Tag Archives: military

Lt. Dan Choi Formally Discharged

Although he has yet to comment on it publicly, Gay City News revealed yesterday that Lt. Dan Choi was formally discharged from the military last month. Choi lost his battle with the Pentagon on June 29 when his discharge from the Army under the Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy was finalized. While Choi’s National Guard unit informed him by registered …

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Let’s Take The DADT Survey

Another amusing entry from JMG reader Sean Chapin.

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DADT Fallout: Conscientious Objectors?

A longtime counselor of U.S. service members predicts that if DADT were to be repealed, some soldiers will attempt to leave the military by claiming they are conscientious objectors to serving alongside homosexuals. Anti-gay activists have long held that soldiers will simply chose not to re-enlist should the repeal go into effect. When the House of Representatives voted May 27 …

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Maddow On DADT Comic Book

Last night Rachel Maddow gave an amusing recounting of yesterday’s revelation that the U.S. Army published a comic book meant to instruct troops on how to handle DADT regulations. The below clip includes an audio performance of the comic’s panels.

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U.S. Army Published Instructional DADT Comic Book In 2001

Boing Boing reports that the U.S. Army apparently published an instructional comic book in 2001 meant to direct soldiers on how to handle gay troops. Boing Boing speculates: “The publication was very likely as a test document with little distribution.” Click over to read the entire thing.

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Department Of Defense Explains The DADT Survey To Troops

From the official DOD YouTube channel. Anybody remember this old expression? “When you the Army wants your opinion, it’ll issue you one.” So much for that. (Via – Good As You)

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PENTAGON: We Were Only Talking About Adding Shower Curtains

The Pentagon is furiously denying yesterday’s allegation by AmericaBlog’s John Aravosis that they are considering building separate living quarters for gay troops if DADT were to be repealed. According to Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morell, they were only talking about adding showing curtains. Morrell told Hotsheet that the suggestion the survey could lead to segregation is “absurd.” “No one is talking …

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Servicemembers United: Refund Taxpayers For Insulting DADT Survey

Servicemembers United wants the feds to get back the $4.4M they paid for the DADT survey. The Department of Defense just paid the research firm Westat the outrageous sum of $4.4 million to design and administer an email-based survey about the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law. While its development was shrouded in secrecy for weeks, leaked copies …

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PENTAGON: We Are Considering Separate Baracks For Gay Troops

Via John Aravosis at AmericaBlog: The Pentagon confirmed on Friday that it is considering segregating gay troops, specifically with regards to creating separate showers and/or barracks for straight and gay troops. Advocate reporter Kerry Eleveld just transcribed the following quote from Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell at Friday’s briefing about the new “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” survey: “We think it would …

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Here’s The DADT Survey For Troops

Dig into this and tell us what you think. UPDATE: Servicemembers United vents. “While it remains safe for gay and lesbian troops to participate in this survey, it is simply impossible to imagine a survey with such derogatory and insulting wording, assumptions, and insinuations going out about any other minority group in the military,” said Alexander Nicholson, Executive Director of …

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Defense Secretary Robert Gates Urges Gay Troops To Fill Out DADT Survey

Even though advocates for gay troops are worried that the anonymity of the survey may not be airtight and have advised them not to participate. Note that Gates says “when and IF” when referring to the repeal of DADT.

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HomoQuotable – Aubrey Sarvis

“A number of service members have contacted SLDN to seek guidance on surveys concerning the repeal of ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell — the discriminatory law barring gay and lesbian service members from serving with integrity. At this time SLDN cannot recommend that lesbian, gay, or bisexual service members participate in any survey being administered by the Department of Defense, the …

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Cute Soldiers Lip-Sync To Tiffany

(Tipped by JMG reader Glenn)

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SAVANNAH: Rally Held In Protest Of Gay Bashing By Two U.S. Marines

About 150 activists gathered in downtown Savannah, Georgia yesterday in protest of last week’s attack on a gay man by two U.S. Marines. At the Sunday rally, Georgia Equality Savannah Chapter Director Kevin Clark said it is important for the community to realize how often gay residents are attacked because of their sexual orientation. “It’s important to realize the attack …

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PhoboQuotable – Gen. John Sheehan

“The medical implications of Obama’s proposal are compelling. According to data released last year by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, gay and bisexual men are 50 times more likely to have HIV than heterosexual men. This would be devastating for military resources already stretched thin, and it has pronounced implications for battlefield blood transfusions. “This proposal is not …

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MARINE CORPS: Our Guys Felt Threatened And Were Followed

This weekend a gay man in Savannah, Georgia was beaten by two U.S. Marines, who were then arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault. Yesterday a spokesperson from the USMC claimed that their tough guys had felt threatened before the attack. From a preliminary internal investigation the Marines in question stated they were subject to unwanted verbal advances, that they were …

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GEORGIA: Two Marines Arrested For Beating Of Gay Man

Two U.S. Marines were arrested yesterday for beating a gay man near downtown Savannah, Georgia. The victim remains hospitalized after suffering two seizures at the site of the attack. About 3:45 a.m., a metro police officer was patrolling when he saw two men running on Congress Lane. Moments later, the officer received a call about a man at Congress and …

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Yuma AZ Mayor Says “Limp-Wristed” Homos Shouldn’t Be In Military

And he says George Washington and Abraham Lincoln would feel the same way.

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TRAILER: Out Of Annapolis

Out Of Annapolis, a documentary about the LGBT alumni of the Naval Academy, continues the rounds of the nation’s gay film festivals with a New Fest screening tomorrow at 2:30PM in Manhattan.

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Quote Of The Day – Admiral Mike Mullen

“The law needs to change. Fundamentally, it’s an issue of our values. It’s very critical for us as an institution, and I’m hard-pressed not to support policy and a law that forces individuals to come in and lie everyday. I have every expectation that not only we will do this, but we will lead in a way [so] it gets …

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