Editing Don't ask, don't tell (section)

===Implementation of repeal===
The repeal act established a process for ending the DADT policy. The President, the Secretary of Defense and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were required to certify in writing that they had reviewed the Pentagon's report on the effects of DADT repeal, that the appropriate regulations had been reviewed and drafted, and that implementation of repeal regulations "is consistent with the standards of military readiness, military effectiveness, unit cohesion, and recruiting and retention of the Armed Forces". Once certification was given, DADT would be lifted after a 60-day waiting period.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20141211155056/http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.4023: Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010]</ref>

Representative [[Duncan D. Hunter]] announced plans in January 2011 to introduce a bill designed to delay the end of DADT. His proposed legislation required all of the chiefs of the armed services to submit the certification at the time required only of the President, Defense Secretary and Joint Chiefs chairman.<ref>Maze, Rick (January 14, 2011). [http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/01/military-bill-to-delay-dadt-repeal-011411w/ "New bill seeks to slow DADT repeal"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110120011130/http://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/2011/01/military-bill-to-delay-dadt-repeal-011411w/ |date=January 20, 2011 }}, ''Marine Corps Times'': Retrieved February 14, 2012</ref> In April, Perkins of the Family Research Council argued that the Pentagon was misrepresenting its own survey data and that hearings by the House Armed Services Committee, now under Republican control, could persuade Obama to withhold certification.<ref>Tony Perkins, (April 19, 2011). [https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/its-not-too-late-to-block-the-repeal-of-dont-ask-dont-tell/ "It's Not Too Late to Block the Repeal of 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell'"], Fox News: Retrieved April 4, 2012</ref> Congressional efforts to prevent the change in policy from going into effect continued into May and June 2011.<ref>Stars and Stripes: [http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/house-panel-votes-to-delay-repeal-of-don-t-ask-don-t-tell-1.143370 "House panel votes to delay repeal of 'don't ask, don't tell'"], May 12, 2011. Retrieved January 11, 2012; Shane, Leo III (June 16, 2011). [http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/lawmakers-want-obama-to-halt-dadt-repeal-1.146760 "Lawmakers want Obama to halt DADT repeal"], Stars and Stripes: Retrieved January 11, 2012</ref>

On January 29, 2011, Pentagon officials stated that the training process to prepare troops for the end of DADT would begin in February and would proceed quickly, though they suggested that it might not be completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Military lays out plan to implement gay ban repeal|url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/military/2011-01-29-repeal-implementation_N.htm|access-date=December 29, 2012|newspaper=USA Today|date=January 29, 2011}}</ref> On the same day, the DOD announced it would not offer any additional compensation to service members who had been discharged under DADT, who received half of the separation pay other honorably discharged service members received.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://www.aclu.org/lgbt-rights/defense-department-says-it-will-deny-full-separation-pay-gay-and-lesbian-service-members|title = Defense Department Says It Will Deny Full Separation Pay For Gay And Lesbian Service Members Honorably Discharged Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell"|publisher = [[American Civil Liberties Union]]|date = January 29, 2011}}</ref>

In May 2011, the U.S. Army reprimanded three colonels for performing a skit in March 2011 at a function at [[Yongsan Garrison]], South Korea, that mocked the repeal.<ref>Gould, Joe (May 23, 2011). [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/05/army-3-colonels-punished-over-skit-mocking-gays-052311w/ "3 colonels punished over skit mocking gays"], ''[[Military Times]]'': Retrieved February 14, 2012</ref>

In May 2011, revelations that an April Navy memo relating to its DADT training guidelines contemplated allowing same-sex weddings in base chapels and allowing [[United States military chaplains|chaplains]] to officiate if they so chose resulted in a letter of protest from 63 Republican congressman, citing the [[Defense of Marriage Act]] (DOMA) as controlling the use of federal property.<ref>Dwyer, Devin (May 10, 2011). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-navy-oks-bases-chaplains-sex-marriages-repeal/story?id=13570191 "'Don't Ask, Don't Tell': Navy OKs Bases, Chaplains for Same-Sex Marriages After Repeal"], ABC News: Retrieved February 21, 2012</ref> Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council said the guidelines "make it even more uncomfortable for men and women of faith to perform their duties".<ref>{{cite news|last=Eckholm|first=Erik|title=Navy Rescinds Guidelines For Same-Sex Marriages|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/us/12navy.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220101/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/12/us/12navy.html |archive-date=2022-01-01 |url-access=limited|access-date=December 29, 2012|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 11, 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> A Pentagon spokesperson replied that DOMA "does not limit the type of religious ceremonies a chaplain may perform in a chapel on a military installation", and a Navy spokesperson said that "A chaplain can conduct a same-sex ceremony if it is in the tenets of his faith".<ref>Keyes, Charley (May 9, 2011). [https://archive.today/20120701121338/http://articles.cnn.com/2011-05-09/us/navy.same.sex.marriage_1_chaplains-marriages-or-civil-unions-navy-times "Navy plan to allow same-sex marriage on bases draws opposition"], CNN: Retrieved February 21, 2012</ref> A few days later the Navy rescinded its earlier instructions "pending additional legal and policy review and interdepartmental coordination".<ref>Dwyer, Devin (May 11, 2011). [https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-navy-scraps-rules-gay-marriages-republicans-protest/story?id=13578162 "Navy Scraps Rules on Gay Marriages After GOP Protest"], ABC News: Retrieved 21 February 2011.</ref>

While waiting for certification, several service members were discharged at their own insistence<ref name="Still_discharges"/> until a July 6 ruling from a federal appeals court barred further enforcement of the U.S. military's ban on openly gay service members,<ref name="Judged_Halts"/> which the military promptly did.<ref>Tighman, Andrew (July 8, 2011). ''Army Times'': [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2011/07/military-DADT-Pentagon-court-ruling-070811w/ "Pentagon suspends DADT in wake of court ruling"]. Retrieved July 11, 2011.</ref>

Anticipating the lifting of DADT, some active duty service members wearing civilian clothes marched in [[San Diego Pride|San Diego's gay pride parade]] on July 16. The DOD noted that participation "does not constitute a declaration of sexual orientation".<ref>Marty Graham, (July 16, 2011). [https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-parade-military-idUSTRE76G00M20110717 "Military members march for San Diego gay pride"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015220643/http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/17/us-gay-parade-military-idUSTRE76G00M20110717 |date=October 15, 2015 }}, Reuters: Retrieved February 17, 2012.</ref>

[[Barack Obama|President Obama]], Secretary of Defense [[Leon Panetta]], and Admiral [[Michael Mullen|Mike Mullen]], Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sent the certification required by the Repeal Act to Congress on July 22, 2011, setting the end of DADT for September 20, 2011.<ref>{{cite news|title=Obama, Pentagon Certify End of Gay Ban Won't Harm Military|publisher=Bloomberg News|date=July 22, 2011|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-07-22/obama-pentagon-certify-end-of-gay-ban-won-t-harm-military-1-.html |author= Viola Gienger and Flavia Krause-Jackson |access-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref> A Pentagon spokesman said that service members discharged under DADT would be able to re-apply to rejoin the military then.<ref>{{cite news|title=Gone in 60 Days |work=MetroWeekly|date=July 22, 2011|url=http://metroweekly.com/news/?ak=6452 |author= Chris Geidner |access-date=July 22, 2011}}</ref>

At the end of August 2011, the DOD approved the distribution of the magazine produced by [[OutServe]], an organization of gay and lesbian service members, at Army and Air Force base exchanges beginning with the September 20 issue, coinciding with the end of DADT.<ref>''Stars and Stripes'': Shane, Leo III (August 30, 2011). [http://www.stripes.com/blogs/stripes-central/stripes-central-1.8040/gay-military-magazine-to-land-at-army-af-bases-1.153685 "Gay military magazine to land at Army, AF bases"]. Retrieved February 17, 2012.</ref>

On September 20, Air Force officials announced that 22 Air Force Instructions were "updated as a result of the repeal of DADT".<ref>''The Atlantic'': [http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/steve_clemons/Repeal%20of%20DADT.pdf "Memorandum"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120105175738/http://cdn.theatlantic.com/static/mt/assets/steve_clemons/Repeal%20of%20DADT.pdf |date=January 5, 2012 }}, September 20, 2011. Retrieved February 3, 2012.</ref> On September 30, 2011, the Department of Defense modified regulations to reflect the repeal by deleting "homosexual conduct" as a ground for administrative separation.<ref>{{cite web|title=NUMBER 1332.14|publisher=United States Department of Defense|date=September 30, 2011|url=http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/133214p.pdf|access-date=October 1, 2011|archive-date=October 26, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111026062918/http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/133214p.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Belkin|first=Aaron|author2=Ender, Morten G. |title=Readiness and DADT Repeal: Has the New Policy of Open Service Undermined the Military?|journal=Armed Forces & Society|volume=39|issue=4|pages=587|year=2013|doi=10.1177/0095327X12466248|s2cid=145357049|display-authors=etal}}</ref>