Post Tagged with: "Adm. Mike Mullen"

June 2, 2010 19:01

Military chiefs split with Mullen on gays

Adm. Mike Mullen, Joint Chiefs chairman, in February first broke with the chiefs of the Navy, Air Force, Army and Marine Corps by endorsing President Obama’s campaign pledge to end the military’s ban on open homosexuals.

February 6, 2010 04:26

Danger to discipline – Why we must keep ban on homosexuals

By Richard H. Black former chief of the Army’s Criminal Law Division
After an exhaustive national debate, the House of Representatives determined that homosexuality is incompatible with military service. Congress then enacted Title 10 U.S. Code Section 654, which states that homosexuals are ineligible for military service. That ban is an essential element of military discipline. It must be retained.