April 4, 1965 Bld his right eye a 1922 polo match at Ft. Bliss, Lt. Gen Hobart R. Gay (ret) bluffed Army physicians for 33 years to bee one of Ameri’s outstandg World War II and Korean Conflict...
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- THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY U.S. HISTORY
- PRINT NOMAT FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY
- I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
- CARTER SELECTS FANNG AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PENTAGON CHIEF OF STAFF
- SENATE CONFIRMS ERIC FANNG, FIRST OPENLY GAY SERVICE SECRETARY
- SENATE NFIRMS FIRST OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL TO TOP CIVILIAN ARMY POST
- OBAMA’S ARMY NOMEE, ERIC FANNG, WOULD BE FIRST OPENLY GAY, CIVILIAN ARY CHIEF
THE FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY U.S. HISTORY
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The First Openly Gay Army Secretary U.
But that omissn is what ma the Senate’s cisn to nfirm Fanng as the 22nd Army secretary this week such a historic moment: Fanng is now the first openly gay lear of a U. Ary service, and the hight-rankg openly gay Pentagon official the untry’s Senate nfirmed Fanng by unanimo voice vote on Tuday, eight months after Print Obama nomated him to replace John McHugh, who held the posn for six years.
PRINT NOMAT FIRST OPENLY GAY ARMY SECRETARY
Ashton Carter has chosen Eric Fanng to bee his chief of staff and the first openly gay man to hold the post. * gay army chief of staff *
Army is a monstratn of the ntued progrs towards fairns and equaly our natn’s armed forc, ” said Chad Griff, the print of the Human Rights Campaign, the largt gay-rights anizatn the U. ”In 2011, Congrs repealed the “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy that sce 1994 banned openly gay men and women om servg the U.
I'M A GAY ARMY OFFICER—QUEER TROOPS MT FIGHT BACK
The Senate on Tuday nfirmed Eric Fanng, the Whe Hoe nomee to be the next secretary of the Army, makg him the first openly gay man to hold an armed service’s top civilian posn. * gay army chief of staff *
Charl Crail/ArmyIn addn to his long rume, Fanng would also mark a tone if he do bee the Army secretary, as the first openly gay secretary of a ary, a statement, ngratulated Fanng, llg him "an excellent choice. But as a gay man, I have been fightg my whole life to enjoy the very privileg I am entled to as both a beholr and protector of them. I was one of few soldiers who joed the service before graduatg high school, but the admistratn at the time, which I believe was homophobic, chose to act as if I never existed bee of my queer hate that I experienced growg up on Long Island was my first enunter wh how others would treat me as a queer soldier.
Gay (ret) bluffed Army physicians for. He is an avid golfer and prolific Gay ma his place the annals of ary history by servg as the late Gen.
Gay mand the Army’s 1st valry Divisn. Gay was born May 16 1894, on a farm south of Qucy Ill., where he. Tommy Tompks of the 7th Cavalry who said to Gay, “You are rather small – do you know why you are here?
CARTER SELECTS FANNG AS FIRST OPENLY GAY PENTAGON CHIEF OF STAFF
sir, ” Gay replied, but he soon found out. Benng, Ga., and Gay to Washgton for more schoolg.
SENATE CONFIRMS ERIC FANNG, FIRST OPENLY GAY SERVICE SECRETARY
Benng, ” Gay.
SENATE NFIRMS FIRST OPENLY GAY OFFICIAL TO TOP CIVILIAN ARMY POST
Patton and Gay were lled to. “I do not thk any of had ever seen a landg craft our liv, ” Gay clared. and Gay returned to Casablan to plan and mand the vasn of.
OBAMA’S ARMY NOMEE, ERIC FANNG, WOULD BE FIRST OPENLY GAY, CIVILIAN ARY CHIEF
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10, 1943 the vasn of Sicily – a 37 day bter mpaign – began, and Patton’s Wtern Task Force “beme the 7th Army at one mute after midnight, ” Gay. Patton told Gay to draw plans to move their troops to the east and then to the north.
” Gay relled. Gay the Battle of the Bulge the 3rd Army moved rapidly to the April 1945, while Gen Omar Bradley were visg the 3rd Army headquarters, near Frankfort, Germany.