Lt Dan Choi's statement on his discharge
by: Clarknt67
Thu Jul 22, 2010 at 14:06:11 PM EDT
http://www.pamshouseblend.com/diary/16804/lt-dan-chois-statement-on-his-dischargeI press publish on the my last post, and what hits my inbox but Lt. Dan Choi's official statement confirming his discharge. Here it is, in it's entirety.
My Statement on DADT Discharge
This morning I received notification of my honorable discharge from the army under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." After 11 years since beginning my journey at West Point and after 17 months of serving openly as an infantry officer this is both an infuriating and painful announcement.
But my service continues. To all those veterans who have endured similar trials and injustices or prematurely ended their military service because of the unjust policy: our fight has only begun.
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DADT Protester Lieutenant Choi Is Officially Discharged From Army
http://www.newsweek.com/blogs/the-gaggle/2010/07/22/exclusive-dadt-protestor-lt-choi-is-officially-discharged-from-army.htmlMost people who've been following the civil-disobedience efforts of Lt. Dan Choi may have thought he was already discharged by the Army under "don't ask, don't tell"—the military's 17-year-old ban on gays and lesbians serving openly. After all, he had come out as gay on The Rachel Maddow Show more than a year ago, and his discharge process began shortly after. But Choi had always been in bureaucratic limbo and had yet to receive any official, conclusive word that his days in the military were over.
Earlier this morning he got the call. It was from his commander at the 1/69 Infantry Regiment of the New York Army National Guard, and it was bad news. Choi had also just learned from another source that a letter had been received some time ago, with confirmed receipt by his father in Orange County, Calif., officially declaring him kicked out of the Army. "But my dad and I are not on speaking terms," says Choi, who had not been informed of the letter by his family.
