Pentagon Directs Military to Accept Gays

AP – Dan Choi, an Iraq War veteran and a West Point graduate who was discharged from the military in July …

Now that the Pentagon has issued an order for recruiters to accept gays, many who were initially turned away are reenlisting.

"Gay people have been fighting for equality in the military since the 1960s," said Aaron Belkin, executive director of the Palm Center, a think tank on gays and the military at the University of California Santa Barbara. "It took a lot to get to this day."

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Amongst gay rights groups, and inside the military, there is still some confusion as to what will happen if the law changed back. Many groups are still encouraging gays not to come out openly for fear they will later be kicked out.

"U.S. Army Recruiting Command is going to follow the law, whatever the law is," Smith said.

The message, however, had not reached some recruiting stations.

In Pensacola, Fla., Marine Sgt. Timothy Chandler said he had been given no direction. "As far as we are concerned everything is the same. The policy hasn't changed," he said, as others in the office nodded.

Pentagon Shots Fired; No Injuries

A lone gunman fired shots early today at Pentagon. So far, no injuries are being reported.

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A gunman fired shots at the Pentagon early on Tuesday but there were no injuries or significant damage, a Pentagon spokesman said.
It was the first incident of its kind since a lone gunman shot and wounded two security officers near the Pentagon entrance in May, and was killed in the process. That led to an overhaul of security procedures.
Tuesday's shots, which did not penetrate the building, appear to have been fired from somewhere around the Pentagon's South parking lot just before 5 a.m.. The Pentagon said it would provide more details at a briefing later on Tuesday.

WikiLeaks to Leak Again

More documents are set to leak on the Wikileaks site concerning the war in Iraq. A 120-member team set up by the Pentagon has been assigned to review up to 500,000 documents that are ready to be leaked this month.

It was the largest security breach of its kind in U.S. military history.

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It is being reported that these documents will bring up the very famous Abu Ghraib prison scandal.

At the time of the Afghan war leak, the top U.S. military officer, Admiral Mike Mullen, warned that WikiLeaks may have the blood of U.S. soldiers and Afghan civilians on its hands because it had leaked documents naming U.S. collaborators.

Women To Serve On Submarines

The pentagon is removing a policy that prevented women from being on submarines. Congress is allowed to have an opinion but, they only have 30 days to do so.

This policy change, if no objection is made, will require the ships to be changed dramatically, to accommodate the women living in coed quarters. Women could serve on subs a little more than a year from now.

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I'm not sure this is a good idea. I'm sorry but, I really don't think this is going to help anything. Instead, I see potential for disaster, i.g. sexual harassment charges, unfair treatment, ect. Call me a traditionalist; I don't like women being on the front line. Always have. I certainly do not mind women serving their country in other capacities but, this bothers me.

I guess this is what happens when you have PC policies that have infiltrated our military for the last several years.

Tobacco Free Military

A recent study recommends military personal to be tobacco free.

The Pentagon says, "no."

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