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No "Opt Out" for Soldiers Who Disagree with Reversal of "Don't Ask Don't Tell"

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff Journalist During a question and answer session in Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Marines that those who disagree with the government's decision to end the ban on homosexuals serving openly in the military will not be able to opt out of their enlistment.

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British Soldier Says Rosary Saved His Life

By Susan Brinkmann, OCDS Staff JournalistĀ  A 19 year-old British soldier on patrol in Afghanistan's notorious Helmand Province was spared from almost certain death when he bent over to pick up his rosary and saw that he was standing on a landmine. Strangely enough, almost the exact same circumstance occurred during World War IIĀ to his great-grandfather.

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