S.D. Guard sued for race, sex discrimination

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S.D. Guard sued for race, sex discrimination
By Carson Walker - The Associated Press
Posted : Saturday Oct 11, 2008 17:52:42 EDT

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — A retired colonel with the South Dakota National Guard is suing the Guard and several commanders on grounds she was discriminated against because of her sex and Japanese-American heritage.

Col. Nancy Wetherill filed the federal complaint in U.S. District Court in Rapid City.

Named as defendants are: Army Secretary Pete Geren; the Army National Guard; Maj. Gen. Steven Doohen, adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard; Brig. Gen. Theodore Johnson, Wetherill’s former supervisor; and the South Dakota National Guard.

According to the complaint, Wetherill joined the South Dakota National Guard in 1974 and was eligible for retirement July 31, 2007 — called the Mandatory Removal Date, or MRD — but not eligible for full civil service retirement benefits until Dec. 31, 2010.

The previous adjutant general of the South Dakota National Guard, Maj. Gen. Michael Gorman, requested and received for Wetherill in 2007 approval to keep her on staff until that later date so she could qualify.


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