>>>>There are other laws that may come into play. For example, it's illegal for a regular business fires someone (same thing as discharged from the military), because they are pregnant. Unless there are specific laws that allow the military or government to bypass that law, they could be opening up a can of worms.
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>>>>>You'd likely be proven wrong.
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>>>>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Code_of_Military_Justice
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>>>>>Articles 92 and 120 at a minimum. IANAL.
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>>>The military is not a 'regular business' though an awful lot of people want to treat it that way.
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>>Which branch of the service were you in, Bill?
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>Regrettably I never joined (although I was holding a pen over the 'dotted line' a Mayport Naval Station years ago before backing out)...

Hmm.You in the confined environment of a ship . Maybe they where grateful.