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发帖数: 4174 | 1 Posted on Advocate.com October 19, 2010
Dan Choi Attempts to Reenlist
By Andrew Harmon
Lt. Dan Choi, who was honorably discharged by the U.S. Army in July under "
don't ask, don't tell," is in New York seeking to apply for entry into the U
.S. Marine Corps — the same day a Pentagon spokeswoman said that military
recruiters have been informed they must accept gay applicants.
Choi tweeted on Tuesday that he is "Headed to Times Square Recruiting
Station" and told The Advocate he expects to meet gay rights advocate David
Mixner at the recruiting office as well as Justin Elzie, who was honorably
discharged under DADT in 1997.
"As we say in the military, this is a target of opportunity, " Choi said. "
It’s an opportunity for me to serve in whatever capacity that I can. And I'
m going to go try to do that."
It's unclear how military recruiters would handle Choi's application,
however: The Marine Corps does not accept lateral transfers of officers from
other branches, a military source said.
Sources said other service members discharged under DADT may seek to
reenlist or seek reinstatement Tuesday as well.
Pentagon spokeswoman, Cynthia Smith, said the Defense Department has
suspended enforcement of DADT. Military recruiters have been advised to
inform potential recruits that the moratorium against DADT could be lifted.
As The Advocate reported last week, the Defense Department had previously
notified all five branches of the military via a Thursday e-mail that they
must comply with with the injunction ordered by a federal judge on
enforcement of “don’t ask, don’t tell."
U.S. district judge Virginia A. Phillips, who ruled DADT unconstitutional in
September, is expected today to deny the Justice Department's request for a
stay of the injunction she issued against the 1993 law. In a Monday court
hearing Phillips said the government had not proved why military readiness
would suffer should the policy be blocked pending an appeal in the case, Log
Cabin Republicans v. United States of America.
Justice Department attorneys, meanwhile, have said they would seek an
emergency stay of Phillips's injunction with the U.S. court of appeals for
the ninth circuit. |
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