Then it would be absolutely the same as it is right now under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" right now, wouldn't it?
When I was on active duty, the military policy was, and this is a direct quote of 1982 Department of Defense Directive 1332.14: "homosexuality is incompatible with military service".
That crystal clear policy says what it means and means what it says.
Then comes Bill Clinton.
Clinton changed the policy to say, in effect, "homosexuality IS COMPATIBLE with military service ..... just as long as everybody plays the three monkey game and doesn't know anything for certain".
If I were back on active duty in the post-Clinton military, personally, I would like to know.
I will leave it to others to prefer to wonder if the monkey with his hand on their shoulder or the monkey with the big grin on his face is the gay monkey that is legally serving in their squad under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell".
Oh, and who says theyre going to advertise their availability to the whole squad? You still might not know.
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Then it would be absolutely the same as it is right now under “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” right now, wouldn’t it?
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You’re hopping to a different claim from the one you made, namely that “gay OK” would give you fair warning about who else in the locker room was gay. I’m saying, no it won’t and there is a trivial reason why.
The only way this could possibly be made to work is if they give gays and don’t-cares the opportunity to self identify during enlistment. “Black sheep squadrons” would be created solely from these. All others would be treated as “cares” and would have to abide by DADT, or else either leave or transfer to a black sheep squadron.