Carter Announces 12 Weeks Paid Military Maternity Leave, Other Benefit

18 weeks paid leave plus you are still earning regular leave and pay check with full benefits is more generous than the family and medical leave act, you can request to get out and come back in. The law says an employer has to give you twelve weeks unpaid leave. Tax payers shouldn't cover your salary, housing and medical expenses for that long, if you aren't working. You really need to get out, you don't seem to want to serve; you seem to want to have children and have Navy pay you for not working, that's not service to your country, that is welfare. Every time you take leave, everyone in your unit has to do more because the work has to get done, that mean some else is spending more time away from their family because you want more time with yours. Sorry to hear that selfless service is not a Navy value.