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...Navy career had been "relatively stress-free" before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" took effect, says Joan Darrah, a retired captain, and a lesbian, who served in various intelligence billets from 1972 to 2002. She kept her sexual orientation secret during her career, but that denial took its toll after "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" led to increased focus on homosexuality in the ranks. She recalls having to administer a survey on the topic to 250 subordinates in the wake of the new policy. "We all sat down taking this survey asking, 'Do you know a gay person...
...opinion poll by the independent Military Times newspapers showed that only 30% of those surveyed think openly gay people should serve, while 59% are opposed. "I don't think they'll succeed, but I think they'll try," Donnelly says of the Democrats' efforts to repeal the ban. Darrah, the retired Navy officer, says success depends on who moves into the Oval Office a year from now. "I believe if we get a Democratic President we'll get rid of the ban," says Darrah, who is backing Hillary Clinton's bid for the White House. "The younger generation doesn...
...silos" (management in one silo, unions in another, never talking) came tumbling down. The meetings haven't exactly been love-ins. One blew up over employee travel passes, but the company called the unions the next day to work on a solution. "Gerard really gets it," says John Darrah, head of the Allied Pilots Association...
Jennifer R. Darrah '00, who organized the event with Serreyu Wong '00, said the experience more than made up for the low attendance...
...really meaningful experience and it was clear to me that it very much impacted the people who were there," Darrah said. "Obviously we wanted to reach out to as many people as possible, but hopefully the people who were there will be able to share what happened...