<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><entry xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22162371.post-115963155569110394</id><published>2006-09-30T11:51:00.000-04:00</published><updated>2006-10-09T01:48:24.460-04:00</updated><title type='text'>Update on "Runaway Major" in Kyrgyzstan (U.S. Air Force)</title><content type='html'>PREGNANCY IN THE AIR FORCE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=22379"&gt;http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=22379&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Friday, September 29, 2006 - FreeMarketNews.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The story of a U.S. Air Force officer, who apparently became pregnant while on duty in Kyrgyzstan, has now hit the public airwaves. According to a story in SiaNews.com [http://www.sianews.com/modules.php?name=News&amp;file=article&amp;sid=3002], Jill Metzger, a Major in the force, is indeed pregnant, and sought an abortion to deal with the problem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Previously, Metzger had apparently attempted to cover her absence from duty, with a story about being kidnapped. The report was broadcast on a Kyrgyz television station, which noted that "U.S. militaries are not allowed to be pregnant during the service." It interviewed the physician who performed the procedure, and who verified the information, as did the cab driver who reportedly delivered Ms. Metzger to the clinic. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The article speculates over her motivation for seeking such a low-standard clinic, where almost nobody even spoke English, for the procedure, and concludes she was probably hoping to avoid discovery, either by her husband or her superiors in the service. Now, it notes, all is out in the open, with far worse results. - ST &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Staff Reports - Free-Market News Network&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;center&gt;- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -&lt;br /&gt;Original Investigative Journalism from the&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href=" http://batr.net/columnistguildnewsbureau/"&gt;Columnist Guild News Bureau&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/center&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/22162371-115963155569110394?l=batr.net%2Fcolumnistguildnewsbureau%2Findex.html' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='related' href='http://www.freemarketnews.com/WorldNews.asp?nid=22379' title='Update on &quot;Runaway Major&quot; in Kyrgyzstan (U.S. Air Force)'/><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22162371/115963155569110394/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=22162371&amp;postID=115963155569110394&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22162371/posts/default/115963155569110394'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/22162371/posts/default/115963155569110394'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://batr.net/columnistguildnewsbureau/2006/09/update-on-runaway-major-in-kyrgyzstan.html' title='Update on &quot;Runaway Major&quot; in Kyrgyzstan (U.S. Air Force)'/><author><name>SARTRE</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/04079449084141937603</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='18230044315101381140'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry>