The rumors circulated constantly, but never able to confirm any of them."
I spent 11 years in the Army, and never heard anything of the sort. Not saying there weren't (suspected) closeted homos around, but the only soldiers I knew who actually got out on homo discharges were dirtbag losers who were looking for any way out of the service.
I don't know what to believe. On one hand, I want to call BS on the article, but on the other hand, today's Army (and military in general) isn't the same one I left in '96. Years of homo acceptance in society had done irreparable damage to the services, I fear.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
I never were able to confirm any rumor as fact.
I suspect there is a protocol for this. It is military policy to maintain unit cohesion. That is a directive, they will do anything to preserve it.
It might be harder in the Army to detect it for the average officer / enlisted man in the Army. In the Navy, our Captain is Judge, Jury, Executioner
The Navy is unique among the services to invest this much power in the Commanding Officer to conduct judicial punishment at sea. Coast Guard can get the same, but they have to be serving under US Navy Command on Deployment.