October 9, 2009
Lt Choi/Lt Col Fehrenbach/DADT/posts
CNN: Department of Defense data obtained by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which studies gender/sexuality in the military, shows that across all branches of the military, women were dismissed at a greater rate than men because of DADT.
2008: Air Force dismissed 56 women – 34 men.
The first year the AF has dismissed more women than men.
Army: 36% dismissed were women while women make up only 14% of the Army.
As of July – barry could have intervened on 265 dismissals
DADT dismissals in the last 5 years:
- 800 mission-critical troops
- At least 59 Arabic linguists
- 9 Farsi linguists
How can any American justify this in the name of national security?
I’ll have to check on the statuses of Lt Choi and Lt Col Fehrenbach.
And if you’re wondering who they replace the dismissed gay folks with – try convicted felons.
