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Show Aug. 5, 1993 Continued from Page 1 conduct. "The airman who comes to the orderly room and tells me he is homosexual is headed for the door. He's leaving the Air Force. Don't tell means don't tell." Pursuing the rebuttable presumption is the airman's problem, he said. To the airman who doesn't know if he is homosexual, McPeak said he would tell him to "come back when you've made up your mind." "This is not 'don't tell,' " McPeak said. "This is a guy coming in that's a little confused, who wants to talk , things over, so we'll get him the help he needs." In the third situation he said, "These guys are all going home because that is a statement about Hilltop Times 5 He said the Air Force involuntarily discharged five times as many people for drug abuse and 10 times as many for being overweight last year as it did for homosexuality. The Air Force also conducted approximately 6,000 investigations and only 35 involved homosexuality, McPeak said. "Administratively, the impact of this new policy is not going to be great on us. This is all within the limits of workability for a reasonably competent commander." McPeak said in a July 23 message to commanders, "Ensure that everyone under your command understands that as members of the greatest Air Force in the world, it is our duty and responsibility to carry out the new policy." homosexuality which is defined as a for conduct that would still be subject to action, such as an investigation, untype of conduct." McPeak said in his interpretation of der the new policy. "We're talking about 40 to 45 cases the new. policy, isolated instances of someone going to a gay bar, attending of homosexual statements unassociat-e- d with any provable homosexual a gay parade or reading gay literature "do not give the commander the right acts," McPeak said. "My hunch is that set of indicators" for an investigation. most of those people wanted out of the However, Skelton's fourth scenario Air Force, so they came in to their presented a pattern of conduct that commander and said they were homoMcPeak said, in his judgment, was sexual." He said under the new policy enough for a commander to launch an those people would still be out of the Air Force. inquiry. "What we're focused on here is that McPeak then tried to put into context the size of the problem of homo- very small number where a person sexuals in the military, saying he may wanted to make a statement about have "sounded a little like a homosexuality and wanted to stay in hard-liner.- " the Air Force. Each of these cases is He said the Air Force discharged worth considering at length because 10,000 people involuntarily in 1992. Of they're human cases and we should those, 115 involved homosexuality. take them seriously. But this is not the s of the 115 cases were biggest problem in the world." About two-third- (SDiictiDOemgj Continued from Page 1 readied the teams for the intense competition that will continue through the week. The remaining events, including the combat rifle, handgun, 5K run machine gun, grenade launcher and Defender Challenge, will test and stretch each team's training and stamina. Training ideas for the competition varied from team to team. SrA. Glenn Werstler, team captain from Hanscom AFB, Mass., said his team is probably the youngest and plans to learn a lot from this competition. "I'm the only one on the team who has ever been to a Peacekeeper Challenge competition, so we will be keeping our eyes open to learn and come back next year and do even better." 1st Lt. Jim Hoots, Arnold AFB, Term., team cap "H1 tain, has a different view for his team. "We only running against yourself in events like the obstacle have one 'new' member this year, and even though course and 5K run. "When you've got runners who are able to go we may be an older team, we still plan to go out and use our age and experience to take on the younger ahead and make a break to take the lead in a race, teams. We planned our training so we would be able I've encouraged my team to do it. You have to push to take first, second or third place in each of the fir- yourself to do the very best you can, so when you do your best, you help your team do its best. When ing events." one member of our team wins, we all win." to our team's is way get "Staying together One factor on everyone's minds, with exception through a lot of these events," said TSgt. Stephen "Inof the Hill home team perhaps, is the change of altiMurray, Tinker AFB, Okla., team captain. and the lack of time to adjust. MSgt. Roger tude Air Force the in too far dividuals don't get anywhere or the world, and good teamwork will complete any Langevin, team captain for Eglin AFB, Fla., said that his team started training anticipating the altimission." Hill AFB's team captain, SSgt. Michael Lam-brech-t, tude. "But until you get acclimated, no amount of said that teamwork is important, "but you're training will prepare you for the change." jgA TO V it jr 1380 SOUTH STATE v pahpipi u ON PERSONAL POST-DATECHECKS S If D Credit Checks Pay Stubs Bank Statements Borrow Up $200 On A Post Dated Check... For Two Weeks To CASH ADVANCES MADE e nf SO EASY ANY "OLE" DAN CAN BORROW!! OPEN: MON.-THUR- FRI. 10:00 S. 10:00 NOW OPEN SAT. A.M.-5:3- 0 A.M.-5:0- 0 P.M. P.M. 10:00 A.M.2:00 P.M. |