Can you be denied assignment based on Medical status?

That is a laughable claim of EO for a unit that is heading into combat. There is either much more to the story that you were kept from knowing or that soldier was off her rocker. No time for shipping a pregnant soldier back and forth to CONUS for appointments. She is non-deployable; period. A unit is going out manned for their combat mission. A soldier like that is keeping the CoC from getting a replacement in time to head out. Her position is critical to the success of the mission and must be filled by someone who is able to see the mission thru to the end. It is incredibly selfish and self-serving for her to think otherwise.

SSG Justin Patterson I don't see it as EO, and you nailed it with your advice. Its based on manpower nor the definition of EO. She can always go to her local JAG or use IG if she felt obligated to do so!

The U.S military absolutely has the right to discriminate against just about anything. We discriminate against citizens who cannot meet medical, physical, and mental health standards, and we do for entrance into service, continued service, deployments, and reassignment. We all make sacrifices to our personal lives for the service, and this case is no different. DoDD 1020.02E would apply if the member were discriminated against for promotion, but in the case of reassignment or deployment it would not--this does not directly affect pay and other factors that would give a strong case for EO. I would be curious what her argument would be. Furthermore, officers are not treated like enlisted--I can tell you from personal experience. Based on limited information, and because this is the Internet, I would say that your officer friend needs to suck it up and be happy she has a job, because as a commissioned officer she serves as the convenience of the President.