Noah Siple A decade after DADT, Army vet Noah Siple reflects on how social change happens in the military ANTHONY EATON | Contributing WriterAnthonys.Interviews@gmail.com Since the Revolutionary War, engaging in homosexual activity has been grounds for discharge from the American military even though there may not have been specific policies.
As the United States entered WWII, the military added homosexuality as a disqualifying trait to its screening induction process.
Before WWII, gay service members were dishonorably discharged, court-marshaled and jailed. But due to the difficulty of convening court-martial boards during the war, blue discharges became the standard.