Marines determined to be best at recruiting gays, lesbians...

[HICKMAN]

You Marines must be sooo proud!

Feel proud to be #1, you can have it!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/marine-recruiters-visit-gay-center-in-oklahoma.html?_r=2&hp



inter-service ribbing for those who don't get it....

 

[TTravis]

Disgraceful! I am glad I am no longer in the military and don't have to put up with that BS.

 

[mrjarrell]

Disgraceful! I am glad I am no longer in the military and don't have to put up with that BS.

Guess the Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps is a better man than you, then.
Straight Talk From Top Enlisted Marine on ‘Don’t Ask’ Repeal - Washington Wire - WSJ

 

[Birds Away]

Anybody who believes they haven't been serving all along is fooling themselves.

 

[Booya]

Anybody who believes they haven't been serving all along is fooling themselves.

BINGO!

 

[2ADMNLOVER]

Can we say "force recon" ?

 

[teddy12b]

You Marines must be sooo proud!

Feel proud to be #1, you can have it!!

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/21/us/marine-recruiters-visit-gay-center-in-oklahoma.html?_r=2&hp



inter-service ribbing for those who don't get it....

I hate to break it to you, but they already were.

 

[redneckmedic]

Not a surprise.... the USMC has always pronounced that they are the best of the best of the best.

 

[Birds Away]

They are also handy to have around in bar fights! From when I was young and dumb.

 

[goinggreyfast]

 

[Expat]

I hate to break it to you, but they already were.

I am not sure why this has been repeated, what, 3 times now. Everyone knows that. That was the purpose of DADT. Kind of like carrying concealed, it isn't anyone else's business. But they wanted the right to serve while letting everyone know their sexual preferences.

 

[Westside]

As Long as the do there job and realize no means no I really don't care.

 

[SemperFiUSMC]

I'll bet there are a lot more Marine recruiters that will use their discretion to keep gays out than those that go searching for them. Just saying.

Oh, and for the record, they repealed DADT. They didn't legalize homosexuality in the Armed Forces. They restored the state of things back to the way they were when I was on active duty, when they would ask if you were gay and discharge you for violating good order and discipline. It's a policy shift away from being overturned.

The President is Commmander in Chief and under the Constitution controls the Army and Navy, subject to the powers delegated to Congress to organize them. Courts have no authority under the Constitution to dictate how the Commander in Chief is to perform those duties absent instructions from Congress.

 

[the1kidd03]

They are also handy to have around in bar fights! From when I was young and dumb.

 

[Dead Duck]

When my father served, he said there were plenty of open gays there.
Of course, this was the Navy.

 

[the1kidd03]

When my father served, he said there were plenty of open gays there.
Of course, this was the Navy.

 

[Garb]

I'll bet there are a lot more Marine recruiters that will use their discretion to keep gays out than those that go searching for them. Just saying.

Oh, and for the record, they repealed DADT. They didn't legalize homosexuality in the Armed Forces. They restored the state of things back to the way they were when I was on active duty, when they would ask if you were gay and discharge you for violating good order and discipline. It's a policy shift away from being overturned.

The President is Commmander in Chief and under the Constitution controls the Army and Navy, subject to the powers delegated to Congress to organize them. Courts have no authority under the Constitution to dictate how the Commander in Chief is to perform those duties absent instructions from Congress.

I somewhat agree with you. It should be up to the military whether or not gays should be able to serve. Personally though, I have no problem with gays serving in the military. I've seen some of them interviewed, and they're way more badass than I'll ever be lol.

 

[HICKMAN]

Anybody who believes they haven't been serving all along is fooling themselves.

really?

 

[the1kidd03]

I don't understand what the dam big deal is......there have always been gays serving, people knew they were gay.....they simply could'nt bring it in/around work and they still won't be able to....it's "unprofessional" to do so no matter if they're gay or straight and it's against other "professionalism regulations"......what I want to know...is how are they gonna deal with this at boot camp....I mean...you can't have gay men bunk with straight and same with women....and you can't put the gays with the opposite sex because then every male recruit is gonna claim to be gay so he gets housed with the straight females..lol

 

[HICKMAN]

I somewhat agree with you. It should be up to the military whether or not gays should be able to serve. Personally though, I have no problem with gays serving in the military. I've seen some of them interviewed, and they're way more badass than I'll ever be lol.

I never had a problem with them serving either. Most I knew were in support roles and damn good at their jobs. I can't say I supported some of the CID stings I saw in the Army, trying to root them out just to kick them out.

If they do their job well, then leave them be.