there's a rumor i heard that january of this year the army allows gays in the military is this true?
352263
there is the don't ask don't tell policy, i don't think it's changed yet.
76730
Yes.  "Don't ask, don't tell" is the common term for the current military policy which implements Public Law 103-160, codified at 10 U.S.C. Sec. 654. The policy prohibits anyone who has sexual bodily contact with a person of the same sex from serving in the armed forces of the United States, and prohibits any homosexual or bisexual from disclosing his or her sexual orientation, or from speaking about any homosexual relationships, including marriages or other familial attributes, while serving in the United States armed forces.\n\nStatistics on the number of persons discharged from the military in the years since the policy was first introduced (1993) show that more people are discharged now than were before.  For instance, a total of 787 people were discharged from the U.S. Military in 2003 as a result of violations of the "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy.
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Absolutely NOT!  You cannot have a disease like that and join any branch of the armed forces.  These guys shower together, pretty sleep side by side and share all facilities.  If he lies about it to get in, they will catch it at MEPS and kick his ass to the curb!
508380
It doesn't say it is a gay site, just "male celebrity". But if you look at the ads, some of them are diect links to gay sites. Not supposed to be gay, but i will be telling my gay friend about it later ;)
392566
It should be up to the men who serve with them. It's probably a homophobic attitude but I would never feel comfortable serving with a homosexual. Not when you have to live with them day in and day out. And if you didn't feel comfortable with the squad your in, you would compromise the efficiency of the unit therefore every ones lives would be more at risk. And you can say what you want in reply to that, it is my view, not yours.
770603
If it was true that everyone in the Navy was gay, that would be fine because sexual preference has nothing to do with serving your country! However, I can assure you that everyone in the Navy isn't gay because I'm married to a guy in the Navy, and I'm pretty sure between the nine years of marriage and four children we have brought into this world together, at some point he would have said "By the way, I'm gay!"
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If you read the news, you would know they no longer view it as mental disorder.\n\nhttp://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060628/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_gays_1
960756
This is absolutely false. The US Government could never get away with allowing this at any military base even training facilites. Where did you hear that? Someone may be trying to scare you.\nThere is lots of fears associated with basic training and many are not true. Yes, it is touch and yes, you need to perform almost as well as the men but this is plain false.\n\nMy son in in the Army and I used to be a boot camp commander for the cadets (high School and college age) in the Civil Air Patrol and Air Force Auxillary. I know what goes on there and they are very careful to follow the strict guidelines. We used to have our boot camp at an Army Base and they had private facilites for the men and women (separate). And the baracks are separate in many cases. \nIf you are off to basic training, relax, it will be tough but you will come out a soldier.
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Thanks to democrats, they will if the lesbian doesn't let anyone know that they are.\n\nLet me try to give an explination as to why it is not "stupid" t  not let homosexuals in the military as a poster under me feels it is.\n\nYou must try to think about from an objective point of view.. First of all, you could say that the homosexual soldiers could shower/bunk with the opposite sex, but this is not a logical solution: First of all, what happens when you have more than one? Then they are bunked together and you have the same problems you face placing males and females together. Let's not even get into the situation of straight males claiming to be gay just to shower and bunk with the females. Next, whether you want to accept it or not there are a lot of cultures around the world that are not accepting of homosexuality. One of the jobs of the military is to represent the United States wherever we go. You cannot keep up a professional appearance when you have those activities going on in front of people who are deeply offended by such things. There are many factors you must consider when it comes to such things; it's not just a "macho homophobic" attitude or whatever anger people want to throw around.
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I haven't done it personally but I know the army do so every year, try contacting them.\n\nwww.army.mod.uk might be a good starting point
373852
I don't keep numbers of this sort, but I do read the newspaper, daily.  Two days ago, the army indicated that it had surpassed it's last recruiting quota.  All of the other services have had no trouble meeting quota.  The army has always had the biggest challenge because of it's size,  I believe the army may have relaxed some of its criteria for recruitment.  This certainly would have helped it to achieve its numbers.  No, this isn't a guess, unless the newspapers are getting bad info.
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Don't ask don't tell lasted about 5 minutes after it was implemented, because the policy on gay's in the military is not a military policy, but is there by US statute, or US Code.. It was ironic, that during the Viet Nam war, there were many gays that did tell the draft board that they were gay. The draft boards told them they were lying. Then, when they got caught with another guy, they were kicked out. I think this would happen again, if the draft were instituted.
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I think you need to figure out what's more important to you - your job or your personal life. You can probably find the same kind of job in the civilian world. Maybe you get paid better in the navy in the long run, and maybe your job security there is better. Your pension is definetly better and you can retire at an early age and start living a second life exactly the way you want to. \n\nYou are losing out on your freedoms. Not just being gay, it's a lot more than that. Some people need that kind of structure - knowing what they are going to wear, what they are going to do, they don't need to put a second thought into a lot of things.\n\nAnd then, of course, there is the risk of being in the military during wartime.
238111
army has one...got it 97th ARCOM (97th Army Reserve Command).  Trust me on this none of these people know what they are talking about.
1071625
It is the time of year that major cities are having gay pride. I havent noticed anything out of the ordinary, except Russia recently had their first gay pride. Other than that its just the time of the year.
512951
If you're talking sexuality then...well ideally everyone would be unisex according to guidelines and the military's rationalizations that every one is the same,a soldier,sailor etc. However realistically that's just not the case and will never be.\n\nIf you're talking "sex" then my answer would be they are related by the fact that people in the armed forces like to have it when they can as much as they can because they feel the need to make up for the periods in duty when they are busy with their jobs and can't have it.
483038
Wait...he's not getting a sex change so that he can be gay, is he?  If so...don't worry about it.  I imagine sex change operations to be quite expensive, and I highly doubt someone would go through with the experience just to be with a girl that isn't attracted to males.