. . . And More Good News for the Pentagon

By CHRISTOPHER JOHN FARLEY

Journalist and author RANDY SHILTS (And the Band Played On), who revealed last week that he has AIDS, has more bombshells planned for May. On Memorial Day, St. Martin's Press will publish his new book, Conduct Unbecoming: Gays and Lesbians in the U.S. Military, in which he claims "a vast gay subculture has emerged within the military," complete with gay Marines in the White House honor guard. An advance excerpt: "At least one gay man has served in the astronaut program . . . The Navy and the Marine Corps had at least one gay person at four-star rank since 1981, and at least one gay man has served on the Joint Chiefs of Staff in that time."