Indeed interesting...especially considering a new study released today that said that despite such military culture's long-held beliefs, gays in the military don't undermine unit cohesion.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080708/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/military_gays

I mean, if the British and Israeli armies, probably two of the more hardcore national armies in the world in terms of tradition and history, can handle that shit, why not America?