Rachel Levine, openly transgender health official, to be sworn in as four-star admiral in Public Health Service

WAPO ^ | 10/19/2021 | dan diamond

[bitt]

The former Pennsylvania health secretary will be the sixth four-star admiral in the history of the health corps.

A senior Biden health appointee who made history when she became the nation’s highest-ranking openly transgender official is also set to become its first openly transgender four-star officer, the administration announced on Tuesday. U.S. coronavirus cases tracker and map Rachel Levine, the U.S. assistant secretary for health, will be sworn in Tuesday as an admiral of the U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, a 6,000-person force that responds to health crises on behalf of the federal government, including administering coronavirus vaccines and delivering care after hurricanes. Levine is also the organization’s first-ever female four-star admiral. In an interview, Levine stressed that her new position as an admiral was “not just symbolic,” and that she would take a leadership role in shaping the public health corps’ priorities. “I’m doing this because of my dedication to service … [and] with the utmost respect and honor for the uniform that I will be wearing,” Levine said, adding she would begin wearing the group’s blue uniform immediately.

The public health service is one of the nation’s eight uniformed services, although it is distinct from the six military services — including the Navy, Army and Air Force — by explicitly focusing on medical issues. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps, whose officers command vehicles that probe hurricanes and map the seafloor, is also a uniformed service.

[bitt]

h/t Cletus.D.Yokel

[databoss]

Gross

[BBQToadRibs2]

Uggggg, need eye bleach now.

[rktman]

OFFS! I thought this was the Babylon bee at first glance but alas, no. Will “they” receive a (p)residential sniff down? Every day the 🚽 swirl gets louder.

[sten]

wtf?!

did they just decide to toss 4 stars on its collar?

talk about devaluing the rank

[Geoffrey]

We live in a clown world.

[blueunicorn6]

Let’s see it dock an aircraft carrier.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Aaargh! To me bottom of Davey Jones’ locker ye go!!

[Carl Vehse]

Photo taken just before the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service reached for their barf bags.

[ProudDeplorable]

Yikes !!!!

[lightman]

It is the very model of the modern addled admiral
In matters chromosomal it will never truly be a girl;
Although in matters viral and bacterial inferior
It wants the world to bow and pucker up to its posterior!

[Thommas]

What are those medals for? Levine has not seen ANY military service, as far as I know.

Levine is a swamp creature of the first order - with oak leaf cluster.

[lightman]

Second thread, surely more will follow:

Pennsylvania Ping!

Please ping me with articles of interest.

FReepmail me to be added to the list.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

There can never be enough psychos appointed in Bidenville!

[Thommas]

Well played, sir. Well played. 🤭

[EvilCapitalist]

I bet this is Richard’s favorite song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmGuy0jievs

[JonPreston]

She has a son who also lives at the circus.

[billorites]

I love a man in a uniform.

[EEGator]