Posted on 04/21/2025 5:57:38 PM PDT by Red Badger
A 41-year-old Long Island attorney is taking the U.S. Navy to federal court after claiming recruiters deliberately dragged their feet on her application to become the first female Navy SEAL — until it was too late.
Amanda S. Reynolds, a self-described “Viking-like” warrior, has filed an age discrimination lawsuit against the Navy, accusing officials of stalling her application process long enough for her to miss the service’s age cutoff, according to The New York Post.
“I could have gone to officer candidate school in February,” Reynolds told The Post. “But they delayed my application without reason or cause and then they told me I was too old.”
Reynolds claims she was misled at every turn, with recruiters assuring her that age waivers were “always obtainable.” Yet despite what she describes as years of diligent preparation and physical training — including long-distance running, swimming, and scuba certification — her file was never submitted in time.
“The opportunity … was kind of taken away from me. I would like that to be reinstated,” Reynolds said. “I would just like the outcome to be determined by the merits instead of by some sort of technicality.
According to Navyseals.com, “Applicants must be from 17 to 28 years old. Waivers for men ages 29 and 30 are available for highly qualified candidates. Men with prior enlisted service as SEALs who are seeking to become SEAL Officers can request waivers to age 33.”
The Woodbury, NY resident had previously worked for over a decade in litigation law before deciding to pivot to military service in 2018. After being sworn into the Navy in Brooklyn, Reynolds claims she was never assigned to a unit, never deployed, and never processed into active duty status.
The Navy, meanwhile, disputes the timeline, stating it has “no record of service” for Reynolds and that her enlistment paperwork was first filed in 2019.
After a brief move to Utah, Reynolds says she revived her efforts in 2020, only to be sidelined by a DUI arrest — a misdemeanor charge that was later dismissed in 2023. Still, she pressed on, eventually entering the Navy SEAL Warrior Challenge Program in 2023 with the hope of breaking the gender barrier in the elite special forces unit.
But instead of advancing her candidacy, recruiters allegedly pushed her toward the Judge Advocate General (JAG) Corps, citing her legal background.
“I wound up bringing a lawsuit in federal court in New York in order to pursue an age discrimination claim against the Navy in order to have my opportunity reinstated. So that’s where I’m at now, in the stage of the process. And hopefully, with the help of the courts and judicial intervention, I’ll be able to pursue that route as a career, notwithstanding my age,” she said.
Woah. That lady was rode hard and put up wet.
(shudder)
Naval Amphibious Base Coronado is where Navy SEALS are made. San Diego, basically.
I remember when I first moved to Coronado into an apartment back in '08 (I no longer live there).
One night I heard a bunch of explosions and machine gun fire down by the beach. I thought we were getting invaded! "No, bro. Those are SEALs training."
"Navy SEALs? Real ones?"
"Yep."
I'd see 'em drinking at McP's or Danny's from time to time. Small, wiry guys with haircuts that were always slightly out of regs. Never big ole' bodybuilder types like Hollywood makes them out to be.
Panama City, Florida has a Navy SEAL training Base...............
Likely too late for the eggs too...🤔
I bet her thighs are bigger than mine.
Sure. Those testosterone fueled 17 to 28 year old men really want Grandma on their team.
Why can’t crap like this (and deporting criminal aliens) just be dealt with with a sure and final hand.
Indeed. Naval Special Warfare Center, Panama City. It's advanced SEAL training. They're already SEALs when they arrive there.
“She’s already demonstrated as much by racking up a DUI.”
OT, but it says the DUI in Utah was a MISDEMEANOR!? WTH? I thought they were felonies in every state.
SHE SHOULD BE CHARGED WITH FILING A FRIVOLOUS LAWSUIT..............
She’s in Utah, so comes democrat judge shopping in New York to file her lawsuit.
Another useless lawyer seeking attention.
Yes, and they train like hell!.............
I used to work there, as a civilian, in the Calibration Lab.
One of the SEAL guys I had to interface with every month when stuff was due for calibration, looked exactly like Liam Neeson! This was in the mid 90’s..................
Little long in the tooth to be a cougar and kinda over the hill, making her a Saber Cat that can no longer hold her prey down
That's not 'resting b*tch face'. That's 'active b*tch face'.
Bitch! Bitch! Bitch!
LOL!
Thats the easiest fix. BUDS will bust her delusional bubble.
I believe her plan is to sue her way for in and then threaten further lawsuits if they don’t lower standards enough for her. Just my opinion.
It will be tossed out on the first level...................
Say it costs $100,000 to prepare and then take the SEAL training course. Have her post a $100,000 bond and, if she doesn’t complete the training successfully, she pays the $100,000 and goes her way. If she makes it, treat her like any other SEAL. I’m sure SEAL make the same as a lawyer, right?
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