1.   After he told his superiors last March that he was gay, Thomasson kept his job and security clearance, which are sometimes removed during discharge proceedings.

2.   Fearing his fatherhood might become a problem, the Navy began discharge proceedings against Locklear last September.

3.   He is now working as an Army file clerk, awaiting final military review of his discharge proceedings.

4.   He is now working as an Army file clerk in Germany, awaiting final military review of his discharge proceedings.

5.   May hopes his attorneys can persuade his Army commanders to end the discharge proceedings.

6.   Richenberg was assigned a desk job preparing awards and decorations pending his discharge proceedings, and soon the whole unit knew.

7.   A month earlier, a New York federal judge had ruled the policy was unconstitutional and stopped discharge proceedings against six servicemen.

8.   Discharge proceedings are under way against three of the plaintiffs.