By Daily Mail Reporter PUBLISHED: 17:18 EST, 14 February 2014 | UPDATED: 19:49 EST, 14 February 2014 Brett Jones was used to making tough dives and dropping into dangerous territories as a Navy SEAL but his most harrowing mission came when he left a message for his boyfriend A former Navy SEAL has revealed how by accidentally ending a voicemail to his boyfriend by saying 'I love you' led to the end of his military career. Brett Jones was a part of the elite military unit nearly a decade before the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy was lifted, allowing military servicemen and women to serve while being open about their sexuality.
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Brett Jones was a Navy SEAL nearly a decade before the 'Don't Ask Don't Tell' policy was revoked in 2011
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He left a voicemail for his boyfriend after he returned from his second deployment and signed off saying 'I love you'
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A colleague of his boyfriend's heard it and reported it, launching an investigation that resulted in Jones being discharged
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