A Marine I’ve been kind of close to since I’ve lived in San Diego may be getting discharged from the Corps for being “Gay”. Turns out someone found a bunch of magazines and porn in his barracks room and INSTANTLY told his Gunny (Superior). He called me pretty frantic so I had to go over and calm him down. The next day at work he said he was in the Sgt. Majors office already discussing what would happen to him. I guess his Sgt. Maj. is a pretty decent guy and wants to keep the situation quiet and says he respects my buddy’s right to sexual preference but has his hands tied in how he can handle the situation. Since the news got out to his entire squadron, theres no way to hide the issue. And because of this, the command has to proceed with an admin separation.
This guy really had a bright future ahead of him, it’s a shame the bigot who found the “illegal materials-as they are calling them” in his room had to say anything. But that’s the way it is in the Marine Corps, you never know what your going to get. It’s either hot or cold. There are those who who could care less if their buddy was gay, so long as he leaves them out of it, and there are those who come from middle america and think gays are the devil!! My guess is this Marine who squealed was a big homophobe.
My buddy is really worried he’s going to get shafted and get a bad discharge. Some people floated the idea of pursuing NJP or Court Martial but I dont think it will go that far.—For gay Marines it can be scary sometimes. All it takes is that one person to see or hear something and your career could be over. They dont care how hard you’ve worked, if your name and the word gay are in the same sentence, it’s over!!! The last few days have been stressful for me because of all this hoopla.
Be Careful who you trust all you Military folks out there!!! 🙂
I started painting again tonight. Trying not to let all this get to me. I even bought a tennis ball machine. I bought a bunch of songs on itunes. Trying to immense myself in things that will keep me busy/distracted. I dont need any issues with my job right now!!!
I will show off some of my paintings this week. It’s therapeutic for me to be creative. *Hopefully you’ll like**
Barracks Cover 