article_snippet.sent: Nearly 100 female British soldiers were sent home from Afghanistan after finding out Nearly 100 female British soldiers were pregnant.
article_snippet.sent: Ninety-nine servicewomen on operations were flown back to the UK between January 2006 and December 2013, a Freedom of Information request revealed.
article_snippet.sent: Sixteen women were removed from Afghanistan in 2013 due to pregnancy while 18 were sent home in 2011, the data showed.
article_snippet.sent: A further 102 women were evacuated from Iraq.
article_snippet.sent: Strict military rules ban mothers-to-be from serving in war zones.
article_snippet.sent: A further 102 women were flown back on flights usually reserved for injured troops and the true figure could be higher if others travelled via routine flights.
article_snippet.sent: Troops are reminded by senior officers to check Troops are not pregnant before Troops fly to the front line - but are not made to do pregnancy tests.
article_snippet.sent: Most of the babies would have been conceived before the mother left the UK but a small number of women may have become pregnant on tour.
article_snippet.sent: A Ministry of Defence spokesman said at the time: 'The small numbers of personnel who discover that they are pregnant on operations are returned at the first convenient opportunity.'