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December 22, 2011

Female Naval Couple Share Landmark "1st Kiss" 
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And two Naval officers have become the first same-sex couple to share
the Navy’s traditional “first kiss.” In front of a cheering crowd
on a dock at Virginia Beach on Wednesday, Petty Officer 2nd Class
Marissa Gaeta kissed her girlfriend of two years, Petty Officer 3rd
Class Citlalic Snell, after Gaeta returned from 80 days at sea. Gaeta
won a raffle for the right to the traditional first kiss after the
repeal of "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."



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