Army, Marine Chiefs Cast Doubt On Gays Openly Serving

AP – Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Michael Mullen pauses on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, Dec. 2, 2010, …

In a sharp contrast to what the Pentagon said concerning gays openly serving in the military, top officers in the Army and Marines are calling the move divisive.

"If the law is changed, successfully implementing repeal and assimilating openly homosexual Marines into the tightly woven fabric of our combat units has strong potential for disruption at the small unit level, as it will no doubt divert leadership attention away from an almost singular focus of preparing units for combat," the Marine commandant, Gen. James Amos, said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Released earlier this week, the study found that about 30 percent of troops predicted problems would occur if "don't ask, don't tell" were repealed.

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