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Aristus

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20. Ah! Gay generals. We finally have one we can celebrate openly!

Mon Aug 13, 2012, 07:35 PM

Aug 2012

About time.

England had Richard the Lionheart (who was actually French)
Classical Greece had Alexander the Great.

Now we have one of our own!

Hi, sarge!

(I was going to put T.E. Lawrence, but I realized he wasn't a general; gifted leader of soldiers, though...)

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I have something in my eye Botany Aug 2012 #1

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me too proud patriot Aug 2012 #25

Kinda dusty in here WilliamPitt Aug 2012 #41

I am a straight guy but that picture shows what can be possible if we stop the hate. Botany Aug 2012 #44

What a beautiful couple. Justice wanted Aug 2012 #2

Wow! This is very cool. cbayer Aug 2012 #3

NICE bigdarryl Aug 2012 #4

I'm really happy for her WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #6

It will take time Stargazer09 Aug 2012 #8

there are no females in my company WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #16

Wait a minute. tabasco Aug 2012 #24

it confuses me too WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #34

In a combat zone, isn't pregnancy an automatic ticket home? sarge43 Aug 2012 #35

we're not deployed WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #37

I see. Then I'm going with test case. sarge43 Aug 2012 #38

She cannot be an infantry officer and cannot tabasco Aug 2012 #47

i'm in a unit WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #49

A task force. What branch is the female officer? n/t tabasco Aug 2012 #50

When I was in the safety briefing generally went something like this Trunk Monkey Aug 2012 #36

Gay or not, we need more women leaders in the military anyway SpankMe Aug 2012 #7

YES! Stargazer09 Aug 2012 #9

+1 Auggie Aug 2012 #11

This is so wonderful! Stargazer09 Aug 2012 #10

A few years ago she would have been kicked out sarge43 Aug 2012 #14

pretty damn awesome seanpencil Aug 2012 #12

Excellent! sarge43 Aug 2012 #13

"The military dropped its 'don�t ask, don�t tell' policy for gay service members..." rocktivity Aug 2012 #15

First gay general! Hooray! Aristus Aug 2012 #17

No not the first, but the first to be able to say so openly. sarge43 Aug 2012 #18

Ah! Gay generals. We finally have one we can celebrate openly! Aristus Aug 2012 #20

Frederick the Great sarge43 Aug 2012 #22

And Charles The Fabulous jberryhill Aug 2012 #26

He was an accomplished musician. longship Aug 2012 #28

Well . . . first *openly* gay general in *US* military history 4th law of robotics Aug 2012 #48

Can you imagine? A lifetime of service and DADT could've ruined her life. joshcryer Aug 2012 #19

Great to read underpants Aug 2012 #21

First in the United States, it says. Okay, then. I was gonna bring up Alexander the Great. tclambert Aug 2012 #23

Excellent! Lint Head Aug 2012 #27

I was reading an article about this on a right-wing site Glaug-Eldare Aug 2012 #29

It doesn't matter what they think DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #53

Hooah ma'am! adicortez Aug 2012 #30

I have been to several promotion ceremonies, it is a great Heather MC Aug 2012 #31

This is amazing lunatica Aug 2012 #32

Congratulations! myrna minx Aug 2012 #33

It Really Isn't Fair YOHABLO Aug 2012 #39

Officers got nailed too. I processed a couple of discharges. sarge43 Aug 2012 #40

(popping a salute) DissidentVoice Aug 2012 #42

It's wonderful that this happened. UnrepentantLiberal Aug 2012 #43

Bravo fightthegoodfightnow Aug 2012 #45

Good for her! Redford Aug 2012 #46

Congratulations but one simple question �having her wife� poses a question, how does the Army jody Aug 2012 #51

technically she's neither WooWooWoo Aug 2012 #52