Airforce officer from Ohio discharged under don't ask don't tell!

http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/gay-local-air-force-officer-plans-to-fight-discharge-from-service-136024.html



"Fehrenbach, 39, an assistant director of operations for the 366th Operations Support Squadron at Mountain Home Air Force Base in Idaho, said Wednesday, May 27, that he was outed by a civilian acquaintance.

Fehrenbach’s sister, Angela Trumbauer of Huber Heights, said her brother served in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kosovo and was awarded nine air medals, including one for heroism during the 2003 invasion of Iraq."



We really need this policy overturned already!!!!

That's deadlier than the Iraq, Afghan, and Serbian wars combined.

Don't Ask Don't Tell was a major improvement over what preceded it. :shrug: And to say it is "deadly" is just plain bull shit. No one has died..

At least this airman doesn't have a felony record now.

Prior to DADT homosexual conduct was a fraudulent enlistment = dishonorable discharge = felony conviction.
You were a felon based on sexual orientation.
A lot of people attack Clinton for DADT but compared to making gays felons it was an improvement however now it time for more of an improvement.

You say it was an improvement. Do you have the figures for discharges prior to DADT?

Otherwise it's just another name, as opposed to an actual human being who is losing his career.

(Thanks for posting)

I'm not very tech savvy. I don't know how to post pics.
But this case like all the others is a tragedy!!! Notice how close this officer was to receiving his earned benefits.

Can’t have him corrupting the healthy ones. :sarcasm: (just in case)

I mean, use the damn policy against them until the president and military get some balls.

Jon Stewart had it right...The military is trained to operate in the most dangerous and treacherous places on earth, trained to endure terrible conditions most of us can't even think about, but god forbid the guy next to them has a boyfriend.

"five colonels, listened to all the evidence and recommended an honorable discharge after finding “continued presence was inconsistent with morale, good order and unit cohesion,” Fehrenbach said."

My god!!!! This man is a distinguished and battle experienced officer.WTF!!!

n/T

Technically there is a review board but DADT is essentially air tight.

Any credible statement or act indicating homosexual behavior will always results in a discharge. Period.

It's absolutely archaic and barbaric.

It ONLY can change at the top President/Congress.

The Pentagon provides no latitude on "how gay" or "how public the homosexual activity is"

So while their will be an inquiry it pretty much is a rubber stamp.
There never has and never will be a homosexual who doesn't get discharged from a DADT inquiry.

Once it gets to that point it is an automatic discharge.

The only way to change that is at the top.

I understand exactly what you are saying about military law.
I agree it does have to start with 'The commander and chief"
which is why I find Obama's silence and inaction on these most recent cases since he has taken office particularly painful and poignant.

That is what you are asking those officers to do by not recommending a discharge in a DADT case.

The UCMJ is very very clear and absolute. There is no method those fellow officers can use to keep a soldier who is in violation of DADT in the military.

To do so would result in UCMJ charges against them.

The only way this changes is DADT changes. Period.

DADT is wrong but asking soldiers to violate the oath is not correct either.
The military works because people do as they are told often dying in the process. They do so because they took an oath.
As long as the President orders officers to uphold DADT they are obligated to do so.

Make no mistake until Obama signs a repeal of DADT that is exactly what he is ordering every service member to do.

But I thought gays were a bunch of cowards?




(and just in case: :sarcasm: )

The constant expectation that some American citizens are supposed to sacrifice their lives and their careers to protect the projections of the sexual imaginations of OTHERS is just utterly astounding. And this Administration, which continues to drag its feet on this situation, has just as much an obligation to protect the rights of gay citizens as it claims to be so concerned with those heterosexuals who are overly obsessed with the sexual orientation of others.

The time has long passed where gay Americans should be forced to pay taxes to support a heterosexual image-only employment system by our government - and we should not stand idly by while American heroes are discharged after protecting this nation just because they are gay.

This man should not have to "wait" until the government assesses the impact of overturning this awful DADT policy. We KNOW what the REAL damages are - and the utter hardship and humiliation visited upon men and women who serve this nation with distinction. Our public officials have a duty to end this travesty of a policy immediately.

explaining how he managed to accrue 9 medals and threatened unit cohesion.

The Air Force Academy is really just an evangelical seminary

But that is really putting my preference above the preference of the soldier.

Even my Republican Congresswoman is a cosponsor.

My congresswoman is a co-sponsor, too.

equal protection for Gays and transgender citizens under the law.
You see in Ohio you can still be Fired,evicted.etc for being Gay.
I just read an article in this mornings Paper " The Dayton Daily" that there is finally discussion in our state government to change it.
I looked at the DDN online and the story isn't in it or I wouldve posted it too.