Military gay pride t2/8/2024 ![]() My family's been serving this country for all of the last century. ![]() My father was a chief engineer, USS Kitty Hawk in Vietnam. For Steffanides, it was a family tradition. LAWRENCE: Both men planned on making it a career. LAWRENCE: At about the same age, the other man went Air Force.īOB ALEXANDER: My name is Bob Alexander, retired Air Force lieutenant colonel. STEPHAN STEFFANIDES: My name is Stephan Steffanides, and I'm 54. QUIL LAWRENCE, BYLINE: This is the story of two men whose lives diverged around the military's discriminatory policy. And as NPR's Quil Lawrence reports, to this day, only a tiny fraction have been made eligible for their veteran's benefits. ![]() Before that, tens of thousands were discharged. It's been 12 years since the military allowed gay troops to serve openly.
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