![]() But no solution can do more than paper over an uncomfortable reality of life in the trenches: that the male bonding so prized by military commanders-the willingness to die for one's buddies-can engender another kind of closeness as well. It remains unclear how this "Don't ask, don't tell, don't pursue" policy will actually be implemented in the ranks. The administration is offering a compromise this week that would allow gays to serve as long as they did not advertise their sexual preference. That human truth, never publicly acknowledged by the top brass, may be one reason the Pentagon so bitterly resisted President Clinton's campaign promise to drop the ban on gays in the military. For young armed-forces recruits who are still uncertain of their footing in the male world, the gruff camaraderie of barracks life may provide a reassuringly masculine setting. SIGMUND FREUD OBSERVED HALF A century ago that men seldom live comfortably with their manhood they are stuck with constantly having to prove it. It would just make me sick." -Sergeant Stan Ronell, Fort Ord, California "Myself, personally, it would make me sick to see two guys holding hands or touching each other. In light of President Donald Trump banning transgender people from serving in the military, Newsweek is republishing the story. Newsweek published this story under the headline "Homoeroticism in the Ranks" on July 26, 1993.
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