Name:   Talullahhound - Subject:   Hodja Date:   6/25/2020 4:01:40 PM

I actually believe you.  I don't know about gays, but the military is a great leveler when it comes to color.  Nowadays, I suspect that it is the same with gay people.  

A funny story.  In my office of engineers, I had a number of military people.  And one thing I know is that when you have a group of military, they tend to reach out to the new guy and bring the along.  I had a black Major assigned.  The first thing he did is put up a poster that I thought was black-centric, but hey, it was his cube.  I assume the other military guys reached out to him, but he shunned them.  Didn't even try to fit in and had a big chip on his shoulder.  His work wasn't great, and he was given a project by my boss to work on, which he managed to screw up.  So when his rating came due - I had the AF "adjective" handbook and I used the middlin' words to describe his efforts.    He just had a freaking fit and accused me of trying to destroy his career, complained to my boss (his secondary rater) who was not impressed with him either.  I always felt that he had been passed along in his career and filled someone's quota.  He was about the 4th graduate of Howard University that I had supervised and every time I was less than impressed.