[Gay State Conservative]

All they had to do was refuse to obey orders and get a general discharge.

What?? When was this? If I had known it was *that* easy, I could have saved myself a lot of trouble.

What about Article 15's? What about Courts Martial?

[wyattearp]

What?? When was this?

I was in Navy boot camp in 1980. The Navy figured that they weren't worth the trouble. If they wanted out, it was cheaper and easier in the long run to just get rid of them.