASKTOP.net in the future.
Respectfully,
TOP
SGT NICK
IAW AR 40-501, 7-9d(7): Upon the diagnosis of pregnancy, the Soldier is exempt from regular
unit physical fitness training and APFT testing/weight standards for the duration of the
pregnancy and 180 days past pregnancy termination. After receiving medical clearance from
their health care provider to participate in physical training, commanders will enroll Soldiers
who are pregnant or postpartum to take part in the Army Pregnancy/Postpartum Physical
Training (PPPT) Program.”
Pregnant Soldiers are using the “termination” terminology to claim that it should apply to Soldiers that get abortions or those that have miscarriages as well. The regulation never states that the Soldiers have to carry the fetus to term to get the profile and exemption from ABCP.
This is just something that needs to be clarified in future doctrine.