Gays in the military.
This will be a post that might get me slammed left, right and sideways. Let's start with this news item.
I originally enlisted Dec. 20, 1970, retiring Jan. 31, 1993. Almost every damned command I served on had peterpuffers and fudgepackers that everyone knew of but were never bothered by. The "gay blades" kept it in their pants till they were on their home turf. What happened there only God knows and (thankfully) He ain't telling. They wanted to stay in the military and were competent in their jobs so nobody gave a damn what they did once they were ashore. More often than not it was an open secret that everyone would joke about, including the homosexuals.
Having said all that I'll make the observation that "don't ask, don't tell" was a joke to start with. The formal revocation of that assinine policy will now open the door for the agenda driven homosexuals to push for more concessions from the military.
During my 22 years in the canoe club I saw vastly different standards of conduct applied to white males as opposed to females and minorities. Quite often there needed to be no formal policy for this, it was just cowardly senior personnel running scared at the thought of someone calling them a bigot.
With the revoking of "don't ask, don't tell" we'll see a lot more of the same with the gay community.
It was an act of stupidity to formally create this policy in the first place. Let the damned thing die a quiet death.
Homosexuality was best addressed by an old chief who gave an indoctrination lecture to my recruit company during the first week of boot camp. As I best recall, the lecture went along these lines (and the emphasis was his);
"If you are caught committing an act of theft you will be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
If you are caught committing an act of assault you will be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
If you are caught committing an act of adultery you will be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
If you are caught engaging in homosexual acts you will be prosecuted under the Uniform Code of Military Justice."
And on and on and on.... The damned thing took about an hour, theres a lot to cover in the UCMJ.
Every good sailor knows the Eleventh Commandment; "Thou shalt not get caught."
Yes, I was a good sailor.
