Major: Sexuality did not worry patients, unit

[unhappycamper]

Margaret Witt and her partner, Laurie McChesney, pose for a photo outside the federal courthouse in Tacoma, Wash. Witt is suing the Air Force in federal court and seeking reinstatement following her "don't ask-don't tell" dismissal. Witt was discharged in 2007 after serving for 19 years.



By Gene Johnson - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Sep 21, 2010 6:04:22 EDT

TACOMA, Wash. — A decorated Air Force Reserve flight nurse discharged for being gay took the witness stand at her federal trial Monday and told the judge it “kills me” not to be able to care for wounded soldiers while the country is at war.



unhappycamper comment: 19 years in the military does not produce a pension.