I have experienced it firsthand while I was a young Airman in the AF..
When I was an E3, there was a BuckSgt (E4) in the same squad but not in direct command of me that came to me one night in the NCO club (we had no Airman’s club @ Homestead AFB)... put his arm around me.. then whispered in my ear, “A friend told me that you are gay, you want to go back to the dorms?” ... I shoved him back and punched him.
I still have the scar between my knuckles from knocking his tooth out. I did NOT get Court-Martialed for strinking an NCO BECAUSE there wasn’t DADT yet.. and IF he reported me, he would have been in MUCH more trouble than me.. he would have been DISCHARGED, and I probably would have gotten an Article 15.
I have NO idea where he heard that I was a fag, or even if it was true that someone told him at all... He could have been testing the waters on a new(er) recruit for all I know. I do not walk, talk, posture, sway or act like a queer, and I never have.
Anyway, will it effect military and it’s service members? YES IT WILL, and NOT in anything CLOSE to positive.
Anyone that spews that crap is blowing blowBama out their mouth...
Bikk
I forgot to mention that I got crap jobs after that..
Sh!t flows downhill :/
Bikk
I’ve had friends who got hit on by homosexuals, but it never happened to me. I’m NOT complaining.
There was one guy in my circle of friends at my first base who seemed a bit “funny.” His roommate assured us that he was straight. We saw him out with girls, so we figured he just had weird mannerisms.
Later, he and another of our friends both got out around the same time. They both lived in the same direction so they shared the drive. The “funny” guy admitted to the other one that he was homosexual. To my knowledge, he never “tested the waters” or hit on any of us. He never showered at the time that I did, or stood too close, so I just let it go.
Regardless, I firmly believe homosexuality is not compatable with military service within the American Armed Forces.
At my following base, we had an investigation of the entire womens’ soft ball team, but that’s a story for another time...