he is founder of outserve, an underground network of 1700 gay and lesbian service members. so j.d., thank you for joining us. you know about today's vote. how soon do you think that you will be able to serve openly and to come out in the military? >> for the most part, i'm already serving openly in my unit. i hope that all of us can live freely soon. >> how you are feeling about this? >> it was amazing to watch today, just to see the vote take place. i mean it was just -- it was like a knife came out of your back. you know this is going to be over in the next few months. it was amazing to see it happen. >> did you work with the pentagon on the troop survey regarding the repeal of don't ask, don't tell? >> we did. >> you did? and how did that process work? what did you do? >> we helped solve any input they had and we also gave any