06-25-2008
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Secretary of State
Victory or Valhalla!
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Member Since: Jan 2007
Location: What used to be America
Posts: 4,600
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Re: More lesbians discharged in 2007
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Originally Posted by Steve
I had a guy who worked for me during Desert Storm. We were pretty damn sure the guy was a pillow-biter.
He was also a 4.0 sailor.
His uniform was always immaculate, I never needed to tell him to shave or get a haircut, and I never had to tell him to do something more than once. He was the best Sonar operator I had. He was qualified, as an E-4, as CIC Supervisor. Give him an order, and I knew it would get done, and it would get done, correctly, the first time.
When it came to a firefight, I had no reservations about this guy doing what needed to be done. Not a one.
We didn't ask, and he didn't tell. We were pretty damn sure, though. Even still, I think the lowest mark I ever gave him on an eval was 3.8. Had he been discharged for being gay, it would have been quite a measurable loss to our division and the ship...
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Good thing he, you, and your command were mature about it. Don't ask, don't tell works.
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