Legal Opinion
Bowman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided December 18, 2008No. 07-4322PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEORGE CARAM STEEH, District Judge.
This lawsuit arises from plaintiff Linden Bowman’s early retirement from the United States Air Force and his failed attempt to participate in a program that would allow him to have community service work count toward his years of service needed to obtain a full twenty-year military retirement. The Secretary of Defense failed to process his request for military service credit for his work as a youth minister on grounds that the regulations specifically prohibit credit for employment with “religious organizations engaged in religious activities, unless such…
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