[djmcmath]

Pregnancy is different, actually. If a woman gets pregnant (an option she can take ... 3 times (?) in her career), she is immediately returned from deployment to have the baby and work out dependent care issues. If she cannot find care for the child before returning to sea, she is separated from the Navy.

But yes, inability to comply with dependent care is a "one time" shot, for all practical purposes, because they are separated from the military. In the Big Picture, they generally get honorable/RE-1 discharges, so they could re-enlist at a later date if they decided to, but I haven't seen that actually happen.