# Thank you and welcomee back, Lt. Dan Choi **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 9, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343 "2010-02-09T23:21:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2010, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/1 "2010-02-09T23:21:49Z")
[Lt. Dan Choi](http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2010/02/09/Dan_Choi_Back_in_Active_Duty/) gay and out and fighting against Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell has been recalled by his National Guard unit. Very interesting development, indeed. ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/2 "2010-02-10T00:01:34Z")
The National Guard just got a little more fabulous. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/3 "2010-02-10T00:23:33Z")
Excellent news! I’m hoping the paperwork gets similarly “held up” for [Lt. Col. Fehrenbach](http://www.daytondailynews.com/news/dayton-news/dont-ask-dont-tell-policy-change-eagerly-awaited-by-area-air-force-officer-524598.html) of the Air Force, and that someone gives him a long-awaited phone call with a good message soon. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Fight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/90ced4/32.png) [@Cat\_Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Fight)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/4 "2010-02-10T00:29:31Z")
Maybe they just needed something translated from Arabic and they’ll give him the boot once it’s done. I guess that’s still better than the 60 or so other gay, Arabic translators who’ve been fired. ---
**Author:** ![toofs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4491bb/32.png) [@toofs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toofs)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2010, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/5 "2010-02-10T01:30:15Z")
I’ve been in the Navy for fifteen years now. Gays and lesbians are in service now, have been since antiquity, and it is not a detriment to the military. Such a stupid rule. The sailors I work with, jokes aside, don’t really care either way. I say ditch the rule and hold us all to the same standards of military bearing and behaviour. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thank-you-and-welcomee-back-lt-dan-choi/528343/6 "2010-02-13T18:04:47Z")
Lt. Choi was interviewed this morning on [Weekend Edition](http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=123684042). The last minute or so, when he talks about being in the closet and his reasons for coming out, is …can’t find the right word: moving, heartbreaking, both… [Scott Simon](http://twitter.com/nprscottsimon) tweeted that he can “see him becoming the first openly gay military analyst on CNN after he leaves army-” Here’s hoping don’t ask/don’t tell will soon be a dim memory.