HRC: Share A "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" Story
source: http://https://secure3.convio.net/hrc/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=711
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The Human Rights Campaign is sending out an action alert asking anyone to share the stories of don't ask, don't tell's affects on soldiers
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Tess Banko
Tess enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2000. It was upon witnessing a gay counterpart's harassment following a routine room inspection and the challenges that he faced at camp that she decided to speak out on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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Julie Mendoza
During Julie's career in the Air Force, she was deployed in support of humanitarian and military operations in Panama, the Persian Gulf, Turkey, Somalia/Rwanda, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Haiti, Afghanistan and Iraq. She remained quiet about her sexual orientation throughout her career, until she retired in 2008 as a master sergeant.
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Alexander Nicholson
A former U.S. Army human intelligence collector who speaks multiple foreign languages, including Arabic, Alexander was discharged from the military because of DADT just six months after 9/11. He went on to start Servicemembers United, the nation's largest organization of gay and lesbian troops and veterans.
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Kevin Vick
Highly skilled in four languages, Kevin was in charge of communications security for one of the largest intelligence squadrons in the Air Force. Silent about his sexual orientation during his service, he saw colleagues discharged simply on the basis of who they were. Appalled, he chose not to re-enlist last year.
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Stephen Vossler
Stephen graduated from the Army's basic combat training just four days before 9/11. Stephen saw first-hand DADT's destructive nature when his roommate was discharged giving him the stigma of being a "bad soldier" even though he was just being himself.
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Eric Alva
After more than 13 years in the Marines, Eric was the first American wounded in the Iraq War – and was a genuine war hero upon his return home to San Antonio. It wasn't until a few years later that he decided to be true to himself and come out as gay.
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