Related Clues:

• Ashore, maybe
• Off the base, perhaps
• Away with an O.K.
• Having a baby, say
• Acting as sentry
• Legally gone
• Off base with permission
• Having an official holiday from work
• Officially excused from duty
• Taking a maternity break, say
• Off base, possibly
• Recreating, maybe
• Like many pregnant women
• Small number briefly go absent from work
• Like a dutiful sentry