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Ban on transgender servicemembers repealed
Stripes.com ^ | June 30, 2016 | Stars & Stripes Staff

Posted on 06/30/2016 10:55:08 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard

WASHINGTON — Transgender individuals will be able to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday. The new policy will be phased in over a one-year period and, effective immediately, servicemembers may no longer be involuntarily separated, discharged or denied reenlistment solely on the basis of gender identity, according to a Department of Defense news release. Servicemembers currently on duty will be able to serve openly. At one year, the services will begin allowing transgender individuals to join the armed forces, assuming they meet accession standards. Gender identity will also not be considered a bar to admission to a military service academy, for participation in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or any other accession program, if the individual meets the new criteria. “This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” Carter said in a news release issued shortly before the formal announcement. “We’re talking about talented Americans who are serving with distinction or who want the opportunity to serve.” The new policy also establishes a construct to let servicemembers transition gender while serving and sets standards for medical care. news@stripes.com


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: homosexualagenda; lgbt; military
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1 posted on 06/30/2016 10:55:08 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

What about the Furries?


2 posted on 06/30/2016 10:56:08 AM PDT by MeganC (The Republic of The United States of America: 7/4/1776 to 6/26/2015 R.I.P.)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Rest easy, everyone. Now mentally ill people who don’t know what sex they are from looking will guard and protect this nation in our deteriorating military.


3 posted on 06/30/2016 10:57:11 AM PDT by WENDLE (Make America Great again. Arrest Hillary.)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Just what the U.S. military needs - mentally unstable people who deny genetic reality.


4 posted on 06/30/2016 10:57:49 AM PDT by Cecily
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To: MeganC

The insanity continues.


5 posted on 06/30/2016 10:58:45 AM PDT by KC_Conspirator
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

I should have identified as a general years ago.


6 posted on 06/30/2016 10:59:33 AM PDT by JonPreston
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Meanwhile my Marine nephew who served 2 tours in Afghanistan was just denied re-enlistment because he has a tattoo on his forearm.


7 posted on 06/30/2016 11:00:29 AM PDT by noexcuses
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

“The new policy also establishes a construct to let servicemembers transition gender while serving and sets standards for medical care.”

SO.... taxpayers will pay for their operations.


8 posted on 06/30/2016 11:00:39 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (Lost my tagline on Flight MH370. Sorry for the inconvenience.)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Ass Carter said they are following the template to successful implementation of the policy! Whatever that means. Thank goodness we live in such peaceful times so we can achieve this wonderful human rights issue! I wonder if we should review our mission and see if there are any threats out there. /S


9 posted on 06/30/2016 11:00:43 AM PDT by stillfree? (RAGTAGLINE)
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I can just see some “marine” prancing from fox hole to fox hole in his long skirt and high heels. Not a pretty sight!


10 posted on 06/30/2016 11:02:12 AM PDT by DaveA37
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

This has not been thought out. If current trends are allowed to prevail, any recruit male or female, can say they ‘identify as’ the other gender at any time. There may be instances where males will ‘identify as’ females in order to pass rigorous physical tests needed for advancement.
So will they cease to have separate sleeping /living quarters for men and women? Is that what will soon be mandated too?

Then watch how ‘shocked’ they pretend to be when so many of their recruits become pregnant (or STD pos) and thus, disabled for regular duty. ‘What’s going on? Why all the mistreatment of women? We will NOT tolerate it!!!”


11 posted on 06/30/2016 11:03:11 AM PDT by lee martell
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

I hope all of those who are for this are sued for everything they own.


12 posted on 06/30/2016 11:03:21 AM PDT by LauraJean (sometimes I win sometimes I donate to the equine benevolent society)
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To: KC_Conspirator
Another way to look at this might include;

Obama encouraging Muslims to attack our Military by making it Gay.

13 posted on 06/30/2016 11:03:41 AM PDT by Zeneta
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To: UCANSEE2

“The new policy also establishes a construct to let servicemembers transition gender while serving and sets standards for medical care.”

SO.... taxpayers will pay for their operation”

It’s not like the VA doesn’t already have problems.. people like waiting in line like at Disneyland.


14 posted on 06/30/2016 11:04:00 AM PDT by Reddy (B.O. stinks)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Obama means to destroy this country


15 posted on 06/30/2016 11:04:03 AM PDT by Crucial
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Are you serious? You’ve got to be $#*tting me! A marine with a tattoo? Isn’t that about as common as making whoopie in a cathouse?


16 posted on 06/30/2016 11:04:24 AM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Freak-show military for a freak-show nation.

America has become a sick, depraved embarrassment to all it ever once was and ever aspired to be. We’ve become a country that is downright telegraphing that we are available to be conquered.

Drag-queen armed forces. A corps of Bradley Manning psychos. Vomitous insanity.


17 posted on 06/30/2016 11:05:08 AM PDT by greene66
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Holy Mother of Mao...you've got to be *kidding* me!

18 posted on 06/30/2016 11:05:20 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Obamanomics:Trickle Up Poverty)
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To: Cecily

Had advanced info on this.

There will be mandatory training for all service men on tolerance, acceptance and the like.

Total clusterf-ck.

Folks of profile are not allowed to deploy...yet you are going to deploy folks who need daily or weekly injections of the opposite sex hormones? You cannot be deployed or re-enlisted with a whole host of medicinal now, all of which are taken orally. Buy you are going to let mentally challenged folks in who need shots to avoid going back to what they were?

How about PT standards?

lastly all the sensitivity training in the world will not overcome the projectile vomit inducing aspect of seeing a man dress like a woman. It is just gross.

This administration is really attempting to destroy the small unit cohesion of the military. It is going to take a severe defeat in war to right this ship, with lots of dead Americans sacrificed on the alter of diversity.

Obamam and his minions are evil


19 posted on 06/30/2016 11:05:36 AM PDT by Frederick303
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To: Ketill Frostbeard

Tranny “independence day”. Happy 4th of July.


20 posted on 06/30/2016 11:05:45 AM PDT by lodi90 (Clear choice for Conservatives now: TRUMP or lose)
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