IMPORTANT: This guide is effective upon repeal of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” on Tuesday, September 20, 2011. Until then, service members are cautioned about coming out publicly. For more information on SLDN’s warning to service members, visit www.sldn.org.
Id. DEP’T OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE 1344.10, Political Activities by Members of the Armed Forces [hereinafter DoDD 1344.10], ¶ 4.1.1 (2008). 45 DoDD 1344.10, ¶ 4.1.1. 46 DoDD 1344.10, ¶ 4.1.2.1. 47 DEP’T OF DEFENSE DIRECTIVE-TYPE MEMORANDUM 09-026, Responsible and Effective Use of Internet-based Capabilities [hereinafter DTM 09-026], Attachment 2 (2011). 48 DEP’T OF DEFENSE REG. 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics [hereinafter DoD 5500.7-R], ¶ 2-301(a)(2)(d) (2007). 49 DoD 5500.7-R, ¶ 2-301(a)(3). 50 DEP’T OF DEFENSE REG. 5500.7-R, Joint Ethics [hereinafter DoD 5500.7-R], ¶ 2-301(a)(2)(d) (2007). 51 10 U.S.C. § 2495b. 52 10 U.S.C. § 120(n) (making indecent exposure by service members a punishable offense). 53 U.S. Central Command, General Order Number 1B, ¶ 2(e) (13 March 2006). 54 Exec. Order No. 12,968, 60 Fed. Reg. 40,245 (Aug. 7, 1995). 55 Memorandum from Secretary of Defense Les Aspin to the Secretaries of the Military Department, Policy Guidelines on Homosexual Conduct in the Armed Forces, July 19, 1993. See also, DoD 5200.2-R, Personnel Security Program, Appendix 8, “Sexual Behavior” (1987, incorporating changes through 1996). 56 Standard Form 86, Questionnaire for National Security Positions, Question 17C, July 2008, available at http://www.opm.gov/forms/pdf_fill/sf86.pdf. 57 DoD 5200.2-R, Personnel Security Program, Appendix 8, “Foreign Influence” (1987, incorporating changes through 1996). 58 “Information about an individual's sexual orientation or statements by an individual that he or she is a homosexual or bisexual, or words to that effect, shall not be referred or reported to law enforcement agencies or to Military Departments (other than consolidated adjudication facilities) for any purpose. If investigative reports containing such information are referred to law enforcement agencies or Military Departments for other reasons, information subject to the limitations in this paragraph will be removed.” DoD 5200.2-R, Personnel Security Program, ¶ C2.4.3.4.3. (1987, incorporating changes through 1996). 59 See DEP’T OF DEFENSE INSTRUCTION 6485.01, Human Immunodeficiency Virus [hereinafter DoDI 6485.01], ¶ 4.1 (2006). For specific service regulations, see generally, SECRETARY OF THE NAVY INSTRUCTION (SECNAVINST) 5300.30D, Management of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-1 (HIV-1) Infection in the Navy and Marine Corps (2006); AR 600-110, Identification, Surveillance, and Administration of Personnel Infected With Human Immunodeficiency Virus (2005); AFI 48-135, Human Immunodeficiency Virus Program (2004). 60 Article 92 states that a service member will be punished at a court-martial if he or she violates a lawful order or regulation. 10 U.S.C. § 892. 61 AFI 48-135, ¶ 3.8 (Air Force); AR 600-110, ¶ 4-2 (Army); SECNAVINST 5300.30D, ¶ 9 (Navy);NAVMC 2904, ¶ 2002(3) (Marine Corps); COMDTINST M6230.9, Chap. 3, Sec A (Coast Guard). 62 AFI 48-135, ¶ 3.8 (Air Force); AR 600-110, ¶ 4-2 (Army); SECNAVINST 5300.30D, ¶ 9 (Navy);NAVMC 2904, ¶ 2002(3) (Marine Corps); COMDTINST M6230.9, Chap. 3, Sec A (Coast Guard). 63 38 C.F.R. § 4.88b, item 6351. 64 10 U.S.C. § 1201. 65 10 U.S.C. § 1212. 66 38 C.F.R. § 17.46. 67 “Members with serologic evidence of HIV infection shall not be retired or separated solely on the basis of serologic evidence of HIV.” DoDI 6485.01, ¶ 6.2.2. But, it is the policy of DoD to retire or separate active duty or reserve component personnel infected with HIV “who are determined to be unfit for further duty.” DoDI 6485.01, ¶ 6.2.4. 68 See, e.g., AR 600-110 ¶ 5-17. 69 See DoDI 6485.01, ¶ 6.5. 70 http://www.fda.gov/biologicsbloodvaccines/bloodbloodproducts/questionsaboutblood/ucm108186.htm. 71 DoD 6025.18-R, C1.2. 72 DoD 6025.18-R, C7.11.1.1. 73 DoD 6025.18-R, C7.11.1.3. 74 Policy Guidance, supra note 5, at 5. 43 44
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