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I'm a retired Senior Chief from the US Navy's submarine force, one of the most insular communities in the Armed Forces. When I retired in 1996, DADT was a source of controversy in the submarine fleet, but I saw it mostly among the old-timers. Younger sailors were more tolerant, and I think that tolerance has increased dramatically over the last 14 years as these younger sailors have become the old timers. It's time for that disriminatory and out-dated policy to go.

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