Word: flinn
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...justified under military law, hit Capitol Hill like the heat-seeking missiles Ralston once fired from his F-105 Thunderchief fighter over Vietnam. Some lawmakers immediately charged that Ralston was getting a free ride for behavior that has sunk the careers of several officers and drove First Lieut. Kelly Flinn out of the Air Force last month. "It is very clear that the Pentagon is selectively enforcing its rules on sexual conduct," said Democratic Representative Nita Lowey of New York. "We cannot have one set of rules for the big boys in the Pentagon and another for the rank...
...that's a lie, akin to saying it's not the winter, it's the cold that bothers me. No, it is sex, in and of itself, that occupies us, the lying being a collateral offense. A visitor from another planet reading the papers recently about First Lieut. Kelly Flinn, Marv Albert, Frank Gifford, Michael Kennedy and Paula Jones would think that our national pastime was not baseball but the Playboy channel. The day after the Supreme Court ruled that Paula Jones' lawsuit could go forward, the story led most major newspapers, above the announcement by Boris Yeltsin...
...these cases as different enough," Jonathan Rubens, a former Marine judge, told the New York Times. "One fellow (Longhouser), a distinguished soldier, is forced into retirement, while Ralston might even get promoted." Many were also quick to point to the case of the recently discharged Kelly Flinn as evidence that an old boys network rules the Pentagon. Cohen himself has said in the wake of the Flinn incident that the military's rules governing sexual behavior may be too rigid. Cohen is expected to make his recommendation for Joint Chiefs Chair in a week. But growing public outcry may make...
...Flinn case has enlarged the battalion of civilians who would like to meddle in the military's judicial system and its treatment of the sexes. Critics include those lambasting the adultery rules as too strict and the 119 House members co-sponsoring a bill banning mixed-sex basic training. In the end, it may be best to let the generals and admirals, exploring unknown territory, figure it out for themselves. Speaking in her personal capacity, Captain Rosemary Mariner, the Navy's first woman tactical-jet pilot and the first female commander of an aviation squadron, suggests that the approach seems...
Mariner is not happy with Flinn's negotiated discharge. Like many in the military, she believes that the bomber pilot manipulated public opinion to bypass an established if flawed system of justice. But as the military rules of romantic engagement grate repeatedly against our current excruciating sensitivity about gender and power, the rulemakers may increasingly find themselves factoring the public into their deliberations...