Profiles

Anonymous Servicemember – Active duty Marine currently on deployment to Afghanistan

Anonymous Partner – Civilian partner of an active duty servicemember and Iraq War veteran

Jay Boda – Former Air Force Master Sergeant, Human Intelligence Collector, and Iraq War vetearn

Bronwen Tomb – Former Coast Guardsman and Coast Guard Academy cadet discharged under DADT

Kevin Vick – Former Air Force Arabic flight linguist who did not re-enlist because of DADT

Eric Alva – First American servicemember injured in the Iraq War who later came out as a gay

Alexander Nicholson – Multi-lingual Army Human Intelligence Collector discharged under DADT

Victor Fehrenbach – Air Force pilot and Iraq War veteran currently undergoing DADT discharge

Jarrod Chalapowski – Former Army Korean Cryptologic Linguist who served openly gay for five years

Julianne Sohn – Former Marine Corps Public Affairs Officer who was discharged from IRR under DADT

Anonymous Servicemember – Active duty Marine with two combat deployments to Iraq

Jeff Carnes – Former Army Human Intelligence Collector and Arabic linguist who left because of DADT

Christopher Landavazo – Former Navy sailor and founder of the non-profit organization Cops4Causes

Shawn Carter – Former Marine Corps K-9 Handler who voluntarily left the military after a DADT inquiry

Jayson Smith – Former Marine and Iraq War veteran who chose not to re-enlist because of DADT

Brian Fricke – Former Marine and Iraq War veteran who chose not to re-enlist because of DADT

Bleu Copas – Army Arabic Linguist discharged under DADT after being outed by anonymous emails

Anthony Woods – Army officer, West Point graduate, and Iraq War veteran discharged under DADT

Dan Choi – New York Army National Guard officer currently undergoing discharge under DADT

Julie Mendoza – Former Air Force Master Sergeant who served in every U.S. conflict since enlisting

Rob Smith – Former Army Infantryman and contestant on VH1 reality show now writing his memoir

Karen Mesko – Distinguished former Air Force Reserve officer who was discharged under DADT

Mike Almy- Former Air Force Major discharged under DADT while in a combat zone

Sara Isaacson- ROTC Cadet who was forced to repay all of her tuition when she announced she was a lesbian

More profiles to come

If you have been discharged under DADT, were otherwise impacted by the law, or just served (or are currently serving) honorably under the policy and you would like to have your profile included in Servicemembers United’s Faces of DADT initiative, please email jmartinez@servicemembersunited.org