Many people within and without the forces (myself included) would view it as a retrograde step that homosexuality is now 'permitted' within the services.
If the selectors at OASC have seen fit to give me the chance to be a fast jet pilot in the RAF why should my sexuality bar me from doing that?
and it would be tragic if Political Correctness ran rampant in the military.
I didn't realise that being Gay was me being politically correct. Not all have these old fashioned and outdated values you talk about. Maybe Servicemen like yourself are the ones who can't or won't change. If I ever meet you on a front line fast jet squadron then does that mean you will ignore me even if I am capable of doing the job asked of me?