Catholic soldier says her Muslim-sounding name made her a target for harassment

True...

However, the fact that she acquired a lawyer due to the attempts at reprisal from her superiors, and they backed off tells me that there's some truth to what she's saying...

 

The people harrassing her need to get out. They lack the discipline to be soldiers.

(Just my professional opinion as a retired Army NCO.)

 

You really had to dig deep into the compost for that one, didn't you?

After all the Muslim-bashing that goes on here, you do not think that some people are begining to see it is as okay for soldiers to harrass Muslims to the point that they do not want to serve?

Brilliant.

 

I'm just baffled that no one put a stop to it. Has the Army degraded that badly since the mid 90s?

 

Boo-hoo-hoo, waaa waaa waaa! I want money.

Just another Affimative-Action female sergeant.

 

Hold on. For all we know she has become a drama queen. We have nothing but her word, and frankly, she sounds waaaaay too thin skinned.

 

Well...look at all the "We love the military" Rightwingers.....

who are attacking a member of the military?!?!? Because it conflicts with their hatred of Muslims...which apparently MORE IMPORTANT to them than their supposed "love" of soldiers.

 

As a member of the military shes harassed every single day, for every conceivable reason.

Shes really crying cause someone teased her?

She needs to man up, or get out.

 

MI isn't PC. either she could translate or she would have been a paper pusher.

 

The people harassing her need dishonorable discharges. The officers covering for them and harassing her need to spend the rest of their lives in solitary confinement.

 

Horse hockey. There is no excuse for deliberately making another soldier's life miserable. It destroys unit cohesion.

Even if she were a Muslim, it would be good reason to remove the harrassers. It violates the constitution that a soldier is sworn to uphold.

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The more likely case is that a bunch of immature punks think it is cute to harrass the female soldier who dares to step into what they consider a man's realm.

 

There is no such thing. Either she qualifies for the MOS or she doesn't. The fact that she has risen to an NCO grade is proof enough that you are wrong.

Go tell your story to someone who knows nothing about m,ilitary discipline. They MIGHT buy it.

 

I assume you're willing to take her place then?

 

She's an E-7 already. Just what "punks" were harassing her ?

 

What stupidity...

She's been in for 12 (*)(*)(*)(*)ing years...

Pretty good amount of time to have hit E-7 by now...

 

Other E-7s with masculinity issues.

 

Oh really ? And as it seems she has 12 years in already, how did this go at the lower ranks for her ?

Point being, there is no evidence except her word, which sounds hugely whiney, that she has endured anything of consequence. My educated guess is that she reached her peter-principal top, and now has no legitimate hope of making 20.

 

As it should be

 

i find this pathetic, unless she did something wrong she deserves the same respect as any member of our armed forces. she volunteered to fight for this country whenever called upon, she has my full respect.

 

Nope she took my place, Im already out of the military.

 

Her crying because she got teased destroys unit cohesion.

She needs to man up, all shes doing is proving soft tender women should not be in the military...

but leftys will cry about equality and crap, and our national defense will suffer as our soldiers are forced to take sensitivity training, instead of rifle training.

 

So, if women want to be in the military, they should be willing to be harassed?!

Do you know how (*)(*)(*)(*)in stupid that sounds?

Oh, and BTW, firearms training AND training dealing with harassment, SA, and all that are already both in place...

So, how about the individuals in question just be (*)(*)(*)(*)ing professionals?

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She just reenlisted at 12...

 

Or the people in question can act professionally...

There's no legit reasoning behing harassing someone for their perceived religion, which, BTW, isn't even correct...

Sounds like a bunch of ignorant (*)(*)(*)(*)s to me...

 

I'm thinking there is a lot more to this. If she changed her name and is still harassed I'm guessing she did something, right or wrong, to earn a certain reputation that followed her...

 

Bingo. Everyone in the military gets ribbed about everything. The notion that an E-7 would be he target of serious criticism for her name is absurd.

Again, folks in this thread are taking her claim verbatim, but it does not pass the stink test. Not one iota.