USMC Already Making DADT Bunk Plans

In another attempt to derail the repeal of DADT, GEN Conway is already making room assignment plans for the USMC.

The Marine Corps' commandant said he won't force his troops to bunk with gays on base and would give them separate rooms if Congress votes to allow openly gay service.

The comment, by Gen. James Conway, is the latest pushback by a small but vocal faction of senior military leaders opposed to a repeal of the 1993 law known as "don't ask, don't tell."

President Barack Obama says the ban is unfair, and Defense Secretary Robert Gates has launched a lengthy study to determine how to allow gays to serve openly without hurting military effectiveness.

Among the questions to be answered is whether changes to housing policies would even be necessary.

Conway, a known opponent of repealing the law, suggested in an interview published Friday by Military.com that he already knows it would be a logistical hurdle. On base, Marines typically bunk two-to-a-room.

You gotta wonder how many senior officers are going to get fired for refusing to implement policy when it finally comes down. More to the point, you gotta wonder how many soldiers would actually walk...

By: Brant