AFMPC DESERT SHIELD PERSONNEL POLICY GUIDANCE MESSAGE 5: DEPLOYING PRREGNANT FEMALES

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SUBJECT: AFMPC DESERT SHIELD PERSONNEL POLICY GUIDANCE MESSAGE 5: DEPLOYING PRREGNANT FEMALES

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SUBJ: PERSONNEL ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF OPERATION DESERT SHIELD---
PERSONNEL POLICY GUIDANCE MESSAGE NUMBER 5: DEPLOYMENT OF PREGNANT
FEMALES.
1. IN ACCORDANCE WITH AFR 28-4, USAF MOBILITY PLANNING, AIR FORCE
MEMBERS WHO ARE PREGNANT ARE DEFERRED FROM DEPLOYMENT. AIR FORCE
MEMBERS WHO BELIEVE THAY MAY BE PREGNANT ARE TO CONTACT A LOCAL
MEDICAL TREATMENT FACILITY (MTF) FOR PREGNANCY DETERMINATION. IF
THE MEMBER IS FOUND TO BE PREGNANT, AN AF FORM 422, PHYSICAL PROFILE
SERIAL REPORT, WILL BE COMPLETED BY THE MTF AND FORWARDED TO THE CBPO
AND THE UNIT ORDERLY ROOM. CBPO WILL ENSURE THE MEMBER IS GIVEN A
DEPLOYED-AVAILABILITY-STATUS CODE 49 (DEFERRED-PREGNANCY). THE UNIT

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ORDERLY ROOM WILL DEFER THE MEMBER FROM DEPLOYMENT UNTIL CLEARED BY
PROPER MEDICAL AUTHOURITY.
2. THE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL INFORMATION HAS BEEN TRANSMITTED TO
DEPLOYED UNITS BY SEPARATE MESSAGE: QUOTE: INDIVIDUALS ALREADY
DEPLOYED, WHO ARE SUBSEQUENTLY FOUND TO BE PREGNANT WILL BE RETURNED
TO THEIR HOME STATION AS QUICKLY AS FEASIBLE. RATIONALE FOR THIS
POLICY IS BASED ON CHEMICAL WARFARE PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT RESTRICTIONS
PLACED ON PREGNANT WOMEN, AS WELL AS THE LACK OF SPECIALIZED MEDICAL
CARE AND SUPPORT NEEDED FOR PROPER MANAGEMENT OF A PREGNANCY. END
OF QUOTE.
3. AFMPC ACTION OFFICIAL [(b)(2)]

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