John Gay found himself a suatn durg the 1993 Battle of Mogadishu where he owed his life to the prence of his Bowie knife.
Contents:
- KNIV SAVE LIV: NAVY SEAL JOHN GAY
- ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
- FOIA REQUT JOHN G GAY OMPF
- SEALS GAY, JOHN G.
- NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
KNIV SAVE LIV: NAVY SEAL JOHN GAY
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Navy SEAL John Gay was part of the operatn to rever the crew of the helipters.
As bullets were flyg, Gay valiantly rried out his missn until he was stck by an AK-47 round. However, Gay went relatively unsthed thanks to the prence of his Randall Bowie knife. It was this bravery, luck and valor that kept Gay fightg that day and eventually earned him a Bronze Star wh Valor Device.
ACCINTAL 'I LOVE YOU' DERAILED GAY NAVY SEAL'S CAREER
John Gay is still a Navy SEAL. This was 2002, nearly a before the end of Don't Ask Don't Tell, and a time when servg openly any service as homosexual was forbidn.
Jon said he had known he was gay sce he was 6-years-old and had jt cid to risk keepg the secret orr to serve wh one of the most ele ary forc the those three words jt about did him . ""Brett Jon served his untry honorably, " Navy spokperson Greg Raelson told ABC News rponse to a requt for ment for this ' SEAL team quickly found out, and though Jon said the special operatns world is "ultra-mascule" and apt to pat the gay muny a negative light, actually most of his teammat were supportive.
FOIA REQUT JOHN G GAY OMPF
"RELATED: Gay NFL Prospect Michael Sam Gets Whe Hoe Shout-OutsJon eventually nnected wh SLDN, the associatn for actively servg LGBT ary personnel, who lled on the help of a Washgton, D. Brandon Webb, managg edor at and a former SEAL om the same Basic Unrwater Demoln/SEAL class as Jon, wrote on the webse that he had no ia Jon was gay at the time, but didn't matter. "And while policians and relig fanatics ma a fs about gays servg the ary, the men and women proudly served their untry silence, and earned the rpect of their peers until DADT was eventually repealed… I am proud to ll [Jon] my iend.
Subject: Freedom of Informatn Act Requt: FOIA requt John G Gay OMPF.
SEALS GAY, JOHN G.
the Official Milary Personnel File (OMPF) cludg Form DD-214, all Fns Report and Counselg forms NAVPERS 1610/2 - NAVPERS 1610/1, cumulative rerd of trag NAVPERS Form 5300/16, history of assignments NAVPERS 1070/605, Occupatnal trag history NAVPERS 601-4, all award catns and the Background Summary NAVPERS Form 1640/32 for JOHN GARY GAY. Mr John G Gay claims service the Uned Stat Navy enlisted, retired Master chief petty officer E9, service dat approximately 1977 to 2003, navy occupatnal ratg MASTER CHIEF SIGNALMAN SMCM and claims numero ratns cludg silver star medal, bat actn ribbon, Navy and Mare Corps mendatn medal, armed forc expednary medal and other personal and foreign ratns. Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] Freedom of Informatn Act Requt: FOIA requt John G Gay OMPF.
Subject: RE: Freedom of Informatn Act Requt: FOIA requt John G Gay OMPF. Subject: RE: [Non-DoD Source] RE: Freedom of Informatn Act Requt: FOIA requt John G Gay OMPF. Requt rmatn is as follows: () * Trackg Number: DON-NAVY-2019-002157 * Requter Name: Charl None Given * Date Submted: 11/14/2018 * Requt Stat: Submted * Dcriptn: OMPF rmatn pertag to John Gay.
NAVY’S FIRST OPENLY GAY SEAL BUILDS HIS LIFE ANEW
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Gay, Uned Stat Navy, was award the Silver Star for nspicuo gallantry and trepidy actn while servg as a member of a U. While unr wherg enemy fire durg actns support of UNOSOM II operatns, Chief Signalman Gay monstrated a plete disregard for his own personal safety the acplishment of his missn. The two men are parents to Ethan, a prec 13-year-old known the flat, clay and pe untry as the only kid school wh two gay first openly gay SEAL has built a new life here at age 41 wh a fay that has replaced the two fai he lost — the one that raised him and the one he built wh fellow SEALs.