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January 7, 2013

19:29 • 4 months ago

New Mexico judge awards “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”-discharged service members back pay

Tags: Politics LGBT Pentagon U.S. Military U.S. Army U.S. Navy U.S. Marines U.S. Air Force New Mexico ACLU numbers sc 171 • Permalink

181 U.S. military veterans who were discharged under the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy will receive their full back pay following a judge’s ruling on a lawsuit filed by the ACLU in New Mexico.
$13,000 is the average amount that each former soldier, sailor, Marine or pilot will receive as a result of the lawsuit, which granted full back-pay to any member of the U.S. military discharged during or after November 2004.
$2.4M will be paid out in total by the Pentagon, which had originally halved the separation pay of any service member who was discharged under the old “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy. source

March 14, 2011

11:07 • 2 years ago

U.S. Navy: Officers helping in Japan exposed to radiation

Tags: contamination Fukushima japan japan earthquake japan tsunami nuclear crisis radiation u.s. navy 5 • Permalink

17 U.S. Navy personnel treated for low levels of radiation source

» But how … ? Apparently the officials were in Navy helicopters and flew through a plume of radioactive material let into the atmosphere by the Fukushima reactors. Yikes.

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