Benning didn't in '86, Dineyland at Knox did in '88 and I don't remember much about the showers at Yokota Air Base for the 2 weeks I was there in 1990. But at the time, if someone was gay they didn't say or show a peep back then. If openly gay members are going to be openly gay, there will be problems... I don't believe the Army has progressed or the Marines have progressed to tolerance of that level. Sure, some individuals will be accepted but I have to think the majority will not. This could tear apart our military. Frankly, I don't want to know and back then, I probably REALLY wouldn't want to know.
This is the reality. I personally am for Gays serving but NOT openly. I think that Clinton made the right compromise in DADT. The fact, despite what liberals turn a blind eye too, is that some branches, especially combat arms, are not going to take to this well. I haven't read the Pentagon report, and frankly I don't care what it says. I know how the military will react to his, and no glossing, or sugar coating by a dressed-down, Liberal incumbent CaC managed military can change that reality.
When I served, we gave "blanket parties" to ANYONE that was different, or perceived to be weak. It happened all the damn time. Being openly gay, when I served, was a death warrant. One could say that "well then they're all homophobes".. yeah, maybe, but remember they're also between the age of 18 and 28 on average, and uber-testosterone filled boys, awash with ideas of killing a man in real life to defend their nation. I'd say it is recipe for disaster, potentially, and the powers that be, haven't really thought this through enough, IMO.
The folks at the Pentagon are pencil pushers, disconnected from the boys on the ground, and in terms of this report, my guess it was delegated to some civillian agency anyway.
Look, DADT being repealed isn't something MOST gay's in the military even want, coz they know the reality themselves. This is for the civillian gay agenda, and to inch themselves one step closer to full acceptance in society, and gay marriage.
It's the wrong thing to do..
Tim-