Military mistakenly recruits on gay Web site

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Military mistakenly recruits on gay Web site
By Andrea Stone - USA TODAY
Posted : Wednesday Oct 17, 2007 22:16:15 EDT

The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a Web site for gays, who are barred from military service if they are open about their sexual orientation.

When informed Tuesday by USA TODAY that they were advertising on GLEE.com, a networking Web site for gay professionals, recruiters expressed surprise and said they would remove the job listings.

“This is the first I’ve heard about it,” said Maj. Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, which will spend $6.5 million on Internet recruiting this year. “We didn’t knowingly advertise on that particular Web site,” which he said does not “meet the moral standards” of the military.

Capt. Jack Hanzlik, a Navy recruiting spokesman, said his service ordered more than 8,000 ads taken off GLEE, which stands for Gay, Lesbian & Everyone Else. By late Wednesday, most were gone.

Marine Corps ads on GLEE were only for two civilian jobs not covered by the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy, which allows gays to serve in uniform only if they keep quiet about their sexual orientation.


Rest of article at: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/10/gns_gayrecruits_071018/

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1. You just can't make this stuff up

So was someone trying to be funny or what!