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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Was this the attempted kidnapper who wore a diaper? I’ve mercifully forgotten a lot of this story.
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.
Gee, ya’ think?!!
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.
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.
A combat soldier from Iraq would already be on trial.
...a light punishment considering...there might have been a bit of Annapolis ring knocking going on at the hearing...if you get my drift.
She’s lucky to keep her pension.
...it Depends.
A ringknocker gets a break ! Cannot forget Holly Graf as well !
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.
If this were a man “he” would still be in jail.
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
This comes as no surprise.
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.
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.
Pack up your Depends and leave!
She should be busted and thrown out. She’s nuts, and the Navy doesn’t need anymore nuts than it already has!!
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