Gays in the Military

I served in the military for 21 years and would like to relate just two stories that I and my wife, who also served know of: 1. In the years l950, at Offutt Air Force base, Oman Nebraska during an UN-announced open locker inspection (legal at the time in one of the lockers they found a diary written by an A Gay Airmen, that he had over 100 sexual contacts with Gay's. THESE MEN WERE PRIMARILY IN THE FOOD SERVICE AND MILITARY POLICE SQUADRONS. EVENTUALLY THEY ALL WERE DISMISSED FROM SERVICE. 2. IN THE SAME YEAR, A YOUNG WAF WENT TO THE HOSPITAL ON SICK-CALL BECAUSE SHE FINALLY REVEALED, SHE HAD BEEN RAPED BY 3 OTHER WAF'S [SHE WAS NOT GAY. AS A RESULT, AN INVESTIGATION WAS CONDUCTED AND OVER A HUNDRED WAFS WERE EVENTUALLY DISCHARGED AS LISBON'S. INCLUDED WERE THE COMMANDER OFFICER, HER ADJUTANT AND THE FIRST SERGEANT. THESE ARE FACTUALLY STORIES OF WHICH I WAS PERSON ELY AWARE. THROUGHOUT MY CARE3ER I HAVE HEARD SIMILAR STORIES BUT SINCE I CANNOT VERIFY THEM, I WILL NOT MENTION THEM. MORE RECENTLY IN THE PERIOD WHEN I HAD A BLACK FRIEND AS ON MY BOWLING TEAM, IN SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS AND AND THE TIME PHIL GRAM WAS STILL A SENATOR, HE CAME TO MY HOUSE AND ASK IF I COULD HELP HIM OUT. HIS STORY WAS THAT HIS SON, WITH 18 YEARS OF SERVICE, WORKING IN A NAVAL STATION OFFICE IN SAN ANTONIO, RECEIVE AN PERFORMANCE REPORT FROM HIS SUPERVISOR THAT WAS SO BAD IT WOULD FOREVER PREVENT HIM FROM REACHING HIS GOAL OF GETTING PROMOTION TO A NAVY CHIEF PETTY OFFICER. HIS RECORD, PRIOR TO THIS REPORT WAS OUTSTANDING. IT SEEMS THAT THREE LESBIANS WORKING IN THE SAME OFFICE AND TWO OF THIS ABOVE HIS PAY GRADE, WERE TRYING TO GET HIM OUT OF THE OFFICE FOR WHAT REASON I CAN ONLY GUESS. IN ANY CASE I WROTE TO SEN. GRAMM AND RELATED SUBJECT STORY. HE TOOK ACTION WITHIN 24 HOURS, GOT THE MAN TRANSFER TO ANOTHER OFFICE, IN SAN ANTONIO AND BY DUOIING SO HE ALSO HAD THE BAD PERFORMANCE REPORT REMOVED FROM HIS FILES. BY THIS ACTION HE SAVED THIS MAN'S CARE4ER AND HE WENT ON TO MAKE CHIEF. WHAT I AM TRYING TO RELATE HERE IS SIMPLY WHY FORCED ASSOCIATION WITH A GROUP OF ANY KIND IS NOT CONDUCIVE TO GOOD ORDER AND DISCIPLINE. PARTICULARLY WHEN CLOSE COHABITATION IS IS REQUIRE. BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT YOUR FEELINGS ON THIS MATTER IS AND I DON'T WANT TO KNOW. WHAT I DO HOPE YOU WILL DO, IN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, CHECK UP ON SUCH MATTERS AND REPORT ON WHAT YOU FIND--FACTUALLY. THE PEOPLE CRYING OUT FOR SUBJECT ASSIMILATION, NEVER HAVE TO LIVE IN CLOSE QUARTERS WITH GAYS AND BE EXPOSED TO THEIR SEXUAL DESIRES AND YES BEING EYEBALLED IN THE SHOWERS. YOU CANNOT CHANGE A PERSONS SEXUAL PERSUASION BY AN ACT OF CONGRESS. YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PRESENT THE OTHER SIDE--FOR A CHANGE--I HOPE YOU CAN FIND IT PROPER TO DO SO. THANKS FOR YOUR TIME. CMSGT JAMES J. DOBRANICH USAF, RETIRED. THE MESSENGER