The issue of Gay's in the military has been hotly contested for years when in reality Gay's have been in and served honorably in Militaries the world over since the invention of war itself. And since I have served in a military during a war and have had it brought to my attention that there were gays serving along side me, although none ever hit on me and not that I wanted them to since I was preoccupied in most of my spare time with the pursuit of female companionship and have never had any interest or fascination about having a sexual relationship with another man, I can and can't understand the problem. First of all I would like to dispel what I think is a scurrilous rumor, that is Gay's don't have the proper temperament to serve in the Military and would be a detriment to their fellow soldiers, not so.
After I was long out of the service I was told that several of the men I served with and in fact went through flight school with, were Gay. One of them actually ended up in the same Air Cavalry Troop I was in and transferred there to become a scout pilot which I was and if anything I would have looked at him as being as nuts as I and my fellow scouts were for having the same death wish. The point being, both of the so called Gay guy's I served with, and other than their possible choice of sexual partners, were the same as the rest of us. I can say without a doubt that I would have flown with either of them at any time and would have been totally confident that were I in a tight spot they would have put their lives at great risk as I would have for them, to be honest with you if I was shot down and a gay guy picked me up so I wouldn't be captured or killed I'd be happy to give him a hug if he wanted one, but that's it, end of story. These supposed Gay's were soldiers serving their country honorably, nothing more, nothing less.
Basically what it boils down to is this, no one should get special treatment. Everyone who enters the military should be treated the same and if an individual believes he or she is deserving of special treatment because they are for some strange reason different, that should be an indication that they are not fit to serve, gay or straight. Gay arguments that people should or need to be taught how to interact with gays in the military is bull crap, if you are in the military you get the same treatment as everyone else, gay doesn't mean an individual is entitled to special treatment.
My best guess is that most Gay's don't enter the military for the purpose of using it as a sex pool, they are looking for the same training and opportunities as everyone else, so, what the military needs to do is set down ground rules that apply to everyone and make everyone adhere to the rules. What people do on their own time is their own business. If two guy's want to stuff each other full of whatever when not on duty, it's OK, just keep it to yourselves, the same applies to you gal on gal types as well as your good old fashioned garden variety heterosexuals. The most important thing is that we have an effective fighting force that trains the finest servicemen and women in the world and offers the same opportunities to each and every one of them with no special favors.
Thanks for reading,
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