SPOILERS - Dan, Will and Matt (Ford, Spector, Mayes) are Navy fly guys. Dan and Matt fall for each other. But Matt is married. At first, neither one is sure what they want. This starts out a little cheesy, but get so much better as it goes along. Clinton had enacted Don't Ask, Don't Tell, meaning if you kept it all to yourself, and weren't caught, the higher ups would leave you alone. Lots of gray area, as we see in the film. The two flyers are photographed together. And seen dancing and kissing. So the mucky mucks pursue it, including Dan's own father. If Dan will sign a statement stating it was a one time event, he is off the hook... otherwise, he'll be bounced with a dis-honorable discharge. Will is Dan's bud, and may or may not be gay himself. He appears to be jealous of what Dan and Matt had together. The federal courts didn't legalize same sex marriage in all fifty states until 2015, so it was pretty much a state by state issue up to that point. According to imdb, this film was released in 2013/2014, so one assumes it was made in 2012/2013. President Obama repealed Don't Ask Don't Tell in 2010, but sodomy was still prohibited under the Code of Military Justice, according to wikipedia dot com. As summarized in the final moments in the film. It's pretty good. Highlights a very tricky time for those serving in the military. Directed by D. M. W. Greer.
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