Yes, I saw it firsthand.
Much worse actually. Neither Ford nor Carter forced straight men to tolerate Fags living and working among them onboard ship. 1980 getting caught playing Rump Ranger in the rack or elsewhere would be an instantly taken off ship and discharged under less than honorable offense.
1980 the going retention bonus for a Snipe was $15K-$18K next rank and if possible some shore duty. Chiefs were begging short timers to re-up. By late 1982 under Reagan's watch {when I considered going back in} the retention issue had resolved itself along with the other issues the Ford/Carter era created.
Our military has been in an ongoing state of decline since the day GHW Bush took oath as POTUS. We need another Ronald Reagan to pull of military and this nation out of this mess. We're in a much deeper crisis both nationally and military wise than has been seen since WW2.