Interesting
Feb. 23rd, 2005 01:58 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
patgundBritish Royal Navy Will Recruit Gays (LA Times, via wire services)
Royal Navy to promote gay rights (BBC)
Several of the reports I read, cited the fact that gay and lesbian personnel performed alongside their straight counterparts in Afganistan and Iraq with no problems, therefore they saw no reason not to recruit from that community.
Something I find curious though. It's not uncommon for the US Navy to have RN officers serve as exchange officers aboard USN ships. And the same goes for USN officers aboard RN ships. Given the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that the USN has, is there going to be any problems with possibly gay or lesbian RN personnel serving as exchange officers on USN ships? Or is it going to be ignored? What about when RN ships do liberty calls and exchange stops at US bases??
It's interesting that one of our major allies has taken this step.
Royal Navy to promote gay rights (BBC)
Several of the reports I read, cited the fact that gay and lesbian personnel performed alongside their straight counterparts in Afganistan and Iraq with no problems, therefore they saw no reason not to recruit from that community.
Something I find curious though. It's not uncommon for the US Navy to have RN officers serve as exchange officers aboard USN ships. And the same goes for USN officers aboard RN ships. Given the "don't ask, don't tell" policy that the USN has, is there going to be any problems with possibly gay or lesbian RN personnel serving as exchange officers on USN ships? Or is it going to be ignored? What about when RN ships do liberty calls and exchange stops at US bases??
It's interesting that one of our major allies has taken this step.
