2y ago

Pentagon working to remedy "don't ask, don't tell" discharges

www.cbsnews.com

Twelve years after the repeal of the "don't ask, don't tell" policy banning openly gay people from serving in the military, the Department of Defense says it will conduct a review of records of veterans who served under the ban and were discharged "under other than honorable conditions."

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Good. They were willing to sacrifice themselves for the service of the US, wtf does it matter what sex they like. Those bothered by gay folks being in the military are fuckin stupid and might be confused by their own sexuality.
- Idk DADT was ended 12 years ago, would they really be eligible for recall still?
I knew four soldiers discharged under DADT... all of them basically self initiated that process (and one of them was definitely not actually gay), and all were classed as honorable and RE2 (meaning they can't come back, but that's appealable with VA). They just wanted to go home, and it was always a fairly amiable thing for everyone involved.
An "other" discharge for that is kind of a fucked up command decision IMHO... smacks of a command team resenting a Soldier wanting out. I could sort of see it in terms of manning shortfalls, but why would you want to keep a Soldier who doesn't want to be a Soldier? They're usually a pita if you force them to stay. (And of course this could be contributablevyo homophobic command teams, but I never personally knew any of that sort).
There were far more instances of Soldiers everyone knew were homosexual and nobody ever said a word. We didn't ask, they didn't tell, and nobody really cared. I didn't like DADT, but it was viable because Soldiers made it work :)
"Other" discharges should definitely be appealed and fixed imho