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<blockquote data-quote="tieguy" data-source="post: 793281" data-attributes="member: 1912"><p><span style="color: blue">I dont know that there will be much implementing required. this issue appears to be generational to me. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">when I entered the army thirty plus years ago I went to medical AIT after basic and was getting moved in to my new barrack accomadations along wtih many others. At that point a senior platton sargent came in and said hi. while there he asked us what we would do if we found a gay person in the barracks. At that point some lughead quipped " beat the </span><img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/group1/censored2.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":censored2:" title="Censored2 :censored2:" data-shortname=":censored2:" /><span style="color: #0000ff"> out of him". the sargent rewarded the lughead with a three day pass.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">That was plain wrong. I had to jump on klein for his idiotic example that actually made an argument against the repeal of dont ask dont tell But I'm fine with the repeal for the reason others gave here that discovery of your gay identity would result in your immediate expulsion from the military.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">with that said though I think our gay military people have to keep in mind the unit cohesiveness issue and not make their sexuality a disruption or distraction.</span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">the military spends a lot of time through the training process breaking all of us down and stripping us of our individual identities. They then try to rebuild us as one team with one common purpose. </span></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Its an aspect that the civilan world will never fully appreciate. To develop the best fighting force in the world you need a team of people that are basically clones of each other. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">Basically looking , walking, talking and fighting as one. Its somewhat a contradiction to the civilan concepts of valuing diversity. In the military we tend to strip you of your diversity. </span></p><p></p><p><span style="color: #0000ff">The best answer is probably a dont ask dont tell without consequence. </span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tieguy, post: 793281, member: 1912"] [COLOR=blue]I dont know that there will be much implementing required. this issue appears to be generational to me. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]when I entered the army thirty plus years ago I went to medical AIT after basic and was getting moved in to my new barrack accomadations along wtih many others. At that point a senior platton sargent came in and said hi. while there he asked us what we would do if we found a gay person in the barracks. At that point some lughead quipped " beat the [/COLOR]:censored:[COLOR=#0000ff] out of him". the sargent rewarded the lughead with a three day pass.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]That was plain wrong. I had to jump on klein for his idiotic example that actually made an argument against the repeal of dont ask dont tell But I'm fine with the repeal for the reason others gave here that discovery of your gay identity would result in your immediate expulsion from the military.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]with that said though I think our gay military people have to keep in mind the unit cohesiveness issue and not make their sexuality a disruption or distraction.[/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]the military spends a lot of time through the training process breaking all of us down and stripping us of our individual identities. They then try to rebuild us as one team with one common purpose. Its an aspect that the civilan world will never fully appreciate. To develop the best fighting force in the world you need a team of people that are basically clones of each other. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]Basically looking , walking, talking and fighting as one. Its somewhat a contradiction to the civilan concepts of valuing diversity. In the military we tend to strip you of your diversity. [/COLOR] [COLOR=#0000ff]The best answer is probably a dont ask dont tell without consequence. [/COLOR] [/QUOTE]
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