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It's not officially taught, like in a class room setting type situation. But it is taught in that the older or more experienced personnel will tell this to those junior personnel or respected military personnel will say such things in public and on public record. It only takes a quick look on this board, in threads like this where the phrase "allowing gays to serve openly will negatively impact unit morale, cohesion and/or discipline" or some variation of this phrase that is very similar to it are used often, especially by some of the more senior military personnel or older veterans. This is the phrase that is repeated over and over. Yet no one has any actual proof that this will happen. So why this phrase if they aren't taught it?
I was in the Army, infantry, for 12 years, from 1987 to 2000 and I never was taught that.