UPDATE: 7:15 PM ET: Dan Choi’s re-enlistment into the Army is accepted (pending some med paperwork). http://goo.gl/eyMo
5:45 PM ET: The Village Voice’s Steven Thrasher just sent me this crazy photo of Dan Choi getting mobbed outside the Times Square military Recruiting Center as he tries to enlist (the Marines rejected him — too old!), and he was at this time, trying to sign up with the Army. Chaos ensued.






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Hold on to your covers!Dan Choi’s trying to get back in! WHOLLY MOLLY!
Barricade the door! Turn on the ‘out for lunch’ sign!
Prepare the cover-up press release!
It must hurt recruiters that a highly qualified, extra quota points Asian is being force-denied.
Too old, I don’t think so. There are waivers for EVERYTHING in the military when it comes to recruiting.
This is so disgusting how they treat LGBT persons like felons and murderers.
That’s too bad. They are missing out on a great man. But I am glad there was a media shit storm about it. Keep it up.
Max age for the Marines is 32A bit of cut and paste googling from http://usmilitary.about.com/od… :
Dan is 29 years oldSo the army won’t have much of an excuse. What next? Flat feet?
Re mobbI have to contradict your info. There was no mob, nor was Dan mobbed. It was very civil. Really, about 30 people there, and many were tourists wanting to know what was up. I was there, saw Dan on the phone in the office until the recruiter blocked the view. Got a pic though.
sorry, only going by the picIt looks like he is being mobbed. Obviously if you were there, your report is more accurate.
Well, he’s certainly drawn a bigger crowd than anyone from SLDN and SU….
…as I’ve yet to hear of any of them trying to reenlist despite some claiming they can’t wait.
Maybe if the Army would let Gago design her own uniforms……….