European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 7, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse June 2007 stars and stripes pages discharge papers dont Tell Sailor is Gay Navy says repeat omission and Reserve obligation will be investigated by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes a Sailor who publicly outed himself As a homosexual has once again been Dis charged by the but has once again been Given a recall status that could allow him to return to Active Petty officer 2nd class Jason Knight had served As an openly Gay Man during a yearlong individual ready Reserve tour in in Early stars and stripes wrote an Arti Cle about igniting a Media in Short the Navy Knight said it would discharge Knight under the dont dont Tell policy and bar him from reentering in latest knights new discharge papers like his previous discharge papers i do not mention Homo sexual conduct As the reason for his Dis they cite completion of required Active and they list his re Call code As with a Reserve obligation ending in april i cant do anything but Knight said wednesday in a Telephone its getting to the Point of being Ridick according to soon after the Story broke and was repeated in dozens of Media outlets he was called to the judge advocate generals office at a Navy base in san he went through the paper work with a military signing forms that indicated he was to be discharged for homosexual when he got his official dd214 separa Tion forms in the mail a week Howe they mentioned nothing of the in Knight was again transferred to the naval Reserve and subject to Active duty though his rank was Petty officer 2nd class while in his Dis charge papers list him As a 3rd or i have no idea How it Knight said of his discharge papers As a Navy officials on wednesday said it appeared the dd214 was issued from nor Folk before a Public but that naval personnel officials were looking into the had the leadership been presented with credible information about homosexual they would have processed Petty officer Knight out of the Navy spokesman Jeff Davis said in the first his leadership heard of Petty officer knights homosexuality was through press in part because of knights Public state Davis said he was to be Dis charged under dont dont the policy prohibits commands from investigating whether a service member is to and prevents Gay servicemen Bers from openly stating their sexual Orien since leaving the Navy in Knight has gone to work with the service members Legal defense an advocacy group working for the repeal of dont dont Knight was among a panel of four former service members who spoke be fore a congressional group this week in its a very and Surprise to learn that the Navy so values a sons service that they have again assigned him to the individual ready de spite his very Public advocacy As an openly Gay Steve a spokesman for the said there Are clearly Many people inside the armed forces who care less about sexual orientation the Navy has welcomed Jason Knight not not but now a third and he has Al ways answered the Call to his Story proves there is no room to question the a dedication and commitment of Les bisexual and transgender Ameri and shame on those who still since the policy was adopted in 1993 the Pentagon has discharged nearly ser Vic members under the dont dont Tell in recent due in part to comments by joint chiefs of staff chair Man Peter the policy has once again become an it was brought up at both the Republican and democratic presidential candidate debates this although Knight acknowledges the Navy will Likely reissue discharge orders Modi fied to cite homosexual activity and bar him from returning to he would still go Back if somehow called to of course i he said email Joseph Giordono at hotel Forthaus by Garmisch be Garmil sub jwm5 free breakfast family apartments hot tub Sauna dogs Welcome american owned om249120 fax os82491214 email Farewell and godspeed web email service big Plush com phone 18002389481 love graduation Teddy bears tall i fast worldwide shipping say 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