UNCLASSIFIED//

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SUBJ/GUIDANCE FOLLOWING ADDITIONAL COURT OF APPEALS RULING ON DON'T ASK DON'T 
TELL//

REF/A/DOC/NAVADMIN 347/10/22OCT2010//

REF/B/DOC/USCA 9THCIR/01NOV2010//

REF/C/DOC/OSD/02NOV2010//

NARR/REF A IS GUIDANCE FOLLOWING NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS RULING THAT 
ALLOWED RESUMING IMPLEMENTATION OF DON'T ASK DON'T TELL ON A TEMPORARY BASIS.  
REF B IS COURT OF APPEALS EXTENSION OF THE PRIOR RULING.  REF C IS MEMORANDUM 
FROM UNDERSECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR PERSONNEL AND READINESS.//

RMKS/1.  PER REF A, DOD RESUMED APPLICATION OF 10 U.S.C. 654 (DON'T ASK DON'T 
TELL) FOLLOWING A TEMPORARY RULING BY THE NINTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS.  PER 
REFS B AND C, THE TEMPORARY RULING HAS BEEN EXTENDED THROUGH THE DURATION OF 
THE APPEAL PROCESS.  THE GUIDANCE IN REF A CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR ALL NAVY 
COMMANDS AND PERSONNEL.

2.  RELEASED BY ADMIRAL G. ROUGHEAD, CHIEF OF NAVAL OPERATIONS.

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