He either would have been given a Section 8 or been tossed overboard...
“He either would have been given a Section 8 or been tossed overboard...”
That was how the Navy would have handled it during the Cold War. As soon as he exposed himself as a faggot, he would have been out of the Navy very quickly.
Then, he would not have ever got even a confidential clearance let alone a top secret. He would have flunked any simple back ground check.