Military Soft On Don't Ask, Don't Tell?

[nhboy]

"A gay soldier says he disclosed his sexuality to his superiors, even offering graphic proof, and was neither discharged nor reprimanded, despite the military’s "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality.

Army Sgt. Darren Manzella appears in a Lesley Stahl report on gays in the wartime U.S. military to be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Manzella, a medic who served in Iraq for a year, currently serves as medical liaison for the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Kuwait, where he says he is "out" to his entire chain of command, including a three-star general. After leaving Iraq, he started receiving anonymous emails warning him about his openness that suggested he was being watched, so he went to his commander to head off an investigation he felt was coming. "I didn’t know how else to do it," he tells Stahl, acknowledging that he initiated an investigation of himself by violating the policy. "I felt more comfortable being the one to say, 'This is what is real,'" Manzella says."

Military Soft On Don't Ask, Don't Tell?, 60 Minutes: Is Military More Tolerant Of Gay Members In Wartime? - CBS News

 

[PJumper]

"A gay soldier says he disclosed his sexuality to his superiors, even offering graphic proof, and was neither discharged nor reprimanded, despite the military’s "don't ask, don't tell" policy on homosexuality.

Army Sgt. Darren Manzella appears in a Lesley Stahl report on gays in the wartime U.S. military to be broadcast on 60 Minutes this Sunday, Dec. 16, at 7 p.m. ET/PT.

Manzella, a medic who served in Iraq for a year, currently serves as medical liaison for the 1st Cavalry Division stationed in Kuwait, where he says he is "out" to his entire chain of command, including a three-star general. After leaving Iraq, he started receiving anonymous emails warning him about his openness that suggested he was being watched, so he went to his commander to head off an investigation he felt was coming. "I didn’t know how else to do it," he tells Stahl, acknowledging that he initiated an investigation of himself by violating the policy. "I felt more comfortable being the one to say, 'This is what is real,'" Manzella says."

Military Soft On Don't Ask, Don't Tell?, 60 Minutes: Is Military More Tolerant Of Gay Members In Wartime? - CBS News

There are military personnel out there that will use the "I'm gay" excuse to cover up their cowardice or lack of patriotism for their country. Why would he "enlist" in the service and then come out when sent to a hostile environment? I"ll bet that he would never do that if he is sitting in Hawaii or some other cozy duty station. Just my thought.

 

[ImnoMensa]

There are military personnel out there that will use the "I'm gay" excuse to cover up their cowardice or lack of patriotism for their country. Why would he "enlist" in the service and then come out when sent to a hostile environment? I"ll bet that he would never do that if he is sitting in Hawaii or some other cozy duty station. Just my thought.

I feel you are wrong. There are many gay people who are as brave as the next soldier,some who would rather fight than have sex, but there seems to be some driving force about being gay which cries out for them to spill it out all over the place. " Look at me I am gay and I am here." What are you going to do about it? It appears in both male and female gays.

His officers and the troops he serves with dont care, they are trying to ignore his problem and yet he isnt satisfied, he is driven to shake it in their face and force them into doing something. Then he can complain how he was picked on.

All he has to do is keep his mouth shut. Litarally and sexually and they wont bother him, but for some reason he just cant STFU. There has to be some psychiatric term for this anomaly. Some subconscious working of the mind which makes them unhappy till they tell the world they are sick.