Some R/S readers know that I am a retired Army officer; thus this comment derives from that experience.

There are homosexuals in the Army (all services).

Gasp’

How can this be true.

That is the way it is, that is the was it has been and that is the way it shall always be.  - The End.

So, how has the Army managed all those decades with ‘Homos and ‘Fags’ in it’s ranks?

Well, to begin with: Nobody gave a damn.  It wasn’t an issue - especially within the ranks. There were homosexuals at Valley Forge, the Marne, Iwo Jima, Bastogne, Pork Chop Hill, the Ia Drang and Hamburger hill - all of these, and many more.  I wonder how many homosexuals are buried at Arlington; and do their neighbors complain? I don’t remember reading anything about soldiers complaining about serving with a homosexual.

You see - for all you politicians and ‘activists’ out there - among the ranks it isn’t about your life style, it is about how you do your job.

Foxhole somewhere near the enemy:   ‘Okay, so you’re a homo; how many magazines have you got left? and do you have any extra Pall Malls. I’ll trade you my pork patties for your tuna and noodles. We’re on 50 % alert tonight. You wanna take the first or second shift.

Oh, by the way, did I mention:  keep your hands to yourself or I’ll kick your ass.  . . . Coffee . . .?

‘Don’t ask. Don’t Tell’ was the solution arrived at by soldiers long before Bill Clinton could spell: d-r-a-f-t  d-o-d-g-e-r.

So, who made this an issue in the first place?-and why?

My advice:  Keep your hands off this issue.  It isn’t a political problem in the ranks - yet.  Don’t make it an issue until homosexuality in the military begins to affect The Mission. Leave it alone. We can live with it.

And, by the way . . .No!- am am not a homosexual. Never was never will be. I am very adverse to that life style; makes me shudder to think about it. But, I have friends - more than a few long-time friends who are homosexuals, are discreet in their public behavior and remain good friends (except that one of them once caught a much larger Bass than I - and will NOT let that issue die).

Let it alone. Let the troops to deal with it in the ranks - that’s where it matters anyway.

Oh, and one more thing:  Homosexuals are not ‘Gay’; they are homosexuals, and no amount of euphemisms will- chase away that fact. If homosexuals are ‘Gay’, what are we straight folk? SAD.

Hi. I’m SAD. Oh, poor fellow. I’m GAY.

oh, bummer . . . . .