We stopped in the middle of a combat operation in Iraq, announced that it was now A-OK to be Gay and then went back to work. So much for gays ruining our combat power…but it did improve our fashion sense.
My thoughts go out to all the service members who had to hide their true selves in service to their nation. Finally the military is respecting you as much as you have always respected it.
/salute
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Rich Stage
September 20, 2011 at 17:35 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A story that I think is swell.
A couple just heard wedding bells!
Don’t need God above
to approve of their love.
The death of Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.
CBS reported on the wedding of a Naval Lt. just after midnight.
I got out of the military (ANG/USAR) in 2005. My last drill, waiting for the last formation in my military career, my platoon sergeant tells me that the unit was getting deployed to Iraq.
I think I got lucky.
More Limericks
Silent Service
September 20, 2011 at 17:45 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I think I’ll just go back to work. Of course I retired my AF Blue three years ago but I am thrilled that my fellow service members can now stand proud. Just don’t stand proud in the Gym shower. The Religious Right will start screaming, “I told you so.”
Assassin Actual
September 20, 2011 at 18:05 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
I walked in on two private military guards getting it on in the male shower a few days ago, looks like they are not worrying about the right.
changeable moniker
September 22, 2011 at 21:18 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
“military guards getting it on”
Out of curiosity, is there a protocol for this situation? Do the, err, privates have to, umm, stand to attention? If commanded to stand down, is there a grace period?
Randomfactor
September 20, 2011 at 17:56 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A succinct description of another small step for mankind. Now about those uniforms…
Draken
September 20, 2011 at 18:54 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
A pink uniform might come in handy if you’re lying in a marshmallow plantation.
Paulino
September 21, 2011 at 00:21 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
no tantrums or amoks from fundamentalist colleagues?
Assassin Actual
September 21, 2011 at 04:00 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Suprisingly all of the Battle Captains that I work with are smart, well spoken, and liberal.
bishopdm
September 21, 2011 at 00:38 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Well said, sir!
F
September 21, 2011 at 03:24 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Excellent phrasing. I am glad that one is allowed to not hide Teh Gay in the service now.
/whatever passes for a civilian salute
Sam Chapman
September 21, 2011 at 03:43 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Just spoke to my bed buddy (platonic) from USAF basic training, 1981. We reminisced about all those years hiding in the shadows while serving our country for over a decade. He worked Com/Nav on A10s, I worked fire control on F-4s and then Tactical Aero-evac in the Guard. He even kept his DOD sticker on a magnet that he could remove when he went to gay clubs.
BTW, the NC ANG fucking rocked. There were about 5 or 6 homo’s in my evac unit, (circa 1990s); everyone knew and no one cared. One of the tech sergeants, a lesbian, was voted in the top 10 airmen of the whole USAF in the mid 80s. We serve proudly and with distinction.
JohnnieCanuck
September 21, 2011 at 07:58 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Now my idea, which is mine, is that we should go all out on implementing truly fabulous uniforms for the military. They would become invincible, simply because no-one could withstand the…
SHOCK AND AWE!
geocatherder
September 21, 2011 at 20:15 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Reposted from my FB from yesterday page:
This is a day of joy for me. Ever since I spent my first decade in engineering designing military flight simulators, the health and wellbeing of the U.S. military has been important to me. The trainees were “my” kids. Now “my” kids can be who they are, regardless of sexual orientation! It’s a joyous, joyous day!
I know, it’s actually unreal to think of military servicepeople as “kids” and I don’t, in the youth sense. But every schematic drawn, every circuit card tested, every late-night swearing at some intractable bug, every minute spent on an airplane and in a site facility — these were all to one end, to make better pilots and navigators. To keep people alive, and improve their aim. My maternal instinct kicks in — I can’t help it — and they’re my kids. I wish them all well. I wish all of you in the military well. And I’m glad you can be who you really are, regardless of sexual orientation.
Paul Kalmus
January 6, 2012 at 12:33 (UTC -4) Link to this comment
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