Nivia Huskey proudly displays a collection of sonogram printouts of the baby boy her pregnant spouse is carrying back home in North Carolina. Huskey is assigned to a battalion based in North Carolina, where state law bans same-sex marriage. Last year's U.S. Supreme Court ruling striking down the 1996 Defense of Marriage Act ensured that federal military benefits extend to same-sex partners and their children. [...] about two-thirds of active-duty personnel in the U.S.