Navy discriminated against Muslim over beard, suit says

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | Bob Egelko

[Squantos]

This one ....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_James_K._Polk_(SSBN-645)

Was in 89 ...I retired in 96.

[mylife]

Oh ... I was fast attack, was on 2 of the modified slow attacks

Washington? Marshall?

Hat tip to you. Saw the Ohio launched, that was mega cool.

[Afterguard]

I served under Nixon when we abandoned South Vietnam. We had to run from Cam Rahn Bay. I served under Carter in what became the worlds 2nd largest nuclear Navy. I then joyfully served under Ronaldus Magnus in the worlds finest Navy, again. And finally under G.H.W. Bush, an actual hero of WW II. God I loved it. (but wouldn’t care to do it again, now)

[mylife]

Had the bad fortune of Serving fore carter for a while.

[cva66snipe]

Carter's second CNO managed to get one thing right. They gave us back the Crackerjacks. I guess it was Hayward. In 1977 on the ships the dress blues were an officers or chiefs variation. Next to impossible to stow on ship and maintain. There were no Bosuns Whistles either. Morale was the pits. The changes I remember happening seem to have began about the time Hayward became CNO. Navy traditions were over a period of about a year restored. I know the Crackerjacks were required in my final mustering out sea bag inspection Oct 80.

Don't get me wrong Carter was a bungling moron for POTUS and CIC but honestly military wise it was already a mess when he was sworn in and for a while things were allowed to continue. AWOL was up and if you wanted out all you had to do was go UA for 31 days and report in elsewhere for processing out. That too rightfully ended about the same time Hayward took over. After that if you went AWOL all time AWOL was tacked on to your enlistment and you were forced to finish it to the day. That policy had prevailed in other branches as well so I would say Ford's Sec of Def allowed the walk away policy to prevail.

[mylife]

Remember the Film “The Last Detail”?

I still larf!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1pdy4MFlq4

[mylife]

Things certainly changed the day Reagan took office.

[cva66snipe]

Yeah I think I saw it. But I can’t download Youtube from dial up.

[rarestia]

he does make his wife walk 10 steps behind him.

The subjugation of women has been a social norm for centuries, unfortunately. Prior to the 1920s, women were not considered on-par with men even in the United States. I am by no means making an excuse for this behavior, but I think it's important to distinguish when women are considered part of a faith, as with Christianity, versus when they're considered property as with Islam.