Rebecca Edmonds, the daughter of a Navy captain, proudly followed in her father’s footsteps when she joined the armed forces. But her dream came to an abrupt halt when the Air Force found out that she was about to start a family of her own.

Edmonds, a graduate of Marquette University with a full scholarship from the Air Force, became pregnant 13 weeks before she was going to be commissioned as an officer, CNN reported. Six months into her pregnancy, she shared her news with the Air Force. In response, they revoked her $92,000 scholarship and ejected her from the ranks.

The Air Force strictly forbids single parents from enlisting — a policy Edmonds alleges that she was unaware of when she found out she was pregnant. The Air Force put the single parent policy in place due to the difficult strains deployment puts on the children of single parents, according to CNN.Click here to read more

Proudest day: Pictured beside her father Capt Tony Edmonds in one of her proudest moments, Rebecca Edmonds graduated from Marquette University last year on full scholarship from the Air Force Photo by

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