Posted on 07/13/2015 5:45:30 PM PDT by NRx
The Pentagon is moving to allow transgender people to serve openly in the military by early next year and end an outdated regulation that harms the armed forces, Defense Secretary Ashton B. Carter said on Monday.
Pentagon officials are to spend the coming months working out the administrative and legal changes needed to remove one of the final barriers to all Americans serving in the military.
If realized, the plan would end what is seen as one of the last discriminatory rules about who can enlist or be commissioned in the American military. It would also be a tacit recognition that thousands of transgender people are already in uniform.
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Normal is the new abnormal.
Exactly. There is no other reason for this. I guess Barry wants us to lose decisively in our upcoming war with Iran.
Transgender is not a gender, one is male or female. A simple blood test can determine gender if the matter is in question.
Yes he did regret it. He wanted to change back though his testes had popped while Kyle played basketball after his race change operation. The dad had a species change operation.
how long before everyone in the military is gay?
“Thousands” of trannies now serving in uniform?
DOUBTFUL
No...just no.
No the men who identify as either gender get to wear fatigues and the ladies who identify as either gender, well they get to wear fatigues and the “ questioning” ? well they pretty much also get to wear fatigues
There are going to be lots of “friendly fire” mishaps.
Wow- I missed those episodes- Brilliant !
A nice butch class A dress jacket with all the ribbons and qualification badges, a skirt and heels.
I am sure the VA will pay for sex change operations. Bet on it.
Probably won’t even be necessary for Iran to wage war against us.
Now just listen to Ted Nugent, Kid rock, and wear the Gadsden Flag and you be fine, you be home in no time...
Here comes the rainbow service ribbon.
With hemorrhoid clusters.
I think this is disruptive to good order in the military, as is the open practice of homosexuality, by the way.
They weren’t already?
I’m starting to wonder whether Janis Karpinski wasn’t actually James.
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