Thanks to The Advocate!

Yesterday, the “don’t” was officially removed from the military’s “don’t ask, don’t tell” policy.

The controversial ban (installed in 1993)… disallowed gay and lesbian soldiers from serving openly in the military.

The repeal of the law was passed by Congress in December of last year. After months of preparation for the new change, the Pentagon finally made it official September 20.

While service members celebrated in different ways across the world, the most folks talked about celebration that took place on YouTube.

Randy Phillips, a soldier stationed at Ramstein Air Base in Germany, posted a video of himself coming out to his father over the phone. The video quickly gained views and became a symbol of the repeal.