It's all I ever wanted.
Posted on 06/06/2025 11:51:08 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
WASHINGTON (AP) — As transgender service members face a deadline to leave the U.S. military, hundreds are taking the financial bonus to depart voluntarily. But others say they will stay and fight.
For many, it is a wrenching decision to end a career they love, and leave units they have led or worked with for years. And they are angry they are being forced out by the Trump administration’s renewed ban on transgender troops.
Active duty service members had until Friday to identify themselves and begin to leave the military voluntarily, while the National Guard and Reserve have until July 7. Then the military will begin involuntary separations.
Friday’s deadline comes during Pride Month and as the Trump administration targets diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, saying it’s aiming to scrub the military of “wokeness” and reestablishing a “warrior ethos.”
“They’re tired of the rollercoaster. They just want to go,” said one transgender service member, who plans to retire. ”It’s exhausting.”
For others, it’s a call to arms.
“I’m choosing to stay in and fight,” a noncommissioned officer in the Air Force said. “My service is based on merit, and I’ve earned that merit.”
The troops, who mainly spoke on condition of anonymity because they fear reprisals, said being forced to decide is frustrating. They say it’s a personal choice based on individual and family situations, including whether they would get an infusion of cash or possibly wind up owing the government money.
“I’m very disappointed,” a transgender Marine said. “I’ve outperformed, I have a spotless record. I’m at the top of every fitness report. I’m being pushed out while I know others are barely scraping by.”
Some transgender troops decide to leave based on finances
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said this is President Donald Trump’s directive and what America voted for...
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They should be angry at themselves for being freaks and misfits. Or angry at previous administrations and DOD Secretaries who let them enlist in the first place.
perhaps they can get some decision affirming care.
Their first concern is their sanity—or lack thereof—and not their military service.
Go, and take your high-heeled combat stilettos with you.
How do we know if the ppl in the article even exist? It’s the NYT ffs and no one was actually identified.
They need to accept the fact that delusional soldiers constitute a potentially significant — if not a likely threat — on the battlefield.
This is a seconds-old new contrived policy, relatively speaking, and was only implemented by Obama on his way out.
It once was that mental disorders disqualified one from joining the military. If one does not know if they are a boy or a girl, I’d say that that is a mental disorder of the most high.
Take the money and run. There are still plenty of woke companies that would hire you on your “merits”.
Go, get you out! Make haste! Ye venal slaves be gone! So! Take away that shining bauble there, and lock up the doors. In the name of God, go!
Give them a few bucks and a general discharge. No veteran’s benefits...just “goodbye”.If they refuse to go quietly...court martial them.
“That was the tipping point for Roni Ferrell, an Army specialist at Joint Base Lewis-McChord near Tacoma, Washington.
Ferrell, 28, lives on base with her wife and two children and had planned to stay in the Army for at least another decade”
He posts selfies of himself on the internet but I’d rather not post them here. Heavy make up and large implants. There is definitely something wrong with him and has no place in the service. Pray for his children.
Another example of how poetry can reach for immortality.
Good one.
Maybe try getting help and stop stressing society.
If they go there will be trouble
And if they stay it will be double
I hope thae VA doesn't have to pick up the tab for "service connected disabilities" too.
I’ll be brief. Go.
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