Airforce Orphans

[MargueriteBee]

The following is from paperwork that a friend who joined the air force in the late seventies gave me. She couldn't have babys so she didn't care.

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P R 0921472 MAY 77 ZEX
FM AFMPC RANDOLPH AFB TEXAS
TO AIG 8105
INFO RUMHHAC/PRENATAL SQUADRON LACKLAND AFB TEXAS
BT
UNCLAS E F T O 8/005/75
FOR DIR PERS AND CBPO-CH, SUBJECT: RECRUITING PROGRAM, IMMEDIATE CHAGE.
EXPERIES: 30 OCT 77

DUE TO THE ENORMOUS EXPENSE OF MAINTAINING AN EFFECIENT RECRUITING SYSTEM AND THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE AND INCONVIENIENCE OF DISCHARGING UNMARRIED WOMEN WHO ARE UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEIR ENLISTMENTS DUE TO UNAUTHORIZED PREGNANCY, THE FOLLOWING REVISION OF POLICY WILL BE PLACED INTO EFFECT IMMEDIATELY.

A. UPON CERTIFICATION BY THE MEDICAL AUTHORITIES THAT A FEMALE MEMBER OF THE AIR FORCE HAS REACHED THE STATE OF MOTHERHOOD, SHE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE PRENATAL SQUADRON, LACKLAND AFB, TX, FOR DUTY. SUCH DUTY TO BE IN A TDY STATUS AND TO BE TERMINATED UPON THE BIRTH OF CHILD OR CHILDREN.

B. THE CHILD WILL BE REGISTERED WITH THE LAST NAME OF THE SUSPECTED OR LIKELY FATHER AND A SERIAL NUMBER WILL BE ASSIGNED. IN CASE OF EXTREME DOUBT AS TO THE FATHER, THE NAME OF THE SENIOR ENLISTED MAN AT THE LAST DUTY STATION OF THE MOTHER AT THE TIME OF CONCEPTION WILL BE ASSIGNED.

C. THE CHILD WILL BE MAINTAINED IN THE AIR FORCE BNURSERY, LACKLAND AFB, TX UNTIL THE AGE OF EIGHT (8), AT WHICH TIME HE/SHE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO THE AIR FORCE ORPHANS FARM TO BE MAINTAINED UNTIL THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN (18). ON REACHING THIS AGE, HESHE WILL BE ENLISTED IN THE AIR FORCE AND THE AIR FORCE SPECIALITY CODE OF ONE OF THE PARENTS WILL BE ASSIGNED. IN THE CASE THE CHILD OR CHILDREN ARE FATHERED BY A CIVILIAN, THEY WILL PROBABLY BE OF LOW I.Q. THEREFORE, THE WILL BE ASSIGNED HEC 0124 (PQ) AND HE/SHE WILL BE TRANSFERRED TO A MARINE CORPS REVSERVE UNIT AS A REPLACEMENT FOR A COMMANDER IN A FIELD COMPANY.

D. AT THE TIME OF THE CHILD'S ENLISTMENT, THE PARENT OF THE SAME SEX WILL BE NOTIFIED AND, IF HAVING COMPLETED 20 YEARS OF SERVICE, WILL BE PERMITTED TO RETIRE FROM THE SERVICE. PART II. UNDER THIS SYSTEM, IT IS EXPECTED THAT THE AIR FORCE WILL REPRODUCE ITSELF AT A SUFFICIENT RATE TO ALLOW CLOSING DOWN OF THE RECRUITING PROGRAM ENTIRELY. IT MAY BE NECESSARY TO CURTAIL THIS PROGRAM IN THE FUTURE, AS ESTIMATED TURNOVER OF PERSONNEL WILL PROBABLY EXCEED ALL EXPECTATIONS.

Seems to me that the airforce was taking children against the will of the parents and keeping them in the airforce. Anyone know of anyone this happened to?

Marguerite