**Marine Corps: Study gay ban but don’t hurt force***
When I was in the military (1966-1969) no one wanted to be around anyone they even though might be a homo.
I believe someone in the past has posted a thread about George Washington having some men drummed out of the service for being too feminine.
It's not 1966. While I'm completely opposed to the idea of allowing gays to serve openly, I think DADT is a good compromise. As a guy who has helped to process hundreds of homosexuals out of the Navy over two dozen years, I can tell you that the only ones that are getting kicked out are the ones who want to get kicked out.
On balance, there are probably thousands of homosexuals who serve, and it's not really a secret to anyone that they're gay. But, they don't make an issue out of it. Most people just ignore them, and most of the younger troops have the attitude that's reflective of "what you do in the privacy of your own home, is your own business".
That will all change - for the worse - when we have two service men walking hand and hand to the base exchange, or decide to come to mess night as someone's date dressed in a some black cocktail get-up. It will be a mess.
This stuff started in 1968 when I was in, 1965-1968. You could not reprimand some one because it might be racist, unless he was white, then full bore, Hispanics excluded of course, they were somewhat white.