Virginia Tech ROTC officials are downplaying the impact of a recent court ruling declaring the U.S. military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy unconstitutional.
“We haven’t had any issues,” said Dan Kresge, unit admissions officer for Tech’s Air Force ROTC.
Kresge said that students in the ROTC program are held to the same rules and regulations as any other military personnel, and that the recent court ruling had yet to have an effect.
Members of the Corp of Cadets who are not in the ROTC program are not bound by the DADT policy, said Col. Rock Roszak, director of alumni relations for the corps. The non-ROTC cadets are governed by university policy rather than military guidelines.
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Tech cadets are unable to comment on the topic. However, Tech student Jeremy Andrews, a former Marine and a member of the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Alliance, said a soldier’s sexual orientation was “the last thing on almost everyone’s mind.”
“Most of them and even some of the guys I served with say, ‘I don’t care, as long as they can point a gun downrange and kill a person or cover my back, or do their job, that’s all that matters when crap is hitting the fan,’” Andrews said.
Andrews, who is gay, said he left the Marines to pursue romantic relationships openly.
He said without the support of his commanding officer, his departure would have most likely been listed as a dishonorable discharge.
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