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Navy secretary on transgender troops: 'Any patriot' should be allowed to serve
The Hill ^ | 8/11/2017 | REBECCA KHEEL

Posted on 08/11/2017 7:55:34 AM PDT by Kevin C

The recently confirmed secretary of the Navy says he will follow any order the president gives on transgender troops, but that “any patriot” should be allowed to serve.

“We will process and take direction of a policy that is developed by the [Defense] secretary [with] direction from the president and march out smartly,” Navy Secretary Richard V. Spencer told reporters Thursday night after visiting Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.

"On a fundamental basis, any patriot that wants to serve and meets all the requirements should be able to serve in our military"

Spencer was confirmed a week after President Trump tweeted that he plans to ban transgender people from serving in the military.

(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; navy; poofter; richardspencer; transexuals; trump; trumpdod; usnavy; villagepeople
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To: Kevin C

Should “any” patriot serve? Like fat, out of shape, old patriots who don’t want to cut their hair or shave off their beard?


21 posted on 08/11/2017 8:02:40 AM PDT by TMA62 (Al Sharpton - The North Korea of race relations)
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To: Enlightened1

This is bull...I am blind in one eye ..I cannot serve..the guy is a fool..


22 posted on 08/11/2017 8:02:49 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: gunnyg

Audie Murphy was turned down by everybody. The Army had to take him, as he was just small. And the fact that he did not have a disqualifying medical condition.


23 posted on 08/11/2017 8:02:50 AM PDT by D Rider
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To: Kevin C

He should be replaced - borderline insubordination should not be tolerated. Bust one of these assholes and the message will be received by the others 5 by 5. The Obamanation is over, and so is the era of social experimentation in our military.


24 posted on 08/11/2017 8:02:51 AM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: Kevin C

He still has a job?


25 posted on 08/11/2017 8:03:11 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Kevin C

The “mentally ill” part is being ignored/left out.


26 posted on 08/11/2017 8:03:22 AM PDT by Qiviut (Obama's Legacy in two words: DONALD TRUMP)
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To: kabar

Or patriotic heroin addicts, gang-bangers, or paraplegics.


27 posted on 08/11/2017 8:03:32 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob (Brought to you from Turtle Island, otherwise known as 'So-Called North America')
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To: Kevin C

Any patriot? Including ones who have trouble with the run or with the tape test? Or the height requirment? STFU fool.


28 posted on 08/11/2017 8:03:44 AM PDT by thorvaldr
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To: grania

Just for information, a list of the medical conditions that would disqualify a person from joining the Navy.

http://navy.army.com/info/join/medical


29 posted on 08/11/2017 8:03:56 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia (Democrats: The perfect party for the helpless and stupid, and those who would rule over them.)
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To: Kevin C

Fat patriots? Patriots with diseases? Blind patriots? Deaf patriots?

Oh, I get it. Just the ones who need to change their gender fluid every 3000 miles.


30 posted on 08/11/2017 8:05:21 AM PDT by perfect_rovian_storm
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To: Kevin C

Having served as a commissioned Army officer, I’ve personally been opposed to conscription, and been a proponent of the all volunteer force, but looking back at history, we may want to reinstate the draft. When that happens, lunatic leftists don’t demand entry into the military, in fact, they do everything to dodge it.
Want to keep these nuts out of the military? Make it compulsory, and most of them will flee to Canada.


31 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:13 AM PDT by Joe 6-pack (Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
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To: Kevin C

Define patriot.

An American patriot loves God first.


32 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:25 AM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Kevin C

I’m pretty sure POTUS said trans don’t meet the requirements, and IT’S HIS DECISION TO MAKE.

There will be a new Navy Sec shortly.


33 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:34 AM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: D Rider

That is a valid medical issue. They treated my dad’s prostate cancer with hormone injections. Once they started he could barely stay awake. Started having hot flashes and all the typical woman-in-menopause symptoms.


34 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:35 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Kevin C

On second thought . . . I do not see him breaking with the President at all - he is agreeing with him that the policy will be obeyed and that future enlistees will need to meet the requirements.


35 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:38 AM PDT by Pilgrim's Progress (http://www.baptistbiblebelievers.com/BYTOPICS/tabid/335/Default.aspx D)
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To: Kevin C
...patriot

Remember, Nidal Hasan took an oath too.

36 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:39 AM PDT by RckyRaCoCo (FUMSM)
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To: Kevin C

Repeal and replace this idiot.


37 posted on 08/11/2017 8:06:57 AM PDT by DarthVader ("These lying tyrants are about to get hit with a tsunami of destruction on their evil reign." Gaffer)
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To: Kevin C

Bet’cha Washington or Grants armies didn’t have any.


38 posted on 08/11/2017 8:07:32 AM PDT by Don Corleone (.leave the gun, take the canolis, take it to the mattress.)
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To: Kevin C

Diabetic’s can’t serve. Anyone under a doctor’s care should not be serving.


39 posted on 08/11/2017 8:07:45 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie
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To: Kevin C

He’s just another Goldman Sachs, servile cuck from Red England.


40 posted on 08/11/2017 8:09:00 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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