decorated, devoted, discharged - please sign this petition

From an email sent to me about Vic from his sister Angie:

Eighteen years in the Air Force. Four-hundred combat hours. Nine air medals. These are some of the accomplishments of my brother, Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach.

Despite this stellar record, he is getting fired under "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." He was served with a discharge notice last fall.One discriminatory law, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," will likely end my brother's distinguished career.My family recently signed a petition to urge Air Force Secretary Michael B. Donley to let my brother continue to serve his country. Will you sign it now?

http://www.sldn.org/Fehrenbach

Of course, my brother is only the latest in a long line of service members who have been fired after years of distinguished service -- all because they're gay.

But his story illustrates just how absurd and unfair the law is.

It is estimated that the Air Force has spent $25 million training Victor, and he's put that training to good use over the past 18 years. After 9/11, he was hand-picked to patrol the air space over Washington , D.C. to protect the city from further attacks.He was then deployed to Afghanistan , and later Iraq . Over the course of Victor's career, he's logged 88 combat missions and won nine air medals -- one of them for Heroism.

Now, he's two years away from retirement -- facing not just the end of his career, but the loss of his pension as well.All Victor wants to do is continue to serve his country. He's ready and willing to deploy again, and serve his country in any way he can.Join my family and me, and sign the petition to Air Force Secretary Donley to let Victor keep his job:

http://www.sldn.org/Fehrenbach

Thank you for your support, and for all you do in this fight for the freedom to serve.

Sincerely, Angela Trumbauer USAF, enlisted August 1985 - March 1990