The Veteran Thread

Corkey · 08-29-2013, 01:00 PM

One of my friends was a Coastie, he worked the hook.

As a sailor, they are da BOMB!

Has needed a tow or two in my lifetime.

MysticOceansFL · 08-29-2013, 03:00 PM

I'm a U S Army military Intelligence vet <<<<

Dykea · 08-29-2013, 04:39 PM

First of all with the fun *jabbing* aside between all the [[grunts, jarheads, squids, blue shirts and someday another fellow coastie -- not to soon, i enjoy my loan spot]]
Military Branches...

I want to thank ALL of my fellow Service Members for serving their country. Whether you ID as lez, femme, butch, dyke, queer or tg...

We were closeted in a dominate male environment and only we know the good w/the bad that we lived with daily.

With the media and Pentagon attention on rape in the Military and people NEVER listening to those who lived w/this issues I am proud to announce that my middle daughter who is a 3rd CPO in the CG, just informed me she is now a Sexual Assault Prevention Representative for District 5.

I could NOT be more proud that one of MY Philistines [kids] is going to be part of the SOLUTION.

SEMPER PARATUS!

Wolfsong · 08-30-2013, 04:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Dykea

First of all with the fun *jabbing* aside between all the [[grunts, jarheads, squids, blue shirts and someday another fellow coastie -- not to soon, i enjoy my loan spot]]
Military Branches...

I want to thank ALL of my fellow Service Members for serving their country. Whether you ID as lez, femme, butch, dyke, queer or tg...

We were closeted in a dominate male environment and only we know the good w/the bad that we lived with daily.

With the media and Pentagon attention on rape in the Military and people NEVER listening to those who lived w/this issues I am proud to announce that my middle daughter who is a 3rd CPO in the CG, just informed me she is now a Sexual Assault Prevention Representative for District 5.

I could NOT be more proud that one of MY Philistines [kids] is going to be part of the SOLUTION.

SEMPER PARATUS!

Hoo Ahh........

Boy those witch hunts of old could stop your heart couldn't they? They always seemed to happen in the next company over to mine or somewhere close enough to my door step that it felt like I was next. I dunno what I was so scared of......what were they gonna do? Bend my dog tags and send me home? It felt like so much more then.

I can't even imagine what it was like for our WWII era brothers and sisters where being homosexual could earn you a vacation out in Leavenworth. Now THAT would be scary!

Dykea · 08-30-2013, 06:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wolfsong

Hoo Ahh........

Boy those witch hunts of old could stop your heart couldn't they? They always seemed to happen in the next company over to mine or somewhere close enough to my door step that it felt like I was next. I dunno what I was so scared of......what were they gonna do? Bend my dog tags and send me home? It felt like so much more then.

I can't even imagine what it was like for our WWII era brothers and sisters where being homosexual could earn you a vacation out in Leavenworth. Now THAT would be scary!

I was stationed in Alaska and one of THE oldest gay bars was in Anchorage... Mad Myrna's. It had several names over the decades = but it was THE gay bar and the "old timers" would tell me stories of how the AF MPs would try and do "raids" trying to BUST homos/dykes!!!

The bar was a HUGE ASS oval thingy... but it had a ridiculous lip from counter to bar stool that I NEVER understood??!! The story goes....

When the MPs would come in w/their battons looking for service members, all the military homos/dykes would hide under the lip and the civilian members would cover them and **flounce**flirt**fickle** w/distraction the MPs, so that they never saw the military personnel hiding, crunched, fetal position under the bar in plain site.

Now this sounds cRaZy today!! I know! But it's not. I was there for one of the raids back in 1999 as a civilian and it still worked.

This is lezzbian and gay history.

Parker · 08-30-2013, 07:36 AM

First, I almost didnt get in because the recruiters thought I was gay based on how I dressed (jeans, high-top sneakers, polo shirt, and sweater vest - it was 1989, shut up!), so they made me talk to a psychiatrist who asked me ALL kinds of personal questions about my dreams and fantasies, who were in them, what we did, etc. It was very uncomfortable, but I guess he decided I was fine and they let me into boot camp.

Then in boot camp, one of the girls who was gay decided to turn the suspicion towards me and accused me of coming on to her (this happened in high school too - wtf?).

Now, I didnt know at the time that I was gay - that came months after boot camp - so when I told them I was straight before joining and when I told my CC I wasnt gay when accused of it in boot camp, I was telling the truth as I knew it at the time.

Then when I was stationed in San Diego, I worked at a local lesbian bar as a barback. One night a year, the gay community gets together and dresses up to go to an awards show so they can hand out awards like best gay bar, best gay restaurant, best gay bartender, etc. The people that worked at this bar with me all wanted to go and they talked me into going with them, so we all got dressed up and went to this awards show.

I didnt know the mayor was coming to say a few words or that the media was coming to film the mayor and get crowd shots. The instant I saw those camera, I darted to the back of the room because I didnt want my superiors to see me on TV and kick me out or whatever.

When I got back there, I saw a bunch of military people who came specifically in their uniforms and I suddenly felt very silly standing back there, hiding, hoping no one I knew was watching the news. I decided then and there that I wasnt going to hide anymore and if they wanted to kick me out, fuck 'em.

That almost happened at my next duty station up near Fresno, CA - an ex-girlfriend was causing trouble for me at my hospital (by then, I had become a hospital corpsman, crossing over from airman by going to the HM school) and a LTJG (O-2), who was my immediate supervisor and knew I was gay because of this ex of mine, decided he wanted me gone (he and I had a history where he verbally abused me and even put his hands on me once and shoved me) so he reported me for violating "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" (this was 1995). Of course, he had no idea that the 3rd in command of the hospital was also a dyke! lol So after we both issued statements to her (he lied more than once in his, of course) she told him to never touch or talk to me again, or even be anywhere near me, or she would have him transferred out of the hospital. lol

Looking back, it's surprising I ever made it IN to the Navy, let alone that I never got kicked out while serving. lol

Dykea · 08-30-2013, 09:41 AM

crap... i posted twice. this is why i wasn't a yeoman.

Dykea · 08-30-2013, 09:42 AM

I don't think people really understand how hard it was back then... and that the overturn of DADT was just the "Patriotic" thing to do, instead of lesbian/gay rights.

SAME EXACT thing happened w/POC in the Services. It had NOTHING to do w/equality - it was about patriotism.

I've said this for nearly 2decades that it always has a major start in the Armed Services tho.... and I was right.

What we all went through was actually quite traumatic and GOD KNOWS we know how many people who were investigated, Masted/Court Martialed and fucking DISCHARGED!

ESPECIALLY WOMEN!!! Women in all the Services were discharged at a MUCH HIGHER percentage rate then male homosexuals. No one KNOWS THIS tho because the majority of images/stories are of gay males. People don't "empathize" w/lesbians in the Military. We are a old joke.

Women were ONLY 8 to 10 percent of the entire military back then!!

Women in the Armed Services have NOT had an easy route and no one knows the stories... because know one really cares to hear them.

Women's History... again erased and ignored.

TruTexan · 11-10-2014, 05:53 PM

Happy Veteran's Day to all the Vets out there. Thank you for serving our country and for our freedom.

TruTexan · 11-11-2014, 02:40 PM

Happy Veteran's Day to all of you whom have served or are still serving in the military. Thank you.

traumaqueen · 05-31-2014, 07:25 AM

Also, accepted.

http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/30/politi...html?hpt=us_c1

theoddz · 11-10-2014, 10:41 AM

Today marks the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.

I wish all of my brothers and sisters who share with me The Title a very happy Marine Corps Birthday!!! Semper Fi!!!

OOOOOO RAH!!!!

~Theo~

View Poll Results: Are you a Veteran???
I served in the Army	24	46.15%
I served in the Navy	5	9.62%
I served in the Air Force	7	13.46%
I served in the Coast Guard	1	1.92%
I'm a United States Marine	5	9.62%
I served in the Army Nat'l Guard	2	3.85%
I served in the Air National Guard	1	1.92%
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08-29-2013, 01:00 PM	#1
Corkey Infamous Member How Do You Identify?: Human Preferred Pronoun?: He Relationship Status: Very Married Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Where I want to be Posts: 8,155 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 47,491 Thanked 29,268 Times in 6,637 Posts Rep Power: 21474859	One of my friends was a Coastie, he worked the hook. As a sailor, they are da BOMB! Has needed a tow or two in my lifetime. __________________ "Many proposals have been made to us to adopt your laws, your religion, your manners and your customs. We would be better pleased with beholding the good effects of these doctrines in your own practices, than with hearing you talk about them". ~Old Tassel, Chief of the Tsalagi (Cherokee)

08-29-2013, 03:00 PM	#2
MysticOceansFL Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Butch, Preferred Pronoun?: People call me by my nic name. Relationship Status: Not Single, Not Desperate. Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Florida Posts: 3,833 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 4,645 Thanked 4,033 Times in 1,720 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	I'm a U S Army military Intelligence vet <<<< __________________ Faith is not belief without proof, but trust without reservation. It is said, " Some lives are linked across time..... Connected by an ancient calling that echoes through the ages "......

08-29-2013, 04:39 PM	#3
Dykea Junior Member How Do You Identify?: I wear garters under my Carhartts Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single as fuck Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: usa Posts: 36 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 74 Thanked 204 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 2254146	Please give me a second to brag... First of all with the fun jabbing aside between all the [[grunts, jarheads, squids, blue shirts and someday another fellow coastie -- not to soon, i enjoy my loan spot]] Military Branches... I want to thank ALL of my fellow Service Members for serving their country. Whether you ID as lez, femme, butch, dyke, queer or tg... We were closeted in a dominate male environment and only we know the good w/the bad that we lived with daily. With the media and Pentagon attention on rape in the Military and people NEVER listening to those who lived w/this issues I am proud to announce that my middle daughter who is a 3rd CPO in the CG, just informed me she is now a Sexual Assault Prevention Representative for District 5. I could NOT be more proud that one of MY Philistines [kids] is going to be part of the SOLUTION. SEMPER PARATUS! __________________ "I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim." ~~ Frida Kahlo

08-30-2013, 07:36 AM	#6
Parker Timed Out - Permanent How Do You Identify?: Butch. Lesbian. Dyke. Woman. Female. Preferred Pronoun?: She, of course! Relationship Status: Content Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Small Town Life Posts: 2,880 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 7,858 Thanked 11,727 Times in 2,429 Posts Rep Power: 0	Re: being gay in the military in the 1990's First, I almost didnt get in because the recruiters thought I was gay based on how I dressed (jeans, high-top sneakers, polo shirt, and sweater vest - it was 1989, shut up!), so they made me talk to a psychiatrist who asked me ALL kinds of personal questions about my dreams and fantasies, who were in them, what we did, etc. It was very uncomfortable, but I guess he decided I was fine and they let me into boot camp. Then in boot camp, one of the girls who was gay decided to turn the suspicion towards me and accused me of coming on to her (this happened in high school too - wtf?). Now, I didnt know at the time that I was gay - that came months after boot camp - so when I told them I was straight before joining and when I told my CC I wasnt gay when accused of it in boot camp, I was telling the truth as I knew it at the time. Then when I was stationed in San Diego, I worked at a local lesbian bar as a barback. One night a year, the gay community gets together and dresses up to go to an awards show so they can hand out awards like best gay bar, best gay restaurant, best gay bartender, etc. The people that worked at this bar with me all wanted to go and they talked me into going with them, so we all got dressed up and went to this awards show. I didnt know the mayor was coming to say a few words or that the media was coming to film the mayor and get crowd shots. The instant I saw those camera, I darted to the back of the room because I didnt want my superiors to see me on TV and kick me out or whatever. When I got back there, I saw a bunch of military people who came specifically in their uniforms and I suddenly felt very silly standing back there, hiding, hoping no one I knew was watching the news. I decided then and there that I wasnt going to hide anymore and if they wanted to kick me out, fuck 'em. That almost happened at my next duty station up near Fresno, CA - an ex-girlfriend was causing trouble for me at my hospital (by then, I had become a hospital corpsman, crossing over from airman by going to the HM school) and a LTJG (O-2), who was my immediate supervisor and knew I was gay because of this ex of mine, decided he wanted me gone (he and I had a history where he verbally abused me and even put his hands on me once and shoved me) so he reported me for violating "Dont Ask, Dont Tell" (this was 1995). Of course, he had no idea that the 3rd in command of the hospital was also a dyke! lol So after we both issued statements to her (he lied more than once in his, of course) she told him to never touch or talk to me again, or even be anywhere near me, or she would have him transferred out of the hospital. lol Looking back, it's surprising I ever made it IN to the Navy, let alone that I never got kicked out while serving. lol

08-30-2013, 09:41 AM	#7
Dykea Junior Member How Do You Identify?: I wear garters under my Carhartts Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single as fuck Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: usa Posts: 36 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 74 Thanked 204 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 2254146	Millions upon MILLIONS of dollars to investigate who don't do dick crap... i posted twice. this is why i wasn't a yeoman. __________________ "I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim." ~~ Frida Kahlo Last edited by Dykea; 08-30-2013 at 09:43 AM. Reason: i'm special like dat

08-30-2013, 09:42 AM	#8
Dykea Junior Member How Do You Identify?: I wear garters under my Carhartts Preferred Pronoun?: she Relationship Status: single as fuck Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: usa Posts: 36 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 74 Thanked 204 Times in 26 Posts Rep Power: 2254146	Millions upon MILLIONS of dollars to investigate women who don't do dick I don't think people really understand how hard it was back then... and that the overturn of DADT was just the "Patriotic" thing to do, instead of lesbian/gay rights. SAME EXACT thing happened w/POC in the Services. It had NOTHING to do w/equality - it was about patriotism. I've said this for nearly 2decades that it always has a major start in the Armed Services tho.... and I was right. What we all went through was actually quite traumatic and GOD KNOWS we know how many people who were investigated, Masted/Court Martialed and fucking DISCHARGED! ESPECIALLY WOMEN!!! Women in all the Services were discharged at a MUCH HIGHER percentage rate then male homosexuals. No one KNOWS THIS tho because the majority of images/stories are of gay males. People don't "empathize" w/lesbians in the Military. We are a old joke. Women were ONLY 8 to 10 percent of the entire military back then!! Women in the Armed Services have NOT had an easy route and no one knows the stories... because know one really cares to hear them. Women's History... again erased and ignored. __________________ "I tried to drown my sorrows, but the bastards learned how to swim." ~~ Frida Kahlo

11-10-2014, 05:53 PM	#9
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11-11-2014, 02:40 PM	#10
TruTexan Senior Member How Do You Identify?: lesbian butch Preferred Pronoun?: She Relationship Status: Single Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: in a one horse town in a large state, in the U.S. Posts: 3,952 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 6,112 Thanked 5,266 Times in 1,633 Posts Rep Power: 21474851	Happy Veteran's Day to all of you whom have served or are still serving in the military. Thank you. __________________

05-31-2014, 07:25 AM	#11
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11-10-2014, 10:41 AM	#12
theoddz Senior Member How Do You Identify?: Cranky Old Poop Preferred Pronoun?: Mr. Beast Relationship Status: Married Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Central Texas Posts: 3,538 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 11,112 Thanked 9,926 Times in 2,510 Posts Rep Power: 21474855	Happy 239th Birthday, Devil Dogs!!! Today marks the 239th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. I wish all of my brothers and sisters who share with me The Title a very happy Marine Corps Birthday!!! Semper Fi!!! OOOOOO RAH!!!! *~Theo~*