Well China feels safer! Isn’t that grand?
I can imagine the first exchange this man is going to have with someone who has already dropped their paperwork to leave the military.
"You are to carry out these orders."
"Yes, sir."
"I'm a woman and you will address me as ma'am."
"Yes, sir."
...and thus the new salutations "Sir-Ma'am" and "Ma'am-Sir", depending on whether they pretended to add or remove. hardware.