: ' army'

A Year After DADT: Still In The Closet

A Year After DADT: Still In The Closet

A few of my comrades are aware of my sexual orientation, but I am still very much in the closet. I envy the people who bring their partner to the dining out, or a formal event, [...]

Military has Suicide Prevention Fund Surplus

Military has Suicide Prevention Fund Surplus

Congressman Jim McDermott (WA-7) and Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA-3) urged leaders of the U.S. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee this week, to work with them in getting the Pentagon to use all of its unspent suicide prevention [...]

A Year After DADT: One Soldier “Tells” Another

A Year After DADT: One Soldier “Tells” Another

"Although I’m out, I am constantly told I don’t come off as gay (to which I usually apologize for not conforming to that persons stereotypes - comically of course). At work, it has always been about [...]