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Duffy: Don’t ask my fellow soldiers about ‘Don’t Ask’

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 13 May 2010 16:03:02 +0000

I have a lot of opinions. I am sure that we all have a lot of opinions. Why in the world would a big army open up the question of whether to repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell to(...)

Army to accept comments on ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’

Jennifer Vanasco — Mon, 10 May 2010 16:00:13 +0000

(Schofield Barracks, Hawaii) Army Secretary John McHugh said Friday the military is considering a system for soldiers to anonymously express their opinions about its “don’t ask, don’t tell”(...)

Duffy: Should gay soldiers be segregated?

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 11:00:57 +0000

I was looking through the “Stripes” website to see if there were any recent stories on gays. Stripes is the online version of the free newspaper, Stars & Stripes, that soldiers have(...)

Pentagon to continue DADT discharges

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 26 May 2009 19:27:43 +0000

(Washington) President Barack Obama’s top military adviser says the Pentagon has enough challenges – including two wars – without rushing to overturn a decade-old policy that bans gays and(...)

Duffy: Unnecessary losses

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 20:49:36 +0000

Less than a month from now my tour will end and I will be leaving Iraq to head state-side, possibly for good. It will be summer and I will be able to take some of my saved funds and possibly(...)

Duffy: The military is ready for gays and lesbians to serve openly

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:42:24 +0000

Secretary of Defense Robert Gates seems to think that it would be a huge ordeal to integrat gays and lesbians into serving openly in the military “IF” DADT was repealed. (It infuriates me(...)

Duffy: Re-enlisting without DADT

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 17:46:15 +0000

Enlistments are a bundle of years that a soldier is contracted to serve in his selected branch of the miltiary. I have done three such enlistments of various periods, totalling over 11(...)

Duffy: Servicemembers should battle military ban

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:19:28 +0000

Welcome to our new blogger, Michael Duffy, who obtained a masters in social work from Rutgers University and is currently serving his eleventh year in the U.S. armed forces. He is currently(...)

Aubrey Sarvis: A Frank voice in the military

Jennifer Vanasco/editor — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:47:47 +0000

We need a gay person as Secretary of Defense, and I have just the man for the job: Barney Frank, the Democratic Representative from Massachusetts’ 4th district. Why? Because Barney understands the political process and he knows doubletalk when he hears it. Barney would cut through the blather and by the afternoon of next January [...]