European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 stars and s tripes june 2007 Navy bars outed Gay Sailor from return to service by Joseph Giordono stars and stripes a Sailor who outed himself is out of the Navy for Navy officials said Friday that a third set of discharge papers this time noting homosexual con duct and barring any recall to service have been issued for Petty officer 2nd class Jason though privacy rules forbid the Navy from releasing the Docu officials said a recall code of re4 was listed and that the papers effectively end any possibility of future As of Knight said he had not received the dd214 Dis charge but was not sur prised they were in Early Knight was the subject of a stars and stripes Story detailing How he had served a yearlong tour in Kuwait As an openly Gay shortly Navy officials said based in part on statements Knight made he would be honorable discharged under the military dont dont Tell but last Knight released the Only discharge papers he had received after his individual ready Reserve tour with a Cus Toms battalion in Kuwait was com those papers made no mention of homosexual conduct and made him eligible for Active duty recall until Navy officials said those documents were issued be fore knights Story was pub the and dd214 had already been issued before that Story Navy officials said Fri there was no explanation from either Side on Why Knight had not received the paper Knight to work for a Knight had since gone advocacy group working to overturn dont dont a Compro Mise policy enacted in the Issue of Gays in the Mili tary gained a second life earlier this year when chairman of the joint chiefs of staff Peter Pace said in a newspaper inter View that homosexuality was immoral and not conducive to Good military the policy has since been a subject in both the Republican and democratic presidential email Joseph Giordono at  former executive to plead guilty to rigging bids a former chief financial officer of a Virginia Marine products company has agreed to plead guilty for conspiring to Rig bids on products Pur chased by the coast guard and other Donald Murray was also charged in his role in a conspiracy to embezzle Money from his former according to a press release by the Justice who is cooperating with an ongoing would serve 18 months in prison and pay a Fine under the plea agree which is subject to approval by the District court in nor he is the third executive to plead guilty in the Gerald thermos and Robert Taylor were the according to the Murray and others conspired to fix prices and Rig bids on contracts for foam filled Marine which Are used As a Cushion Between ships and fixed structures such As docks and which Are used As Channel defense department civilian pleads guilty to fraud a former defense department civilian pleaded guilty to siphoning off department funds for himself and others after returning from his deployment to according to a Justice department press Jesse Lane formerly of the 223rd finance California army National faces a maximum penalty of five years in prison for conspire 20 years in prison for honest services wire fraud and three years of supervised according to the Lane and his co conspirators were deployed to Iraq and Kuwait from March 2004 to february while Lane managed payroll for other after returning to Lane tapped into Dod accounts and stole thousands of dollars for himself and his co conspirators Jennifer Annakos of Chula Lomeli Chavez of and Derryl Hollier and Luis Lopez of los the co conspirators had each previously pleaded guilty in District court in los Angeles to one count of conspiracy to commit wire from staff reports object Germany group offers advice to potential objectors from Page 3 the other five opted out of the arduous which is sup posed to take nine months but can take a year or Sharp they were discharged with Gener medical or  Able Augustin Aguayo is the Only one of our Guys who got a bad conduct Dis Sharp Anne a depart ment of the army said the army respects conscientious we have a lot of respect for people whose values and beliefs Are that they dont want to fight or dont believe in War at she we dont want them in the army if they dont want to the numbers of after nearly tripling Between 2002 and have remained according to army in the first nine months of the last 33 co applications were approved and nine according to statistics Holcomb gaining conscientious objector status which brings an Honor Able discharge is not according to Sharp and others who work with such youre saying you dont be Lieve anymore what everybody else around you is Sharp people Are not going to in to convince army officials that you now feel War is wrong re quires extensive written state ments explaining the change of interviews with an investigating of review by at least three com All of whom make recommendations to the and actions that Back up the but he better obey said Jim an american Liv ing in Germany who works with the if they refuse to handle a they can get an article there photo Courtesy of Tim Huber military counselling network Michael director of the military counselling says an increasing number of army Europe soldiers 12 this year have asked about gaining conscientious objector Are lots easier ways to do any body who goes through this pro Cess and makes it out that Way is either serious about it or a con Capps said one reason he didst pursue a co discharge was be cause while he opposed the Iraq and Afghanistan in not a Complete everybody knows he Capps knew a Soldier in his battalion who sought and won co status and didst want to go through the the Chain of command treated him like Capps sometimes its the command that Doest want to wait for the co we had a staff sergeant from a staff sergeant goes to the firing Range and the soldiers see him refusing to fire desert service members who go awol not always prosecuted from Page 3 Edgecomb said each desertion Case is handled based on its own theres no magic formula for the handling of a Edgecomb wrote in an the disposition of each Case is handled individually and the con sequences depend on the Circum stances surrounding the soldiers she most deserters if not on deployment orders Are discharged without being that she deserters Are generally Young soldiers whole served less than three years and have a Vari Ety of the she is neither interested in keep ing them nor bringing them to How effective Are they going to be if they become the bad Apple she but according to an april Story in the new York prosecutions for desertion and being awol have increased markedly since the Iraq War according to the from 2002 through last the aver age annual rate of army prosecutions of desertion tripled com pared with the five year period from 1997 to according to the that meant that about 6 percent of yearly deserters were being up from 2 per cent Between these two five year prosecutions for similar like absence without leave or failure to appear for unit have More than Dou to an average of 390 per year from an average of 180 per army data according to the the crackdown was a reflection of army officials awareness that de which the Story said exceeded 1 percent of the Active duty Force in 2000 for the first time since the pos Vietnam were in a sustained upswing again after ebbing in the first year of the Iraq the nation is at War and the army treats the offence of Deser Tion More Edgecomb was quoted As saying in that Nancy Montgomery his weapon Sharp the command didst want to they gave him a general Dis Sharp said commanders responses to having a Soldier apply for co status vary from those who will part gladly with reluctant or unwilling soldiers to those who View such applicants As cow Ards and retired Ricardo formerly commander of the 1st infantry division and v denied All three applications he Sharpe writing Only As his reason timing is Many of the networks co clients who comprise about 15 percent of All its clients have Al ready deployed to Iraq and of and they say that changed among them is former Vin cent la honorable Dis charged As a conscientious objector in 2005 with a purple heart earned during his Iraq tour As a 1st armoured division combat in when he returned to la Volpa wrote on the Man web he thought about his expert i contemplated the cause and its feeling that the Means was not Worth the sacrifice for the Uncertain i Felt that i had to make a he am i for this or am i against it i decided i am against email Nancy Montgomery at  get legally married while deployed Usa marriage certificate recognized by military no travel required completed in 3 weeks personalized service do the right thing Contact Sam or Barbara Call 0016103535381 toll free 8774822406  tune specials 305 295 395 395 los 399 san 399 305 travel Jun 1 great to All payment in us vacations by Egypt 8 Days Russia 8 Days turkish Riviera 7 of 39gp 1 vacation special train Call for Lait minute top Touri 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