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Award given to homosexual lieutenant
Medal presented as Navy attempts to discharge man
The Associated Press
WASHINGTON — The Navy awarded an achievement medal yesterday to a lieutenant it is trying to expel because he's gay.
Lt Tracy Thorne, 28, received the Navy Achievement Medal in a ceremony at Naval Air Systems Command in Arlington, Va., his last active-duty posting. Thorne, a reservist living in Richmond, Va., has been waiting since July for Navy Secretary John Dalton to rule on the discharge recommendation.
Thorne said he didn't know how the Navy could have approved the citation given that it had been trying to oust him since he publicly disclosed his orientation in May 1992 on ABC's "Nightline."
"I'm still befuddled by it all," he said yesterday. "My commanding officer said, 'What are we doing here?' On the one hand, we're kicking you out, on the other, we're giving you a medal."
Thorne said he did not know exactly how far up the chain of command the medal recommendation went. But he noted that the citation was signed "For the Secretary" by Vice Adm. W.C. Bowes, commander of Naval Air Systems Command.
Lt. Cmdr Kenneth Ross, a Navy spokesman, said Thorne's award reflected what Thorne did at that command and what his commander thought of his work. Ross declined to say whether there was any irony in Thore's receiving a medal while the service was trying to discharge him.
The citation recognizes Thorne's performance achievement in the performance of his duties between January and October 1994, when he was director of the Help Desk at Naval Air Systems Command information and technology division.
"Lieutenant Thorne's superb leadership, exceptional professionalism and total devotion to duty reflected credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service," the citation
Thorne said his former commanding officer, Cmdr. Craig Luigart, recommended him for the medal.
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"My commanding officer had a lot of integrity and all that mattered to him was whether you did your job in a professional manner and advanced the needs of the Navy," Thorne said.
Earlier yesterday, a group that supports lifting the ban on gays in the military issued a report charging that military officials are violating the Clinton administration's "don't ask, don't tell" policy.
The Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, a Washington-based group that assists men and women affected by the military's policy on homosexuals, collected what it said were 340 violations of the policy. A Pentagon spokesman said the Clinton administration's defense advisers viewed the policy as a success and declined to comment on the unofficial data contained in the report.
Thorne was assigned to Luigart's command after he had gone public with his orientation.
"I showed up as 'The Gay
Bomber," Thorne said. "I walked in the door with a reputation and to a lot of people, it wasn't a good reputation."
But Thorne said he fell back on his naval training to head a team of computer technicians.
Last July, a naval board of inquiry recommended that Thorne be discharged for violating the "don't ask, don't tell" policy. He has been waiting ever since for the Navy secretary to rule on the recommendation.
Dalton is not required to act within a specific amount of time, but Navy spokesman Lt. Bill Spann said in July that the Navy would try to act as quickly as possible.
Thorne has said that if Dalton upholds the discharge, he will go to federal court to challenge the administration's anti-gay policy.
In the meantime, Thorne continues to serve in the naval reserves. He was forced to leave active duty in October because of budget cuts. He has been trying to get a job with a reserve unit while he attends law school at the University of Richmond.
"I love the Navy and want to continue to be part of it," he said.
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