[lg policy] Navy linguist discharged under policy banning gays is reinstated

[Harold Schiffman]

Navy linguist discharged under policy banning gays is reinstated

Petty Officer 2nd Class Jase Daniels, 29, was discharged in 2007 after
he was featured in a story in the Stars & Stripes newspaper about gay
military personnel. He will report soon to the Defense Language
Institute in Monterey, his attorneys announced.


By Tony Perry, Los Angeles Times

December 13, 2011, 12:29 a.m.
Reporting from San Diego—

A Navy linguist discharged under the now-repealed policy banning gays
from serving openly has been reinstated and will report soon to the
Defense Language Institute in Monterey, his attorneys announced.
Petty Officer 2nd Class Jase Daniels, 29, was discharged in 2007 after
he was featured in a story in the Stars & Stripes newspaper about gay
military personnel. He was sworn back into the Navy on Monday.

Daniels, a Hebrew linguist, served a year in Kuwait before being
discharged. He will study Farsi — spoken in Iran and Afghanistan — at
the Defense Language Institute. Aubrey Sarvis, executive director of
the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, said the reinstatement of
Daniels "underscores that all qualified and needed service members are
now officially welcomed back into the ranks."

Daniels was one of three plaintiffs in a 2010 case challenging the
"don't ask, don't tell" policy. Reinstatement bids by the others, an
Air Force major and an Air Force staff sergeant, are pending, their
lawyers said.

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-gay-sailor-20111213,0,5215178.story

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