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know, happened to me. because, you know, as was described in the northumbria report, one of my coping mechanisms was to try to be the very best military person that i could be, knowing that i was failing in that because i was living this lie, and then to be dismissed with an adverse confidential report because i was gay, and it was quite clear that i had let the side down. i will always remember that on the day i was suspended, my commanding officer arrived and told me how embarrassing this was, by which he meant for him, not for me. there was no concern for my well being from anybody who was immediately responsible for me, and i spent seven months in what was affectionately called gardening leave, effectively ostracised and cut off from the people that i had lived and worked with for over 12 years. that was my family, which i lost, and i have lived with the bereavement of that. so an apology won t change that, but it will go some way to acknowledging that what happened was wrong. fin