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B-216657 1 (1984-10-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabkmx0001 and id is 1 raw text is: UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON. D.C. 20548 NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIVSION OCT 1 1 1 4 B-216657 The Honorable Barbara Boxer House of Representatives Dear Mrs. Boxer: In a January 30, 1984, letter, you and eight other Members of Congress expressed interest in determining the cost of the Department of Defense's (DOD) homosexual exclusion policy. As subsequently agreed with your staff, we obtained answers from DOD to 18 specific questions regarding the cost of enlisted personnel recruitment, training, prosecution, and replacement of active service members found to be homosexual and separated from the military. (See encl. I.) Similar data for officers was not derived because such a small number of officers are separated for homosexuality that no real trend could be presented. Some sum- mary officer data has been provided in enclosure II. We did not verify the accuracy or reliability nor analyze the information provided by DOD. Also provided is a copy of the DOD fact sheet that outlines DOD policy and its basis. (See encl. III.) In summary the enclosed data shows the following: --It is DOD policy that active duty men and women found to be homosexual must be separated from the military services. DOD believes that homosexuality is incompatible with military service because the presence of homosexuals in the military environment seriously impairs the accomplishment of the military mission. --During the last 10 years (1974-83), an average of 377,482 people were inducted into the military each year, and an average of 393,018 service members were discharged. --During the last 10 years, the Department of Defense separated 14,311 members for homosexuality which accounted for less than four-tenths of one percent of the almost four million service members separated. During this period, homosexuality ranked 12th among the 14 dischage' categories.

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