[Stealhead]

The really funny thing is that for years the policy was basically "don't ask don't tell",I know back in WWII,Korea,Vietnam they asked you straight to your face if you where gay if you said yes they kicked you out that means that the guys who where gay but wanted to serve and did not meet the "girly" or "out of control gay" stereotypes lied and said that they liked women and they never got found out by those that had the power to punish them.

The UCMJ makes sodomy illegal though I recall back in basic my instructor informed us that basically the UCMJ sodomy rule makes many things that you might do with a woman illegal as well. Someone raised his hand and said,"So my girlfriend cant give me a ***********?" the Instructor replied,
"Just don't do it in the middle of the street on base there is a reason they invented doors and bedrooms."

Anthony is a bit overly fearful about showers in basic training you are going to be surrounded by 90 or so dudes from all over the US and world(there where guys that had come from as far afield as South Africa
and the Ukraine in my flight.) from various cultures and you are going to be under so much stress no one is gong to get a hard on they will be saving that for the liberty that you get at the end of basic and there girl friend.If there happen to be any gays in your flight you will never know about it if they are gay they are not going to openly tell anyone until they get to an active duty base which is the first point in your military where you are going to be staying put long enough to find out who you can really trust and trust me you need to look out for the Airman that are dirt bags and backstabbers other trouble makers not which ones might be gay.

I can still recall there was this extremely attractive active duty girl she just an Airman First Class herself that worked in the CQ under normal conditions I'd have been a bit excited to say the least if the situation had been right but under the stress of basic I think she would have been a bit disappointed but a couple of weeks later on that liberty....that was a different story then and I was no longer technically a trainee and that hot little A1C babe was no longer off limits on Friday and Saturday I just dropped her a slick note that no TI noticed the week beforehand.

I also had friends in units that where gay or bi the gay ones never hit on any men while on duty or any men they knew to be straight on duty or off duty ever.One guy I happened to see him off base on the street with another man it was pretty clear the situation and I guess he was fearful that I was going to say that I had seen him but I did not say anything even though at that time it did really revolt me a bit at first then I figured that I got along fine with this person when I did not know so what really was the difference he seemed pretty relived that I did not tell others.This guy was very manly and I would never have guessed that he was gay other wise and I was not 100% sure until he told me a few days after I had seen him on the street.