someproteinguy wrote:
By the way, anyone actually take that training or is in the service atm? Would be kind of cool to hear that perspective.
Late to the date but FWIW; that DoD/Congressional study that came about a bit ago showing some 70-75% of the active armed forces, along with a whole fuck-ton of military brass confirmed my long time suspicion that the civilian bosses (congress/American public) had much more of an issue with ****'s than the military itself did.
Throughout the 1990's it was just a wedge issue that was mostly over-embellished by the various news outlets. Who knew controversy, manufactured or not, would sell so well?
In my various squadrons we all knew who the ****'s were and most of us just flat-out didn't care. Most of us have more important shit to worry about.
Then again this might have been an abrupt shift in military culture; considering the average age of a military unit is in the neighborhood of 19 that makes Millennials the bulk of the military force and study after study shows Millennials are much more tolerant of not only homos but also interracial relationships; often by double digits from their Gen-X or Boomer counterparts.
There's my 2 shiny credits.
-NW
Edited, Jan 31st 2012 9:51am by NaughtyWord