American Armed Forces Placed Job Adverts on Gay Networking Site
18th Oct 2007
The American Armed Forces placed job adverts on a gay networking site despite the fact that people who are openly gay, bisexual or lesbian are banned from serving.
A spokesman for the Army National Guard told USA Today he was unaware of the adverts running on Glee.com
The Navy has ordered that 8,000 ads be removed from the site. The Marine Corps claimed that only civilian jobs, not covered by the "Don't Ask Don't Tell" policy were advertised.
"This is the first I've heard about it," Major Michael Baptista, advertising branch chief for the Army National Guard, told USA Today.
"We didn't knowingly advertise on that particular website."
The US Armed Forces are undergoing a recruitment crisis. Figures released by the Pentagon show that they are resorting to accepting thousands of convicted criminals into their ranks.
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