03-12-2008, 03:46 AM
Didn't actually see the deabate and am discovering this thread a bit late, but hey it's an issue that affects me personally so I'll weigh in.
Its a nonsense policy that's a leftover from the bad old days.
However, the Army is the type of organization that is resistant to change of any kind, even changes for the better. It's not the wisest way to run things but its how things are for better or for worse. I'm not the only guy in the US Army that is not open about my sexuality by a long shot, and I know for a fact that guys in units I've been in have been gay because they told me so, and the two guys I'm talking about were both outstanding soldiers who had a lot of potential as leaders but were both unnerved by the climate in the Army and as a result got out. Its a bad situation that's not going to be solved until our society as a whole comes around. The US Army is a really accurate miccrocosm of attitudes of the lager American society, and always has been.
There is hope for the future though. Recently there's been a lot of press about a US Army medic who came out to his chain of command and there were no consequences. There are some forward thinking people in the Army, its just going to take a while for them to get enough influence and momentum for there to be large scale change.
Its a nonsense policy that's a leftover from the bad old days.
However, the Army is the type of organization that is resistant to change of any kind, even changes for the better. It's not the wisest way to run things but its how things are for better or for worse. I'm not the only guy in the US Army that is not open about my sexuality by a long shot, and I know for a fact that guys in units I've been in have been gay because they told me so, and the two guys I'm talking about were both outstanding soldiers who had a lot of potential as leaders but were both unnerved by the climate in the Army and as a result got out. Its a bad situation that's not going to be solved until our society as a whole comes around. The US Army is a really accurate miccrocosm of attitudes of the lager American society, and always has been.
There is hope for the future though. Recently there's been a lot of press about a US Army medic who came out to his chain of command and there were no consequences. There are some forward thinking people in the Army, its just going to take a while for them to get enough influence and momentum for there to be large scale change.
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