sox3214 said:
Are they counting it as violating the honor code if they don't tell?
How is it a violation? Are you asking if they are asking their sexual preference?
The question is now moot, sexual preference is off the table. The AFA has implemented now that doors must remain open, but that is it.
LineInTheSand said:
Apparently West Point doesn't suffer from the rumor mill then. Never had the experience of this "private business" in a building everyone lives in for four years.
I agree with him. At any college in any dorm "private" does not remain that way. Running joke at my traditional college that had the same amount of students, when one of us sneezed, everybody said Bless you. WP has 4400 cadets. That is small when you compare it to a college like PSU with 40K. To assume that people don't talk about you is inane. They will talk about you re: grades, roommates, quirks, etc. That's college. That's an 18 yo lifestyle. Do you believe the minute you go to college or an SA kids get a new chip in their head and don't gossip about other kids? 30 yo talk in AD units about other people in the unit.
That's college. That's life.
Hazing is against honor code, and any cadet that hazes for any reason would jeopardize their academic carreer...even in ROTC.
Are they accepted at WP? How can anyone give a true opinion since it has only been repealed days ago?
Are they accepted in the military as an AD? Yes! When bullets fly nobody is thinking about the sex of your mate, they are thinking about you covering your 6.
The majority of military members in the survey admitted they knew they served with homosexuals in the AD world. However, it is important to understand an 18 yr old is not a 35 yr old. Age brings wisdom. WP is filled with a majority of people who have never spent a day in the adult world, let alone AD in combat, thus they have their own pre-misconceptions about what they have been told is "bad" for the military.
If you are homosexual, I would love to say it is an easy path, but realistically it is like women entering the flying world. If you are not homosexual and have fears of being hit on by a homosexual, I have to say you have a ginormous ego to believe that everyone wants you sexually and will hit on you!
Your job is a mission and your sexuality has nothing to do with the success. Want to be an officer, a true officer, you will be professional, not personal.