Don't Ask, Don't Tell: A Time to Go, But How

Abstract

Homosexual integration into the military is desirable but not inevitable. Congressional and presidential action to repeal current laws and policies is the first step in integration. However, Congress is unlikely to act without strong support from senior military and civilian officials. Such support is currently lacking. The issue is how to convince those senior leaders to support integration? First, and contrary to conventional wisdom, senior leaders can look to the historic integration of African Americans for examples of how best to institute integration of open homosexuals. In that instance civilian and military leaders used a brand of systems thinking and academic studies to support integration, followed by a comprehensive, strict enforcement of the integration process. Similar use of systems, scholarly studies, a properly focused strategic message, and a strict enforcement of current disciplinary standards will assure senior leaders that homosexuals can seamlessly integrate into today's military.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA521791

Entities

People

  • J. M. Sawyers

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Congress
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Enlisted Personnel
  • Homosexuality
  • Law
  • Management Personnel
  • Minority Groups
  • Personnel Management
  • Psychology
  • Recruiting
  • Sexual Orientation
  • Students
  • Training
  • United States
  • United States Military Academy
  • War Colleges

Readers

  • Military History of the United States in the 20th Century.
  • Strategic Security Studies