Admiral Steinman Discusses “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”

Admiral Steinman is a Gay admiral, served 25 years in the Coast Guard most of it as a physician. He largely served in the Aviation unit most of the time he was posted to small units under 100 people. Formal socializing wasn’t that big of a deal. But when we was facing the idea of promotion, he feared how he would deal with socialization since Flag officers have a lot of social obligations to meet. He resorted to seeking out female companion via personal ads from The Washitonian. Although he was forced to have female companion to “get by” with his new peer group, they grew to be very close friends.

McCain quoted as against “Don’t Ask. Don’t Tell.” (DADT). McCain thought that gay inclusion in the military posed a security risk and risk to discipline and order. Unit moral, combat readiness would also be greatly effected.

According to a recent Gallop poll 79% of Americans said that gays and lesbians should be able to serve open and honestly in the military.

91% of young Americans were found to be in favor of gays and lesbians being able to serve open and honestly in the military.

Police and Fireman have nondiscrimination policies with no effect on security.

Federal Agencies that have combat like missions, FBI, Secret Service, DEA, CIA…all allow G&L to serve openly an honestly.

Foreign military allies 45 allow open serving. Some of our closest allies, ones with which we are engaged in joint commands, allow open serving of gays and lesbians including Canadians, Aussies, and Brits.

American troops are already serving with gays and lesbians within our military. Our troops are serving intimately with join commands soldiers from

Isralies for many years have allowed open serving in Isralies Defense Forces. “Who in their right mind would question Israelie Defense Forces?”

Too much prejudice and bigotry. In all our wars Stop Loss orders have been used to prevent the the loss of personnel during the time of war. Stop Loss order now don’t include gays and lesbians due to DADT. So key military personnel are being dismissed even when it threatens or military position.

The Commander’s Guide Book allows military leaders to ignore solider disclosures of homosexuality when in deployment. With the plan to discharge them when the mission is complete.