TRAINEE GUIDE - Recruit Training Command - The US Navy

TRAINEE GUIDE A-950-0001
d. Homosexual conduct
OUTLINE SHEET 3-01-1 (continued)
(1) At the time of your initial entrance on active duty, you
signed a statement verifying your understanding of the DOD
Separation Policy for Homosexuals. To refresh your memory,
we will carefully explain the policy again:
Although we have not and will not ask you whether you are a
heterosexual or a homosexual, or a bisexual, you should be
aware that homosexual acts, statements that demonstrate a
propensity or intent to engage in homosexual acts, and
homosexual marriages are grounds for discharge from the
Armed Forces.
This means that if you do one of the following, you could
be involuntarily separated before your term of service
ends:
(a) Homosexual acts. You engage in, attempt to engage in,
or solicit another to engage in a homosexual act or
acts. A “homosexual act” means touching a person of
your same sex or allowing such a person to touch you
for the purpose of satisfying sexual desires. (For
example, Hand-holding or kissing, or other physical
contact of a sexual nature.)
(b) Homosexual statements. You make a statement that
demonstrates a propensity or intent to engage in
homosexual acts. This may include a statement by you
that you are a homosexual or bisexual, or words to
that effect. It also may include behavior that a
reasonable person would believe was intended to convey
the statement that you are a homosexual or bisexual.
(c) Homosexual marriage. You marry or attempt to marry a
person of your same sex.
(2) A fraudulent statement regarding your sexuality made for
the purpose of ending your military career may result in
disciplinary action.
e. Physical fitness assessment (PFA) failure--Enlisted personnel who
have failed three or more PFAs in the most recent four-year
period will be denied reenlistment until they pass three
consecutive PFAs.
13. Summary and Review
14. Application
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