I don't know what's funnier - the military accidently advertising on a gay website, or the military claiming that gays don't "meet the moral standards" of the military.
I mean, hello, we are talking about an organization who felt that the morals of 5 guys who would lay in wait for a 13 year old girl, murder her family including her 6 year old sister, gang rape her, murder her and burn her body, met their standards.
I think that these guys are far more clever comedians than I first gave them credit for.
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website 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 website 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 website," 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.
Most of the military jobs posted were hard-to-fill positions requiring advanced training, although some ads sought to fill core combat slots at a time when the Iraq war has challenged recruiters to meet goals. They included:
•Thousands of Navy openings for doctors, dentists, intelligence analysts, Arabic translators and others.
•Hundreds of Air Force jobs for optometrists, social workers, physician's assistants and nurses.
•Nearly 1,000 Army National Guard and active Army positions, including infantry and artillery.
The ads were placed through GLEE's parent company, New York-based Community Connect, as part of an alliance with jobs-listing giant Monster.com.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-17-gayads_N.htm
I mean, hello, we are talking about an organization who felt that the morals of 5 guys who would lay in wait for a 13 year old girl, murder her family including her 6 year old sister, gang rape her, murder her and burn her body, met their standards.
I think that these guys are far more clever comedians than I first gave them credit for.
The Army, Navy and Air Force unwittingly advertised for recruits on a website 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 website 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 website," 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.
Most of the military jobs posted were hard-to-fill positions requiring advanced training, although some ads sought to fill core combat slots at a time when the Iraq war has challenged recruiters to meet goals. They included:
•Thousands of Navy openings for doctors, dentists, intelligence analysts, Arabic translators and others.
•Hundreds of Air Force jobs for optometrists, social workers, physician's assistants and nurses.
•Nearly 1,000 Army National Guard and active Army positions, including infantry and artillery.
The ads were placed through GLEE's parent company, New York-based Community Connect, as part of an alliance with jobs-listing giant Monster.com.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-10-17-gayads_N.htm
