US Air Force
Posted on 06/04/2015 5:02:01 PM PDT by jazusamo
US Air Force
The Air Force will announce Thursday that it will offer more protections for its transgender service members against potential discharge.
Troops diagnosed with gender dysphoria or who identified as transgender were typically discharged in the past on medical grounds, according to USA Today.
Doctors and unit commanders were previously in charge of those diagnoses, it reported.
The Air Force’s new measures will require such judgments to receive review from high-level officials at the military branch’s headquarters.
“Though the Air Force policy regarding involuntary separation of gender dysphoric Airmen has not changed, the elevation of decision authority to the Director, Air Force Review Boards Agency, ensures the ability to consistently apply the existing policy,” Daniel Sitterly, a top Air Force personnel, said in a statement.
USA Today reported that the Air Force’s decision echoes an earlier move by the Army last March.
That measure made it harder to oust transgender Army service members without review by top officials.
The changes reflect the Pentagon’s gradual push for greater inclusiveness of potential service members across the armed forces.
Air Force Secretary Deborah James expressed openness Thursday to ending any restrictions against transgender soldiers entering the military.
“From my point of view, anyone who is capable of accomplishing the job should be able to serve,” James said. “And so I wouldn’t be surprised if this came under review.”
USA Today said the Pentagon is examining the military’s transgender guidelines while it reviews its medial eligibility rules.
A decision on its final policy is not expected for several months.
The publication also reported that estimates identify about 15,000 of the military’s 1.3 million active troops as transgender.
It’s unclear how many have been discharged, as the Pentagon does not keep records on that statistic.
A psychologist or a psychiatrist must currently approve any recommended troop discharge over gender dysphoria.
A unit commander must then determine that the condition disrupts the individual’s required performance.
USA Today listed Britain and Israel as two close U.S. allies that have allowed open transgender troops into their militaries thus far.
Here's a clue Secretary James, transgenders have a mental disorder (illness).
Freaking Left is really out to destroy this country.
We’re doomed.
This is part of installing Political Correctness Officers in all military units, whose duty is to spy on officers and report any insensitive behavior so that the officer can then be relieved from duty and discharged from the military under the euphemistic “lack of confidence” standard.
The on odd weeks I am a stallion trapped in a human body.
But today, I noticed that I was a Palestinian.
But a Jewish Palestinian...
Klinger really screwed up, his hat doesn’t match his uniform.
Yep, do political officers in other armies sound familiar?
In related news; nudists will be allowed to serve openly:
http://www.duffelblog.com/2015/06/congress-repeals-ban-nudists-serving/
I thought Klinger was always nicely accessorized
They hate the strength and independence the military represents most so they are out to turn it into an organization full of pansies, queers, and transsexuals. Something no red blooded patriot would want to be associated with.
The next President needs to undo all of this crap
Amen to that.
In reality there are not that many transgenders, and homos to do what they aim to do.
The numbers just aren’t there, but the noise sure is.
They seek to destroy us from within. The want to weaken us to the point where we’re a pushover for their comrades overseas.
Meanwhile, hundreds of thousands of Christians have been slaughtered in the Middle East.
All this for possibly 1-2 perverts while the planet is on fire.
Yeah, in case anyone wondered, you are witnessing in real time, the rapid deterioration of a once great nation.
Think: Jerusalem 586 BC, Athens 86 BC, Rome 410 AD, Constantinople 1453.
Not a political solution in sight will save us. Not one.
Only God’s mercy will spare us.
it’s a mental illness
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