Word: tailhook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Pentagon report on the notorious 1991 Tailhook convention can't be used as evidence in a lawsuit brought by a woman who claims she was sexually harassed at the gathering, a federal judge has ruled. The ruling found that the report was based on hearsay and is not trustworthy enough to be used in the courtroom. "This is a blow for Navy Lieut. Paula Coughlin (who has filed the lawsuit)," says TIME Pentagon correspondent Mark Thompson. "You came away from the report thinking she was completely the victim." But adds Thompson: the report "was never intended to stand...
...post-Tailhook Navy being overly sensitive to political correctness? Absolutely not, said Naval Operations Chief Jeremy Boorda, as he explained why the Navy had withdrawn its prime candidate for the Pacific command. Boorda argued that a lengthy (and possibly hostile) Senate confirmation hearing for Admiral Stanley Arthur, who has been criticized for his handling of a high- profile sexual-harassment case, would leave a dangerous command vacancy that must be filled as soon as possible...
...Tailhook: Case Closed...
...prosecution of the 1991 Tailhook sex scandal that rocked the Navy and Marine Corps came to a close when the Marines dismissed the last case pending against an officer because of insufficient evidence, leaving a record of no trials, though some punishments, for the 145 cases targeted by the Pentagon for investigation...
...Navy, Admiral Jeremy Boorda, promised to speed up plans to assign women to all surface vessels and perhaps even allow them aboard submarines, the Navy's last all-male bastion. "The goal is all ships; the goal is everything," commented Boorda, who also said a repeat of the Tailhook sexual-assault scandal "would simply not be tolerated...