{"id":10570,"date":"2011-04-06T02:00:11","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T07:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/?p=10570"},"modified":"2013-10-14T16:17:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-14T19:17:11","slug":"dadt-respect-rapid-repeal-preemptive-retention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/04\/06\/dadt-respect-rapid-repeal-preemptive-retention\/","title":{"rendered":"DADT: Respect, Rapid Repeal, Preemptive Retention"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Linked below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Repeal training is about &#8220;respect&#8221;<\/li>\n<li>Repeal may be complete by summer&#8217;s end<\/li>\n<li>Homosexual Sailor not discharged<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!--more-->The US military says &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.defense.gov\/\/news\/newsarticle.aspx?id=63413\">respect is at the heart<\/a>&#8221; of the ongoing training in response to the repeal of DADT:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>[Undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness Clifford Stanley] told the subcommittee that he views total force readiness as encompassing a mental, physical, emotional and spiritual state of preparedness and resilience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis policy change embodies that view of total force readiness. More simply put, it\u2019s about respect,\u201d Stanley said. \u201cRespect is not a word I use lightly. It embraces the true meaning of honorable service. Respect is also a word that captures the indelible bond shared by all who serve, especially when serving in harm\u2019s way.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite prior <a href=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/28\/dadt-training-chaplains-religious-freedom-and-mike-huckabee\/\">complaints of a slow pace<\/a>, the Pentagon reportedly says repeal could be complete &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/dadt-could-be-history-by-end-of-summer-pentagon-says-1.139742\">by the end of the summer<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Defense Department expects by midsummer to have completed enough \u201cdon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d repeal training that it can ask the president, defense secretary and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to certify the results and begin the congressionally mandated 60-day countdown to full repeal.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>A homosexual US Navy Sailor, Petty Officer 2nd Class Derek Morado,\u00a0was reportedly <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stripes.com\/blogs\/stripes-central\/stripes-central-1.8040\/panel-votes-unanimously-to-retain-openly-gay-sailor-1.139718\">recommended for retention<\/a>, despite the fact the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2011\/US\/04\/02\/dadt.hearing\/index.html\">ban on homosexual service<\/a> is currently in force.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Linked below: Repeal training is about &#8220;respect&#8221; Repeal may be complete by summer&#8217;s end Homosexual Sailor not discharged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[1085,219,1663,442,2,63],"class_list":["post-10570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-government-and-religion","tag-clifford-stanley","tag-dadt","tag-derek-morado","tag-homosexual","tag-military","tag-pentagon"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}