![]() Some focus groups were male, and both men and women members noted workload, assignment processes and opportunities in the civilian world as factors affecting retention.Ĭoast Guard women also reported feeling like they’d have to choose between the service and their families at some point in their careers. “Furthermore, participants felt that standards were not aligned to job ability.” “They noted as particularly problematic the use of the taping process as a measure of body fat to enforce weight standards,” the report states. Women also reported retention being affected by “perceived unfairness of weight standards” that don’t consider body types and changes after childbirth. “Women described being accused of getting pregnant just to get out of duties or having to go underway,” the study states. Pregnancy affects a female Coast Guard member’s ability to acquire qualifications and experiences that will advance careers, and some respondents told researchers that male colleagues get “frustrated at having to fill in when women are on parental leave.” When it comes to having kids, Coast Guard women reported a “lack of breastfeeding support” at times, compounded by few facilities for pumping breast milk and commanders who were reluctant to allow proper breaks for doing it. (Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki/U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class April Cook, an avionics electrical technician, helps a fellow crew member calibrate the electronic sensor on board an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter during a training flight in 2018.
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