Another argument to permit open homosexual into the military....
...because allowing mixed heterosexual crews has never been a problem.
Navy CO and XO of mine countermeasure ship fired for "fraternization."
The skipper and executive officer of a mine countermeasures ship crew were fired Dec. 8 after Navy officials determined the two were involved in an “unduly familiar relationship.”
Lt. Cmdr. James Rushton, commander of the MCM Crew Constant, along with Constant’s XO, Lt. Cmdr. Anne Laird, both received non-judicial punishment for misconduct, Navy spokesman Cmdr. Jason Salata said today. Rushton has been reassigned to administrative duties at Commander, Naval Surface Forces, U.S. Pacific Fleet. Salata said Laird also has been reassigned.
“She’s been taken off the ship, but her next assignment is still pending,” he said.
Because obviously no one would expect men and women on long cruises in foreign lands away from family and friends to have inappropriate relations. Human nature doesn't work that way.
Thank God, homosexuals are known for their iron-clad sexual discipline.
One of the comments points to a not very surprising subterranean reality:
majrod Dec 11, 2010 12:05:41 AM VAL - BTW, you have a point. Having served and commanded in primarily combat arms units I can tell you my four year stint as a tactical officer at West Point introduced me to situations I* didn't have to deal with in combat arms units.
I dealt with allegations of sexual harrassment between cadets that turned a love triangle with the girl telling a story to her fiancee vs being honest about her visiting a fell's room.
I dealt with an orgy between two couples (which were also fraternizing because of command influence) that escalated into allegations that the whistle blower was lying and violating the honor code. One of the cadets wrote a letter to his congressman complaining he was being punished without a shred of proof while admitting in the letter he did everything alleged. They all got separated and the guys went to Korea as E4's.
A friend of mine stumbled onto a same sex relationship (again because of a jilted lover) that ended up involving a lesbian Major, a Captain (aware of the relationship who commented through e-mail that all they needed was a good f---), the majority of one of the female varsity teams and the #1 ranking cadet (female). Officers were offered a courtmartial or article 15 with resignation.
I could go on.
In a candid conversation with an MP friend of mine he relayed its pretty much par for the course with mixed sex units.
Its a wonder they can get their mission done and a reason why we don't need that drama in unit's whose primary mission is to win our wars by killing the other guy.
This, on the other hand, is just funny:
USMC-FO Dec 13, 2010 1:24:24 PM Passing by the CO's cabin, seaman apprentice Wexler was surprised to see a tie hung on the door knob and to hear the low heavy breathing moans coming from inside the cabin; jeez, he thought, the captain must be passing a hard dump......
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