Air Force Officer in Trouble Over Hat

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TUCSON, Ariz. - Lt. Col. Martha McSally, the first female head of an Air Force fighter squadron, may have her head in the clouds — but it's her hat that has gotten her in trouble.



McSally, 38, wore a men's flight cap during her installation ceremony as head of Davis-Monthan Air Force Base's 354th Fighter Squadron in July. Wearing the men's cap, which runs straight across the forehead rather than angling down toward the eyebrows, is forbidden for women under U.S. Air Force rules.


McSally has tangled with military commanders over gender dress differences before. She previously sued the Pentagon (news - web sites) for forcing female troops to wear Muslim garb overseas.


She won the case accusing the Defense Department of discrimination for forcing her to wear the long, black cloak worn by Muslim women when traveling off-base in Saudi Arabia. The policy was reversed.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=816&ncid=816&e=2&u=/ap/20040825/ap_on_fe_st/air_force_caps

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1. The Air Force folks are laughing about it

Speculation is she grabbed the wrong hat, or that someone played a prank on her. She's not in ANY trouble, despite what the article headline says! This is too funny!