Leave of absence for major who disappeared (Bizzare Case of Maj Jill Metzger)

Associated Press ^ | 15 June 07 | None listed

[SkyPilot]

This case is just strange. I was one of the Freepers who came out to vehemently defend Maj Metzger last fall. From what I have read in the past few months, her story didn't add up at all, and she is defintely lying about something.

I don't know what the story is - did she crack up under the stress of a 4 month deployment?

An office mate told me Newsday published something about her hanging around locals that she shouldn't have been with. I can't find that story.

There were rumors on FR that she was fooling around with another officer at Manas Air Base, and got pregnant and went off to have a secret abortion because she was about to go on her honeymoon with her husband when she returned from deployment.

I cannot substantiate that at all. If anyone has any information, please post it.

I will tell you what I do know - the Air Force does not just grant folks 18 months of frickin leave so they can be with their spouse!

There is something rotten in Denmark about this whole story.

[SkyPilot]

Related story in Rocky Mountain Telegram:

Mother: Air Force major who disappeared for 3 days to take leave

[johnny7]

She should be working for NASA...

[dakine]

hahaha....

[vpintheak]

18 Months of leave? I have never heard of anything like it. Something else is definately going on.

[Joe 6-pack]

"...the Air Force does not just grant folks 18 months of frickin leave so they can be with their spouse!"

LOL...I was thinking this is kind of anachronistic. Even when an officer is detailed to pursue an advanced degree, diplomatic assignment, etc. their duty status is not changed.

Extended Leaves of absence were, I thought, entirely a thing of the past..i.e., after Patton participated in the 1912 Olympics, he went to the French Cavalry school, largely on his own dime, IIRC, and at another point in his life, went sailing in the south Pacific for several months, again, on his own dime.

[rlmorel]

Right...didn’t Patton go on that sailing trip right after he was kicked in the head by that horse playing polo?

He was lucky he didn’t kill his entire family and himself in the process, if that is so.

[Shimmer128]

Too weird, what do you think of this??

[BoneShaker]

Why is this lying affirmative action appointee still in the service?

She is a disgrace to the service and to the country.
If she was a white male she would have been disciplined, punished and given a dishonorable discharge long ago.

[Coldwater Creek]

Exactly!

[rockabyebaby]

sniff sniff, smell that? something smells here......

[bethelgrad]

Come on now, it’s the Air Force. They only do 4 month deployments, so being allowed an 18 month leave of absense (without pay I’m sure) shouldn’t surprise anyone.

[livius]

I think she probably had a nervous breakdown or something similar. Once upon a time, somebody like that would have been given a medical discharge or even a general discharge, depending on what they did and their condition at the time, and allowed to quietly go on with their lives.

I’m surprised that it has taken this long for some action to be taken. It’s odd that she’s just being given leave, though, and not discharged. There may be more to this story than we know.

[rawhide]

I feel sorrow for the husband. I’m sure he has a lot of questions in his mind?

[ma bell]

Does she get to sell back any of her leave that isn’t used up? I know the strenious 4 month tour them AF “warriors” have puts to shame the 15 month quick and easy tour the Army awards their soldiers with...

[JoeSixPack1]

An 18 month leave w/pay is only possible if you call it “Basket Leave”.
In this case it’s “Basket Case, Leave”.

[PAR35]

If they just wanted to give her time with her husband, they could have shipped them to the same base and given her a makework office assignment. If she needs 18 months to recover, she probably should receive her discharge.

[Gondring]

"Basket Case Leave"

Good one!

[Gondring]

She should be working for NASA...

That was my own first thought... but, of course, FReepers will tell you that NASA is a big government-run bureaucracy and our military is totally different! </sarc>

[pabianice]

It takes 18 months for a Gao’uld symbiote to mature...