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

==Discharges under DADT==
After the policy was introduced in 1993, the military discharged over 13,000 troops from the military under DADT.<ref name="MSN-MilitaryView"/><ref name="ObamaEnd">{{cite web|url=http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=60043|title=Stars and Stripes: Obama Wants to End "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" |last=Shane|first=Leo|date=January 16, 2009|work=[[Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]|publisher=[[U.S. Department of Defense]]|access-date=January 21, 2009}}</ref><ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/05/20/continued_discharges_anger_dont_ask_dont_tell_critics/ Continued discharges anger 'don't ask, don't tell' critics: Gay-rights groups urge reversal now] Bryan Bender, ''Boston Globe''; May 20, 2009.</ref> The number of discharges per fiscal year under DADT dropped sharply after the [[September 11 attacks]] and remained comparatively low through to the repeal. Discharges exceeded 600 every year until 2009.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! [[United States Coast Guard|Coast Guard]]
! [[United States Marine Corps|Marines]]
! [[United States Navy|Navy]]
! [[United States Army|Army]]
! [[United States Air Force|Air Force]]
! Total
|-
| 1994<ref name="sldn">[[Servicemembers Legal Defense Network]] – Annual Gay Discharges Under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Pursue, Don't Harass"</ref>  ||  0 ||  36 || 258 || 136 || 187 ||  617
|-
| 1995<ref name="sldn"/>  || 15 ||  69 || 269 || 184 || 235 ||  772
|-
| 1996<ref name="sldn"/>  || 12 ||  60 || 315 || 199 || 284 ||  870
|-
| 1997<ref name="sldn"/>  || 10 ||  78 || 413 || 197 || 309 || 1,007
|-
| 1998<ref name="sldn"/>  || 14 ||  77 || 345 || 312 || 415 || 1,163
|-
| 1999<ref name="sldn"/>  || 12 ||  97 || 314 || 271 || 352 || 1,046
|-
| 2000<ref name="sldn"/><ref name="sldn2">Individual service numbers from Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, [http://dont.stanford.edu/commentary/9.sldn.2003.pdf "Freedom to Serve"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100705062845/http://dont.stanford.edu/commentary/9.sldn.2003.pdf |date=July 5, 2010 }}</ref>  || 19 || 114 || 358 || 573 || 177 || 1,241
|-
| 2001<ref name="sldn"/><ref name="sldn2"/> || 14 || 115 || 314 || 638 || 217 || 1,273
|-
| 2002<ref name="sldn"/><ref name="sldn2"/> || 29 || 109 || 218 || 429 || 121 ||  906
|-
| 2003<ref name="sldn"/> ||  – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||  787
|-
| 2004<ref name="365gay">[http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/052406Military.htm 365Gay.com – Military Discharging Two Soldiers Per Day For Being Gay Despite War Group Says]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080702214040/http://www.365gay.com/Newscon06/05/052406Military.htm |date=July 2, 2008 }}</ref>  || 15 || 59  || 177 || 325 || 92  ||  668
|-
| 2005<ref name="365gay"/>  || 16 || 75  || 177 || 386 || 88  ||  742
|-
| 2006<ref name="sldn"/> ||  – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||  623
|-
| 2007<ref name="sldn"/> ||  – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||  627
|-
| 2008<ref>[https://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2009/05/20/continued_discharges_anger_dont_ask_dont_tell_critics/ Continued discharges anger 'don't ask, don't tell' critics] ''The Boston Globe'', Bryan Bender – May 20, 2009</ref> ||  – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||  619
|-
| 2009 ||  – ||  – ||   – ||   – ||   – ||  428
|-
| 2010<ref>{{cite web| url = http://advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/03/25/261_DADT_Discharges_in_2010/| title = 261 DADT Discharges in 2010| date = March 25, 2011}}</ref> || 11 ||  – ||  – ||  – ||  – || 261
|- class="sortbottom"
| '''Total''' || ≥156 || ≥889 || ≥3,158 || ≥3,650 || ≥2,477 || 13,650
|- class="sortbottom"
|align="left" colspan=7 width=1 | <small><u>Disclaimer</u>: These statistics are not official and only include soldiers who came forward to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network. Because some soldiers do not disclose their discharge, some of the numbers may be inaccurate.</small>
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US Navy 110317-N-5469W-016 Rear Adm. Vic Guillory, commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet, kicks off the Don't Ask, Don.jpg|Rear Adm. [[Victor G. Guillory|Vic Guillory]], commander of U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command and U.S. 4th Fleet leads DADT repeal training for Tier 2 command leadership at Naval Station Mayport, March 17, 2011
US Navy 110406-N-YS896-005 Naval Special Warfare Command personnel watch Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Gary Roughead during Don't Ask, Don't.jpg|Naval Special Warfare Command personnel watching Chief of Naval Operations Adm. [[Gary Roughead]] during DADT repeal training, April 6, 2011
US Navy 110505-N-UB993-004 Capt. Joel A. Roos conducts Don't Ask Don't Tell (DADT) Repeal training for enlisted, officer and civilian staff of Nava.jpg|DADT Repeal training for enlisted, officer and civilian staff at Naval Medical Center San Diego, May 5, 2011
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