Stephan:   When I was an Army corpsman during the Viet Nam era two the corpsman in my company were gay. Everyone knew it and, at least in my case, they knew I knew, and we talked about it. When I was Special Assistant to the Chief of Naval Operations, I got to know a SEAL officer, who worked with me on a project, who was gay. I was briefed during one period by an Air Force major, who was gay. Gay men, and now women, have been a part of the armed services of the U.S. from the beginning.