My military days are long over too, but I can’t help wondering why the straight guys in the military can’t seem to figure out how to get rid of a few queers without getting caught. We would have.
I served on a 6th fleet carrier. During the Atlantic crossings and in the Med for many months, there were several queers, who had apparently propositioned the wrong people, and then never showed up for morning muster. Same thing happened to black racists who had tried to stir up trouble.
I was in a flight deck division and seem to recall hearing they were all below deck sailors who shouldn’t have been topside at night.