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March, 2012

Secretary Wilson’s Last Day

Secretary Wilson’s Last Day

by David Small Today, Mr. Doug Wilson will walk out of the Pentagon, leaving his post as the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and his status as the highest-ranking openly gay man serving in [...]

The First Lady’s Guest at the State of the Union

The First Lady’s Guest at the State of the Union

In her service dress garnished with ribbons from multiple deployments to the Middle East, Air Force Col Ginger L. Wallace sat in the First Lady’s box with Michelle Obama for the President’s State of the Union [...]

War Journal

War Journal

In November of 2006, my unit conducted a mission in a few villages approximately two hours from our Forward Operating Base, FOB Warrior, in Kirkuk, Iraq. Upon arrival, we established a base of fire and began [...]

How We Won

How We Won

I worked on “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” (DADT) repeal for more than a decade, and as can be expected, some days were better than others. [...]

LGBT Healthcare

LGBT Healthcare

"As the era of DADT fades into history, it is expected that lost health care will diminish. However, the ability of providing specialized health care for LGBT people in the military is currently sparse. After the [...]

Ask Sarge: Deployment, Pregnancy and PCSing

Ask Sarge: Deployment, Pregnancy and PCSing

"I am an active-duty service member and my partner is currently pregnant. I have no idea where to begin in order to support my family." [...]

A Marine Story

A Marine Story

Movie Night with Faith & Liza By Liza Swart When the guys on the editorial staff and I were divvying up assignments for this issue, it seemed inevitable that I—and my movie-loving plus-one, Faith—would be tackling [...]

Open Service in New Zealand

Open Service in New Zealand

I’ve never known a New Zealand without openly gay military service. The New Zealand Defense Force (NZDF) enacted the Human Acts Right in 1993 and ceased discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation within the service. [...]

Out of Step

Out of Step

Memoir of a Discharged Navy WAVE By Katie Miller “Out of Step” is the memoir of J. Lee Watton, a young woman from New Jersey enlisting in the Navy in 1965. Trained as a WAVE (an [...]

Let’s Go! Washington, D.C.

Let’s Go! Washington, D.C.

If you have not been to Washington, D.C. since your eighth grade field trip, you might want to take another look. DC is a popular business and tourist destination, hosting millions of visitors a year, and [...]

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