Andy Stumpf

My point in saying that is make your sexual orientation secondary.

Be in the military.

Focus on being in the military.

the service that comes with the military, the roles and responsibility that comes with that military, the sexual orientation comes after that.

Just like you're doing with law enforcement, do the same thing in the military.

I don't think you are going to find anybody that cares.

If you are a solid performer, if you are somebody who lives up to and exceeds the standard, if you have integrity, if you

define the moral values of the uniform, you know, core values of the Navy or honor, courage and commitment and the Marine Corps and the Air Force, and the Army and Space Force, they all have their own and I'm not an expert on that.

So I can't, you know, talk about their core values.

But if you live up to the core values of the branch of service that you choose to go into, and you perform

And when things need to be done, people are looking for you to be involved in the team that accomplishes that or to lead the team that accomplishes that.

Because of your performance, that's all that matters.

That has been my experience at least.

I can't say that I opened – that I served with somebody as a SEAL that was openly gay.

I would have to statistically imagine that I did serve with somebody who was gay and didn't bring it up to their peers.

And I can understand why they didn't.

It's – man, you want to talk about a piranha tank situation.

of a community where a drop of blood could create a feeding frenzy.

I got the words correctly in order.

I get it.