An interesting story from the Christian Science Monitor regarding the recent decision to end stop-loss goes into more detail about other decisions that SecDef Gates and the DoD have made that have made serving in the military a little easier, such as, increasing dwell time, looking into the increased number of suicides, allowing families to decide if the arrival of deceased loved ones will be open to the public, and other smaller initiatives
I support policy changes making quality-of-life better for all of our troops and initiatives helping them to realize their goals as soldiers and as citizens, but when will relief come for gay, lesbian and bisexual troops serving under the threat of Don’t ask, Don’t tell? It’s not a policy SecDef Gates can change by himself, but he could make it clear to Congress that he supports that change. When he does that, the Congress will get his message.
“We need to do things that support the troops and their families,” says says Geoff Morrell, Gates’s press secretary. “Whether it’s giving them force protection, or the tools they need to succeed, the medical care they deserve, or the respect they’ve earned.”
I would love to see all of our troops get the respect they deserve.
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