Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Knight joined the Navy in early 2001 and became a Hebrew linguist. He was discharged in 2005 when his marriage-annulment papers included references to his homosexuality. Yet because of a bureaucratic mistake, he was accidentally listed as an inactive reservist and recalled back to service in 2006. He was discharged again in 2007 after writing a letter on gay rights to the editor of Stars and Stripes newspaper.