Comments on: Desire to Serve vs. Who You Love

By: Kayelle Allen

Kayelle Allen — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 06:50:52 +0000

I just read an article on military.com about the military clock ticking down toward an end to the ban on gays serving. About time… no pun intended. ;0

http://bit.ly/d34xLX

By: Sarah Frantz

Sarah Frantz — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 16:11:22 +0000

Thanks for your comments, Lisa and Anna. I think what’s so silly about this debate is almost every service member knows that they know a colleague who is GLBT, and they just…don’t care. So why should anyone else?

By: Anna

Anna — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 00:50:37 +0000

I wish the rest of the world had this same opinion. It saddens me to realize that in 2010 people are still way too concerned with the personal lives of those around them. We should all be supporting each other and our sexual orientation shouldn’t figure into the equation. We’ve been stationed near an Army base the last few months and I have been truly appalled at some of the things these soldiers have said- ignorant and hateful things. Maybe the military should have a career course about compassion and tolerance- and then enforce it.

By: Lisa Pietsch, Former U.S.A.F. Security Forces

Lisa Pietsch, Former U.S.A.F. Security Forces — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:59:48 +0000

Sarah, thank you for your service.

I served for 8 years in the USAF Security Police and some of the best cops I worked with fell under the “Don’t ask, don’t tell” rule. I didn’t care who they went home to – the only thing that mattered was that they had my back when the pudding hit the fan and they did.

Maybe it is different for admin troops but when bullets are flying you really don’t care what goes on behind closed doors when your team goes home. It is too bad more people can’t get over themselves long enough to get it.