https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/down-ranked-for-being-a-vet-college-settles-suit-over-denial-promotion-for-guard-member <div class="images-v2-count-1"><div class="content-picture image-v2-number-1" id="image-49817"> <div class="social_icons social-buttons-on-image"> <a href='https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdown-ranked-for-being-a-vet-college-settles-suit-over-denial-promotion-for-guard-member%3Futm_source%3DFacebook%26utm_medium%3Dorganic%26utm_campaign%3DShare%20to%20facebook' target="_blank" class='social-share-button facebook-share-button'><i class="fa fa-facebook-f"></i></a> <a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=Down+ranked+for+being+a+vet%3F+College+settles+suit+over+denial+promotion+for+Guard+member&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rallypoint.com%2Fanswers%2Fdown-ranked-for-being-a-vet-college-settles-suit-over-denial-promotion-for-guard-member&amp;via=RallyPoint" target="_blank" class="social-share-button twitter-custom-share-button"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> <a href="mailto:?subject=Check this out on RallyPoint!&body=Hi, I thought you would find this interesting:%0D%0ADown ranked for being a vet? College settles suit over denial promotion for Guard member%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/down-ranked-for-being-a-vet-college-settles-suit-over-denial-promotion-for-guard-member" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="ff071f4efb7b36687e44034b32e466f2" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/817/for_gallery_v2/9c149428.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/817/large_v3/9c149428.jpg" alt="9c149428" /></a></div></div>Pima Community College has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of an Arizona National Guard soldier who was denied a promotion in the college&#39;s public safety department.<br /><br />College police officer Timothy Stoner had contended he was discriminated against because of his military service, which include deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.<br /><br />The college denies in the settlement that it discriminated against Stoner based on its refusal to promote him to corporal or that it violated a federal law on employment rights of military personnel.<br /><br />Under the settlement, Stoner will be promoted and receive back pay for lost wages.<br /><br />The Justice Department announced the settlement Thursday. 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College settles suit over denial promotion for Guard member%0D%0A %0D%0AHere is the link: https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/down-ranked-for-being-a-vet-college-settles-suit-over-denial-promotion-for-guard-member" target="_blank" class="social-share-button email-share-button"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> </div> <a class="fancybox" rel="86c83609fb7de0c471f74638288099ca" href="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/817/for_gallery_v2/9c149428.jpg"><img src="https://d1ndsj6b8hkqu9.cloudfront.net/pictures/images/000/049/817/large_v3/9c149428.jpg" alt="9c149428" /></a></div></div>Pima Community College has settled a lawsuit filed by the U.S. Department of Justice on behalf of an Arizona National Guard soldier who was denied a promotion in the college&#39;s public safety department.<br /><br />College police officer Timothy Stoner had contended he was discriminated against because of his military service, which include deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan.<br /><br />The college denies in the settlement that it discriminated against Stoner based on its refusal to promote him to corporal or that it violated a federal law on employment rights of military personnel.<br /><br />Under the settlement, Stoner will be promoted and receive back pay for lost wages.<br /><br />The Justice Department announced the settlement Thursday. 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