Comments on: The OutHeroes Project: Senior Chief Petty Officer (Ret.) Timothy McVeigh http://outservemag.org/2011/09/the-outheroes-project-timothy-mcveigh/ The association of actively serving LGBT military personnel Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:58:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Michelle Benecke http://outservemag.org/2011/09/the-outheroes-project-timothy-mcveigh/#comment-414 Michelle Benecke Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:22:07 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=610#comment-414 Hi there. FYI -- my original had McVeigh's rank correct as of his retirment. As part of his settlement, McVeigh was granted promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer. Had the Navy not gone after him, he would have been promoted during the time his case was being litigated, hence the settlement terms. Hi there. FYI — my original had McVeigh’s rank correct as of his retirment. As part of his settlement, McVeigh was granted promotion to Master Chief Petty Officer. Had the Navy not gone after him, he would have been promoted during the time his case was being litigated, hence the settlement terms.

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]]> By: William T. Door http://outservemag.org/2011/09/the-outheroes-project-timothy-mcveigh/#comment-91 William T. Door Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:36:39 +0000 http://outservemag.org/?p=610#comment-91 Somebody needs to fact check this story. First of all, Tim was an ETCS(SS), that is a Senior Chief, not a Master Chief. And his billet was "Chief of the Boat" which in its own a bit misleading, as the Engineering Department on CHICAGO had a Master Chief who is was the senior enlisted leader by rank. Tim was also lucky that the squadron officer bungled his investigation by going too far and getting info out of AOL that was not publicly available. Unfortunately because Tim inadvertently sent official correspondence from his "other" personal AOL account, the evidence was all there. Thank god for over zealous investigating officers. Tim was a victim of the worst - a bitter, evil Navy wife who was afraid to let her husband go to sea with gays. Had she not pushed this incident up to the command, it would just gone away. The submarine force has been for years, for the most part, very gay friendly. Most submariners don't care, nor did most ever care. The only time I saw them use the gay boot was when there wasn't an easier way to get rid of a poor performer. Somebody needs to fact check this story.

First of all, Tim was an ETCS(SS), that is a Senior Chief, not a Master Chief. And his billet was “Chief of the Boat” which in its own a bit misleading, as the Engineering Department on CHICAGO had a Master Chief who is was the senior enlisted leader by rank.

Tim was also lucky that the squadron officer bungled his investigation by going too far and getting info out of AOL that was not publicly available. Unfortunately because Tim inadvertently sent official correspondence from his “other” personal AOL account, the evidence was all there. Thank god for over zealous investigating officers.

Tim was a victim of the worst – a bitter, evil Navy wife who was afraid to let her husband go to sea with gays. Had she not pushed this incident up to the command, it would just gone away. The submarine force has been for years, for the most part, very gay friendly. Most submariners don’t care, nor did most ever care. The only time I saw them use the gay boot was when there wasn’t an easier way to get rid of a poor performer.

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