Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell: Is the Gay Ban Based on Military Necessity?

Abstract

According to "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," known homosexuals are not allowed to serve in the US armed forces. No Impact Not a single one of the 104 experts interviewed believed that the Australian, Canadian, Israeli, or British decisions to lift their gay bans undermined military performance, readiness, or cohesion, led to increased difficulties in recruiting or retention, or increased the rate of HIV infection among the troops. Truscott III would include accounts of open gay soldiers who had served with distinction, Nunn deleted Truscott from the witness list.45 Anecdotes do not serve as evidence if they are chosen to reflect only one side of the story.