Beat me to it, PofC!

The Army has always known there were gays; when it served their purposes they turned a blind eye. My brother was at the Language Institute at the Presidio in Monterey. When he and the others who'd been trained there were sent to Germany, they landed in Frankfort. The regular sargent who met them was contemptuous of them and greeted them with "Alright you Monterey Marys!" At that point in his life my brother didn't even know he was gay, but it seems the Army thought they all were because their jobs were considered "prissy" and/or "cushy."

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

kat