{"id":8184,"date":"2012-09-21T10:45:14","date_gmt":"2012-09-21T16:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=8184"},"modified":"2012-09-21T10:45:14","modified_gmt":"2012-09-21T16:45:14","slug":"air-force-colonel-to-share-lessons-from-dont-ask-dont-tell-repeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=8184","title":{"rendered":"Air Force colonel to share lessons from \u201cDon\u2019t ask, Don\u2019t tell\u201d repeal"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_8185\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8185\" style=\"width: 183px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Packard.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8185\" title=\"Packard\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Packard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"183\" height=\"233\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-8185\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Col. Gary Packard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Air Force Colonel Gary Packard will discuss lessons learned by the U.S. military following the repeal of the \u201cDon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy beginning at 5 p.m. Sept. 27 in University Center 303.<\/p>\n<p>Sponsored by the College of Education\u2019s Department of Counseling and Human Services, Packard\u2019s presentation is called \u201cLoyalty, Reason and Action: Lessons Learned from the Repeal of Don\u2019t Ask, Don\u2019t Tell.\u201d Packard served at the Pentagon as the Air Force writer on the Secretary of Defense\u2019s Comprehensive Review Working Group that studied the repeal of the \u201cDon\u2019t ask, Don\u2019t tell\u201d policy and is head of the U.S. Air Force Academy Department of Behavioral Sciences and Leadership. In that role, he oversees the graduate education of up to 20 Air Force officers who study at UCCS.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t ask, don&#8217;t tell&#8221; was the official United States military policy from Dec. 21, 1993 to Sept. 20, 2011. The policy prohibited military personnel from discriminating against or harassing gay, lesbian or bisexual service members or applicants while barring openly gay, lesbian, or bisexual persons from military service.<\/p>\n<p>A native of Chelsea, Mich., Packard earned a bachelor\u2019s degree from USAFA, master\u2019s degrees in aeronautical sciences and developmental psychology from Embry Riddle University and Michigan State University and a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n<p>The event is free and open to all UCCS faculty, staff and students. For more information, contact Julaine Field, associate dean, College of Education, 255-5145, <a href=\"mailto:jfield@uccs.edu\">jfield@uccs.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Air Force Colonel Gary Packard will discuss lessons learned by the U.S. military following the repeal of the \u201cDon\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell\u201d policy beginning at 5 p.m. Sept. 27 in University Center 303. 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