Navy bars outed gay sailor from return to service

Jason Knight

A sailor who outed himself is out of the Navy for good.

Navy officials said Friday that a third set of discharge papers — this time noting “homosexual conduct” and barring any recall to service — have been issued for Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Knight.

Though privacy rules forbid the Navy from releasing the documents, officials said a recall code of RE-4 was listed and that the papers effectively end any possibility of future service.

As of Friday, Knight said he had not received the DD-214 discharge papers, but was not surprised they were reissued.

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