More than 2000 sailors on the USS Eisenhower request paternity leave
ARABIAN GULF – More than one-third of the USS Eisenhower's crew has requested paternity leave, following the Navy's announcement that one of its sailors gave birth to a healthy seven-pound baby girl while underway aboard the aircraft carrier, sources confirmed.
In what was an originally exciting, if not unexpected situation, the Eisenhower’s administration department has become “flooded with a deluge of paternity leave requests,” said Master Chief Yeoman Reginald "Reggie" Frank.
“It’s an admin nightmare, but I can’t blame these guys. The mother and baby were airlifted to Bahrain, so hell, that means two weeks shore leave in Manama, whether or not she’s actually your baby-mama,” Frank added.
According to other sources, the carrier has convened a panel of officers and senior enlisted to sort through the ream of paternity requests, in an attempt to determine the most probable candidate.
The panel was initially chaired by the carrier’s executive officer, Capt. Robert Camino, until he reported…
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