Single Mother Sues Army
 

Tilern DeBique, 28, says she was forced to leave the Army because she was expected to be available for duty around the clock.

She was formally disciplined when she failed to appear on parade because she had to look after her daughter.

She was told the Army was a 'war-fighting machine' and 'unsuitable for a single mother who couldn't sort out her childcare arrangements'.

Sounds reasonable to me but wait

Now she is in line for a payout of at least £100,000 for loss of earnings, injury to feelings and aggravated damages.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...childcare.html

We have no money for kit or injured soldiers but we have a £100k for her, no wonder she is smiling...

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Don't forget she is also going for racial discrimination too.

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They should appeal and win. otherwise who's going to look after my child is going to be just one of many.

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What a surprise, she is playing the race card game.

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Absolutely sickening it really is some people are so pathetic what the hell did this dozy bint expect where did she think she was. Seriously this should never have gone her way and common sense should have prevailed we have brave lads and gals overseas right now doing and being everything that is best about our armed forces and we have this person back here showing the real side of what this country is becoming.

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There was a time that when a young female recruit became pregnant she had to leave the service..there was no question she should stay unless she did have an alternative for the child's care.

Personally I think that there should be no single parents in the services.The child/ren should seen to come first if they only have one parent to care for them.

Also although the services are a terrific career opportunity they really cannot be viewed as other professions are.The elements of risk must make the armed forces a special case in such cases.

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Very true.

My son joined the young boys army when he was 16, he then went straight into the regular army when he was 18 and been there ever since. He has done several tours in N Ireland, he has also been in Bosnia, Iraq and Afghanistan, during this time he has risen up the ranks and cannot get much higher.
He has 2 children, neither of whom he saw till they were a few months old, there was no way he could get leave to be at the birth.
People know what they are letting themselves in for when they join the army, it is a shame when you get people like this who play the race card when things don't go their way.

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Indeed. It should also be worth noting that she got pregnant several years after joining the army. So she should bear the responsibility in bringing a child into that situation, not the armed services. Stupidly, the courts disagree.

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She's already won that.

Its ludicrous to claim racial discrimination because armed services won't bend and break immigration rules to bring in soldiers' family members.

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Whilst most employers try to be flexible with child-care issues, I believe the Armed Forces have to be an exception, as you/they need to be able to be on duty at the drop of a hat (it's part of the job description).

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They did try to be flexible.

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I sorry to say, this is just utter Bullsnot ! :mad:

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Torygraph And here's the Tribunal's judgement - Telegraph What?:shocked: The Army's only recourse to prevent this would have been sterilisation - what a stupid statement (imho).

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Give her an armoured pram and send her to the front line....when she refuses, do her for desertion, lock her up for a while, then kick her out back to her country of origin.

Then send the members of the tribunal to the front line too.

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Yet another example of what happens when the doctrine of equality at all costs is allowed to trump anything and everything else without question. I could say more about how we came to this but then I'd be forced to close the thread for making it political. :spin: :D

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Agreed. It is one thing missing a parade, but what if she'd been called on to go to war? Would she have missed that as well?

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Oh nothing.

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Did you mean to post 0 0 ?

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Can I do it for you? :D

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This has really knocked me back a bit i honestly cannot believe anyone could even think of doing this but to then do it and win just absolutely begger's belief. How much more accomadating did they have to be she was offered a UK base posting no doubt with a gaurantee of no oversea's deployment and turned it down for gods sake this court needs a damn good hiding. This could open the floodgates to the waste of space brigade in the UK to join up get knocked up and quit for some parental reason it really is insanity.

I am completely behind fair treatment for all people regardless of race, culture or religious persuasion but there has to be a limit beyond which the individual is accountable and responseable for their actions. In this day and age there is absolutely no reason for an unplanned pregnancy and if it was planned then sorry i cannot see how the army can be held accountable for the reckless action of this individual.

As for the whole race card issue i am totally sick and tired of people of low value bringing it up in their defence when it suits them and making it so much harder for those who have legitimate rights to use it when it is used in this context it weakens the argument for everyone. This is a childish spoilt little madam that should never have been accomadated by anyone or anything much less the courts shame on them.

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:clap::clap::clap:

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Nic one, I aggree

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Most women don't do the full 22 years, very far from it in fact

only six per cent of female soldiers serve their full 22 years.


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Probably, I wonder how her comrades feel about doing her guard duty etc so she can look after her baby, I think the army does its best to accomodate peoples needs and has been harshly dealt with here, just goes to show how biased employment tribunals are, you only have to turn up to win on even the most trivial of cases.

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Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...#ixzz0l8P1Ohgm

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BBC breaking news - she got £17,016.

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Well, there we go, very far from what the Daily Heil was predicting.

The army didn't do things as well as they should have and had to pay a little because of it; case closed.

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It didn't predict anything it mentioned what she was trying to claim.

Still a reasonable-ish result.

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It didn't. However, it did draw comparisons with what several injured soldiers had actually been offered as compensation. As such, it was written very misleadingly. It makes this comparison while failing to point out that a claim is not a payout. Indeed, it infers the total opposite by comparing the claims to payouts.

Another example why I don't consider the Mail to be any more than an insidious and offensive hate filled rag.

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How true!

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this is a riduculous state of affairs ,people join the army knowing that at some stage in their career they may be expected to go to war ,they are soldiers before anything else, everything else comes second .This sad excuse for a woman should not have got a penny

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She shouldn't have got anything but a boot up her backside on her way out of the door unbelievable :rolleyes:.