Barack Obama, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva, Nancy Pelosi. President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington. From left are, Commander Zoe Dunning, Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif

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Obama Gays in Military, Washington, USA - 22 Dec 2010

Barack Obama, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva, Nancy Pelosi Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, center, then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., right, Commander Zoe Dunning, and others, watch as President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington. With a formal dinner for the few, President Barack Obama is paying tribute to the many. The president who opposed the Iraq war from its outset is thanking those who fought its battles by inviting in a small cross section of the million-plus who served there over the past nine years. The faces of war are sketched in the 200 veterans and their guests attending Wednesday's dinner. They come from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and U.S. territories, and span generations, gender and all five branches of the military

Obama Military Dinner, Washington, USA

Barack Obama, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva President Barack Obama speaks with, from left, former Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, left, and former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., before signing "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military, at the Interior Department in Washington

Don't Ask Don't Tell Repealed, Washington, USA

Barack Obama, Mike Mullen, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva President Barack Obama shakes hands with former Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, as Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, second from right, and former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva applaud during a signing ceremony for "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military, at the Interior Department in Washington

Barack Obama, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva, Nancy Pelosi President Barack Obama signs the Don't Ask, Don't Tell Repeal Act of 2010, at the Interior Department in Washington. From left are, Commander Zoe Dunning, Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif

Obama Gays in Military, Washington, USA

Mike Mullen, Zoe Dunning, Eric Alva Former Navy Commander Zoe Dunning, left, and former Marine Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, right, applaud Joint Chiefs Chairman Adm. Mike Mullen, at the Interior Department in Washington, where President Barack Obama signed the "don't ask, don't tell" repeal legislation that would allow gays to serve openly in the military

Obama Gays In Military, Washington, USA

US President Barack Obama talks to former Marine, Eric Alva, the first person to receive a Purple Heart in the second Iraq war

US President Barack Obama signs the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Act of 2010, Washington DC, America - 22 Dec 2010

Eric Alva, a former Marine and the first receipent of the Purple Heart during the second Iraq war, shares a smile with Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, D-CA

Eric Alva, Joe Solmonese Joe Solmonese, president of the Human Rights Campaign left, with Eric Alva, sing God Bless America at the end of an enrollment ceremony for the bill to repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell on Capitol Hill in Washington

Gays in Military, Washington, USA

Eric Alva, the first soldier and Marine wounded in the second Iraq War with Col.Greta Cammemeyer, the first lesbian to be discharged under the 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' law and Joe Solannese, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Conference

Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi signing 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Repeal Act, Washington DC, America - 21 Dec 2010

Eric Alva,the first soldier and Marine wounded in the second Iraq War

Joe Solannese, the Executive Director of the Human Rights Conference with Eric Alva, the first soldier wounded in the second Iraq War

Marine Staff Sgt Eric Alva (R) and Air Force Major Mike Almy, both who were discharged for being gay, embrace during a press conference on the upcoming Senate procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes repealing "Dont' Ask, Don't Tell," in Washington on September 21, 2010.

Eric Alva embraces Mike Almy in Washington, District of Columbia, United Staets - 21 Sep 2010

Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) shakes hands with Marine Staff Sgt Eric Alva, who was discharged for being gay, following a press conference on the upcoming Senate procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes repealing "Dont' Ask, Don't Tell," in Washington on September 21, 2010.

Sen. Joe Lieberman greets Eric Alva in Washington, District of Columbia, United Staets - 21 Sep 2010

Marine Staff Sgt Eric Alva, an Iraq war veteran who was discharged for being gay, speaks on "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" at a press conference on the upcoming Senate procedural vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, which includes repealing "Dont' Ask, Don't Tell," in Washington on September 21, 2010.

Eric Alva speaks on Don't Ask Don't Tell in Washington, District of Columbia, United Staets - 21 Sep 2010

Retired U S Marine Staff Sargeant Eric Alva Who is Gay Testifies Before a House Armed Services Subcommittee Hearing On the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Law For Gays in the U S Armed Forces in Washington Dc Usa On 23 July 2008 Alva Lost Half of His Right Leg and an Index Finger to a Landmine in the Iraq War Some Congressional Democrats Are Hoping to Lift the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Ban On Open Gays in the Military Should Democratic Senator Barack Obama Win the Presidency

Usa Gays Military - Jul 2008

Retired U S Marine Staff Sargeant Eric Alva Who is Gay Wipes His Brow As He Testifies Before a House Armed Services Subcommittee Hearing On the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Law For Gays in the U S Armed Forces in Washington Dc Usa On 23 July 2008 Alva Lost Half of His Right Leg and an Index Finger to a Landmine in the Iraq War Some Congressional Democrats Are Hoping to Lift the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Ban On Open Gays in the Military Should Democratic Senator Barack Obama Win the Presidency

Elaine Donnelly (r) President of the Center For Military Readiness Testifies Before a House Armed Services Subcommittee Hearing On the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Law For Gays in the U S Armed Forces in Washington Dc Usa On 23 July 2008 Seated with Her at the Witness Table Are Retired U S Navy Captain and Lesbian Joan Darrah (l) and Retired Marine Staff Sargeant Eric Alva Who is Gay and Lost Half of His Right Leg and an Index Finger to a Landmine in the Iraq War Some Congressional Democrats Are Hoping to Lift the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' Ban On Open Gays in the Military Should Democratic Senator Barack Obama Win the Presidency

ALVA Staff Sgt. Eric Alva, who is missing his right leg from above the knee down and has a fracture in his other leg courtesy of a land mine he stepped on in southern Iraq just hours after the war began in March, talks to the media at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio, . Alva, who is in the beginning stages of his recovery, hopes to be able to walk by the end of the summer, and after that, to run and finish the Marine Corps Marathon for a fifth time

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