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Navy Panel Wants Lisa Nowak Discharged
news4jax.com ^ | August 19, 2010

Posted on 08/20/2010 4:57:37 AM PDT by CarolinaGOP

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- After a day-long hearing at Naval Station Jacksonville, a Navy Board of Inquiry recommended that a love-scorned astronaut who drove from Texas to Florida in 2007 should be demoted from captain to commander and separated from the Navy.....

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: astronaut; colleenshipman; lisanowak; nasa; navy

1 posted on 08/20/2010 4:57:42 AM PDT by CarolinaGOP
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To: CarolinaGOP

Was this the attempted kidnapper who wore a diaper? I’ve mercifully forgotten a lot of this story.


2 posted on 08/20/2010 5:01:40 AM PDT by 668 - Neighbor of the Beast
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To: CarolinaGOP

Double standard-—if this had been an enlisted man, he would have already been court martialed, dropped to the lowest rank, and dishonorably discharged without his pension.


3 posted on 08/20/2010 5:04:09 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: CarolinaGOP

Gee, ya’ think?!!


4 posted on 08/20/2010 5:06:14 AM PDT by momtothree
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To: CarolinaGOP

In a surprise move the panel also heard a motion to change her call sign be changed to DIAPER DOLL. Nowak’s attorney Gloria Allred objected. The panel ruled that the best call signs reflected the essence of the individual and voted unanimously to change her call sign to ALL-WHACK rather than DIAPER DOLL! Allred stormed out of the hearing.


5 posted on 08/20/2010 5:06:38 AM PDT by MIchaelTArchangel (Obama makes me miss Jimmah Cahtah!)
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To: CarolinaGOP

This psycho should have been court-martialed. She is a military officer who attacked another military officer. The military should have been given jurisdiction. Instead it was kept in the Florida courts and took two an half years to resolve, keeping her on the Navy’s payroll as an O-6.


6 posted on 08/20/2010 5:06:42 AM PDT by magellan
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

A combat soldier from Iraq would already be on trial.


7 posted on 08/20/2010 5:08:15 AM PDT by stinkerpot65 (Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
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To: CarolinaGOP

...a light punishment considering...there might have been a bit of Annapolis ring knocking going on at the hearing...if you get my drift.


8 posted on 08/20/2010 5:15:44 AM PDT by STONEWALLS
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To: CarolinaGOP

She’s lucky to keep her pension.


9 posted on 08/20/2010 5:18:26 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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To: CarolinaGOP
When it comes to imposing military discipline on a highly-visible female public personality...

...it Depends.

10 posted on 08/20/2010 5:22:48 AM PDT by Jonah Hex ("Never underestimate the hungover side of the Force.")
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To: CarolinaGOP

A ringknocker gets a break ! Cannot forget Holly Graf as well !


11 posted on 08/20/2010 5:49:15 AM PDT by CORedneck
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
Double standard-—if this had been an enlisted man, he would have already been court martialed, dropped to the lowest rank, and dishonorably discharged without his pension.

And if she had been athree or four star admiral she would have been allowed to retire with her rank intact. Double standards are all over the place.

12 posted on 08/20/2010 5:51:34 AM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

If this were a man “he” would still be in jail.


13 posted on 08/20/2010 5:53:00 AM PDT by Scotswife
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

The military has always had two standards of punishment....officers are always punished lightly.

I am surprised they even talked about taking some rank from Novak. However, they must court-martial her to take rank. As an 0-6 (Captain)....the only way rank can be taken is through a court-martial.

In the military....if you cannot promote them...you cannot take rank from them. Novak would have to be court-martialed...since her promotion would have to be approved by the Department of the Navy at the Pentagon.

I think what will happen is that Novak will be forced to retire...or be administratively discharged


14 posted on 08/20/2010 5:53:44 AM PDT by UCFRoadWarrior (JD for Senate ..... jdforsenate.com. You either voting for JD, or voting for the Liberal...)
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To: CORedneck

This comes as no surprise.


15 posted on 08/20/2010 6:00:10 AM PDT by wally_bert (It's sheer elegance in its simplicity! - The Middleman)
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To: UCFRoadWarrior

I seem to remember a fellow soldier loosing a stripe via an Article 15 (administered by our C.O.) for getting into a fight with the MPs. But that was 46 years ago (!!), maybe rules have changed on demotions.


16 posted on 08/20/2010 6:22:55 AM PDT by JoeFromCA
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To: UCFRoadWarrior; neverdem; narses

I don’t think it is “Navy pilot” influence so much as “NASA + woman + astronut (er, astronaut)” influence and “prestige” and political correctness.

Above all, political correctness. Tailhook killed hundreds of (male) Navy pilot careers in a matter of weeks.


17 posted on 08/20/2010 6:35:21 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: CarolinaGOP

Pack up your Depends and leave!


18 posted on 08/20/2010 6:37:55 AM PDT by BunnySlippers (I love BULL MARKETS . . .)
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To: CarolinaGOP

She should be busted and thrown out. She’s nuts, and the Navy doesn’t need anymore nuts than it already has!!


19 posted on 08/20/2010 6:54:07 AM PDT by DustyMoment
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