Ever wonder why at the beginning of this debate, allthe congressionalhearings and studies conducted, were done by congressmen and flag officers???
No one at anytime brought in the senior NCO’s or other folks that would have to actually deal with this issue.in the trenches, so to speak...
It’s ok, to have a policy that can be used as a directive to handle issues in the military, we had to deal with that stuff all the time, no matter what the issue was...
But until you actually see the results of that policy or directive, you are not learning anything...Regardless if it is a success or a failure...
And the whole “Don’t ask, don’t tell” policy was, in my opinion neither a success or a failure...It was just a neutral policy that only succeeded in legitimizing an immoral lifestyle...In that, they succeeded...
Now all they want to do is further errode the military services with additional demoralizing policies...
Just my opinion...
A fairly accurate assessment, I would say.