ORLANDO, Florida (AP) — A former astronaut banished from NASA after she confronted a romantic rival in a bizarre episode is being expelled from the Navy, officials said Thursday.
Capt. Lisa Nowak will retire with an "other than honorable" discharge and her pay grade will be knocked down one rank, Assistant Secretary of Navy Juan Garcia said in a statement.
You remember her: the nutjob who drove cross-country to kidnap her lover’s girlfriend? That was in February of 2007 - over four years ago. She got kicked out of the astronaut corps, at least, and pleaded the charges against her down to a year’s probation, but was still serving as a Navy Captain until now.
I wonder what it was like to work with her? Did people have to bite back Depends jokes at office birthday parties? Avoid discussing vacation plans that involved long drives?
More importantly, was her duty station one where your peers give you a call sign, and if so...
Part of the brave new world of diversity. If you are adequately diverse, you have levels of protection not available to those who are not. The punishment does not seem unreasonable, just the amount of time it took to implement.
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