Tag Archives: military

Marines Train For Open Gays

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Soldiers Lip-Dub Britney Spears

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Family Research Council: It’s Not Too Late To Block The Repeal Of DADT

From a Family Research Council op-ed posted yesterday on Fox News: Here’s a quiz: What is the current state of the 1993 law that barred homosexuality in the Armed Forces (usually referred to as “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”)? If you said that the law has been repealed, and that open homosexuals are now welcome in the military, you would be …

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MSNBC: Gay Groups Snubbed At White House Event For Military Families

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Swedish Army Recruitment Ad

From the official YouTube channel of Sweden’s Armed Forces.

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates To Troops: DADT Repeal Will Bring Little Change

Just posted to the Pentagon’s official YouTube channel. (Tipped by JMG reader John)

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Joint Chiefs: No Problems With Repeal

Today the Joint Chiefs of Staff testified before the House Armed Services Committee to report that they foresee no problems with the implementation of the repeal of DADT. “We’ve not seen issues,” said Gen. James Amos, commandant of the Marine Corps. “There’s not been anxiety over it from the forces in the field.” Amos had been one of the strongest …

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Gay Sailor Wins Discharge Hearing

Petty Officer Derek Morado today won his discharge hearing with the Navy after being told he faced ejection due to a MySpace photograph that was turned in anonymously. In the photo, Morado is seen kissing another man. Morado’s lawyer told KMPH News that even though DADT has been repealed, that doesn’t mean the military’s investigations are over. “There’s nothing illegal …

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Parents Pay Tribute To Fallen Soldier Son Who Died In The Closet Due To DADT

Watch this. (Tipped by JMG reader Amber)

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Log Cabin Files Demand To Lift DADT

Yesterday the Log Cabin Republicans filed a brief with the Ninth Circuit Court demanding the immediate end of DADT. The ban on openly gay soldiers remains in place while the Pentagon “certifies” that its repeal won’t harm military effectiveness. [Log Cabin] said that keeping the ban in place after President Barack Obama signed an order to repeal it is “absurd”. …

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In Case Of Kissing Marines…

In a scare piece headlined “Military Indoctrinated On Gays Kissing,” today’s Washington Times notes the below scenario as laid out in a Marine Corps guideline to the repeal of DADT. “Situation,” it begins. “You are the Executive Officer of your unit. While shopping at the local mall over the weekend, you observe two junior male Marines in appropriate civilian attire …

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SLIDESHOW: Army DADT Guidelines

Still lots of discrimination here, thanks to DOMA.

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Hate Group Launches Secret DADT Complaint Line To Congress

Evil witch Elaine Donnelly and her Center for Military Readiness have launched a new way for soldiers to secretly complain to Congress about the repeal of DADT. An advocate for America’s fighting men and women is encouraging members of the military to let their representatives in Congress know about the devastating consequences of the new policy which will allow homosexuals …

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Father Of Slain Soldier Predicts Gunfire At Future Westboro Baptist Pickets

Bereaved father Albert Snyder, who lost his Supreme Court battle with Westboro Baptist Church earlier this week, says that somebody is inevitably going to open fire on the Phelps family. “Something is going to happen,” Albert Snyder told CNN Thursday. “Somebody is going to get hurt.” “You have too many soldiers and Marines coming back with post-traumatic stress syndrome, and …

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Army Issues DADT Guidelines

The U.S. Army has posted a number of DADT-related guidelines on its official site where it notes that due to DOMA “there will be no changes to eligibility standards for military benefits and services.” Meaning no on-base housing for gay couples and no medical care for spouses. Here’s the Army list “Top Ten Things Soldiers Need To Know” about the …

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USMC Sets DADT Repeal Training Deadline

The Marine Corps has issued a memo declaring that May 31st is the deadline to complete its training for the implementation of the repeal of DADT. Six months from repeal to the completion of training is a timetable with which we should all be satisfied, yes? OutServe has the full (and all caps) memo. An excerpt: SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION DEPENDS ON …

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USAF Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach To Retire With Full Rank And Pension

Openly gay Lt. Colonel Victor Fehrenbach has been advised that he will be allowed to retire in October with his full rank and pension intact. The Air Force didn’t ask and Fehrenbach didn’t tell, but he was outed in 2008 by a man he met online. His case highlighted the idiocy of DADT. “It was a great sense of relief. …

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TRAILER: Private Romeo

Synopsis: When eight cadets are left behind at an isolated military high school, the greatest romantic drama ever written seeps out of the classroom and permeates their lives. Incorporating the original text of ‘Romeo and Juliet,’ YouTube videos, and lip-synced Indie rock music, Private Romeo takes us to a mysterious and tender place that only Shakespeare could have inspired. OK …

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Pentagon Issues DADT Repeal Plan

Servicemembers United is pleased: “The Repeal Implementation Plan prepared for the Secretary of Defense lays out a comprehensive and deliberate path forward for implementing this policy change throughout the force,” said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of Servicemembers United and a former multi-lingual Army interrogator who was discharged under DADT. “In typical military fashion the plan is quite thorough and some …

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Quote Of The Day – Bryan Fischer

“If you’re a service member with privacy concerns, forget about it. You will be forced to share open-bay showers with leering homosexuals and living quarters with fellow soldiers who may want to jump your bones. The repeal of the ban on homosexual service was rammed down the throats of the American public in a shameful and undemocratic lame duck session …

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