[djmcmath]

I like the recorder idea -- that's a great CYA tool.

I'm in the business of separating people from the Navy. We do a dozen administrative separations in any given week. Normally, it's fantastically difficult to separate someone -- you have to demonstrate cause, show documentation, etc. There's a lot of hassle involved in firing someone from the Navy. However, if it's really important, there's always backdoors. I'm sure that your situation is no different. There has to be some undocumented feature, something that one of your friends in HR knows about that will make this easier.