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Richard
11-10-2011, 17:43
Adam And Pete: Love In A Time Of War
HuffPo, 10 Nov 2011

Captain Pete Bennett doesn't remember the time he met his future husband. There wasn't much worth remembering.

It was during his freshman year in 2003, sitting at a table with other West Point cadets, when Adam first spoke to him. Though most West Pointers enter the academy from high school like any other college freshmen, the two were former enlisted soldiers, giving them a bit of common ground.

<snip>

Captain Adam Harmon is now 31 and the intelligence officer for a military police battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas. Pete's picture sits openly on his desk in the headquarters building. And, for the past two weeks, Adam has worn a wedding ring on his left hand.

<snip>

Pete, now 27 and a supply officer with the 10th Brigade Support Battalion at Fort Drum, N.Y...

(cont'd)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/gay-marriage-army_n_1019813.html

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Pete
11-10-2011, 17:50
.......................is so gay.

Dusty
11-10-2011, 17:54
Richard, next time you post something as poignant as that, please warn us to get a tissue.

Box
11-10-2011, 18:17
Would a supply officer be good at LOGPAC operations?
Just routine curiosity...

akv
11-10-2011, 18:23
Their first meeting was one of the few times the pair spoke while at West Point.

"I kind of blew him off, which was probably typical me back then," said Pete, who lived firmly in the closet as a cadet.

Ugh I know it's a free country, grateful for their service, and congrats to the newlyweds, but sorry Richard I couldn't keep a straight face much past this...

Richard
11-10-2011, 18:27
Well....

The Reaper
11-10-2011, 19:19
Fags.

TR

ChuckG
11-10-2011, 20:18
Sorry, I was a member of the Army BOQ (before openly queer.)

alelks
11-10-2011, 20:28
20507

I can see it now. This could become a unit patch one day:

20508

Peregrino
11-10-2011, 20:34
Annoying. We just got a FRAGO to the DADT ALARACT this morning directing monthly "subjective" (i.e. how is the repeal of DADT affecting your units?) reporting requirements. The BS never stops. We wasted hours every week on the phone and with emails harrassing the SFG(A)s for their DADT training stats so they could be compiled and reported all the way to DOD to ensure every soldier was "educated". Now there's a monthly requirement for more of the same BS to continue appeasing the sensetivities of this special interest group. It's enough to gag a maggot.

Roguish Lawyer
11-11-2011, 01:48
Rehearsing is for fags

scooter
11-11-2011, 05:07
Richard, next time you post something as poignant as that, please warn us to get a tissue.

What's the tissue for Dusty?

glebo
11-11-2011, 06:17
Would a supply officer be good at LOGPAC operations?
Just routine curiosity...

Eehh, sorry they corrected it...it's PACLOG's....:rolleyes:

That photo just ruined my day....thanks...or NOT

I was gonna go make breakfast, not humgry anymore..

Dusty
11-11-2011, 07:01
What's the tissue for Dusty?

Tears. Same as when Jacko passed.

Barbarian
11-11-2011, 07:12
Posted By The Reaper: Fags.

:D:D:D Lol.

cetheridge
11-11-2011, 07:45
Okay.....immediately after this thread ends, everyone here is to attend sensitivity training......again!:D

Dusty
11-11-2011, 07:53
Okay.....immediately after this thread ends, everyone here is to attend sensitivity training......again!:D

Love stories never end...evar.

cbtengr
11-14-2011, 18:26
Rehearsing is for fags

There goes your gig at the OSCARS, I guess you never heard how words can hurt!

Eagle5US
11-15-2011, 04:06
Leadership FAIL::mad:

Though living a semi-out life, Adam graduated in 2007 and was commissioned as a military intelligence officer. While in training, he was able to rely on the support of West Point classmates who knew about his sexuality. But with the frequent moves and job changes inherent to military life, that support quickly eroded.

"It's an odd situation, because no matter how open I was at West Point, every time you [move] you're just de facto back in the closet," he said.

It's our own damn fault. :rolleyes:

ddoering
11-15-2011, 05:15
Adam And Pete: Love In A Time Of War
HuffPo, 10 Nov 2011

Captain Pete Bennett doesn't remember the time he met his future husband. There wasn't much worth remembering.

It was during his freshman year in 2003, sitting at a table with other West Point cadets, when Adam first spoke to him. Though most West Pointers enter the academy from high school like any other college freshmen, the two were former enlisted soldiers, giving them a bit of common ground.

<snip>

Captain Adam Harmon is now 31 and the intelligence officer for a military police battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas. Pete's picture sits openly on his desk in the headquarters building. And, for the past two weeks, Adam has worn a wedding ring on his left hand.

<snip>

Pete, now 27 and a supply officer with the 10th Brigade Support Battalion at Fort Drum, N.Y...

(cont'd)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/gay-marriage-army_n_1019813.html

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Long distance relationships never work out. I wonder if Pete will get half of Adam's crap when they finally split.

glebo
11-15-2011, 07:45
Adam And Pete: Love In A Time Of War
HuffPo, 10 Nov 2011

Captain Pete Bennett doesn't remember the time he met his future husband. There wasn't much worth remembering.

It was during his freshman year in 2003, sitting at a table with other West Point cadets, when Adam first spoke to him. Though most West Pointers enter the academy from high school like any other college freshmen, the two were former enlisted soldiers, giving them a bit of common ground.

<snip>

Captain Adam Harmon is now 31 and the intelligence officer for a military police battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas. Pete's picture sits openly on his desk in the headquarters building. And, for the past two weeks, Adam has worn a wedding ring on his left hand.

<snip>

Pete, now 27 and a supply officer with the 10th Brigade Support Battalion at Fort Drum, N.Y...

(cont'd)

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/gay-marriage-army_n_1019813.html

And so it goes...

Richard :munchin

Well, I suppose the "intel" guy has a TS I bet...damn, I aint got nuthin' to worry about, hell if one can shine the pole...what's in my closet don't even compare...:eek:

Pete
11-15-2011, 07:49
........what's in my closet don't even compare...:eek:

Some of us know what's in your closet. The only propblem is shining a light in there shows the cracks leading into our closets. :D

glebo
11-15-2011, 11:24
Some of us know what's in your closet. The only propblem is shining a light in there shows the cracks leading into our closets. :D

oops, there goes that theory..:rolleyes:

Surgicalcric
11-15-2011, 12:11
Long distance relationships never work out. I wonder if Pete will get half of Adam's crap when they finally split.

Chances are one or the other is getting crap from the other... :D