Ireland told Military.com that wearing the uniform and being deployed to Afghanistan "have been among the greatest honors of my life." (GLAD Law)
Posted on 07/25/2026 3:28:51 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
Air Force Master Sergeant Logan Ireland told Military.com that a federal court's dismissal of a Justice Department motion is a "meaningful victory" for him and 17 other airmen embroiled in a lawsuit against the U.S. government.
Ireland is at the center of the lawsuit, Ireland v. US, along with 17 other transgender service members from the U.S. Air Force and Space Force amid claims that they all received retirement orders prior to having those orders revoked without explanation. The personnel, who each have dedicated more than 15 years of their lives to service to the United States' benefit, filed litigation to preserve their salaries and retirement benefits.
Counsel for the plaintiffs claim that these service members will lose $1 to $2 million in lifetime benefits that jeopardize their families’ economic security. It would also strip the members and their families of access to TRICARE, the military health insurance program, which provides access to civilian health care providers beyond VA facilities. Plaintiffs are represented by GLAD Law, the National Center for LGBTQ Rights, Stapleton Segal Cochran LLC, and the Law Office of Jeremy Spiegel.
Ireland told Military.com that wearing the uniform and being deployed to Afghanistan "have been among the greatest honors of my life." (GLAD Law)
On July 22, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims denied a Department of Justice motion to dismiss the claims by the 17 transgender service members. It follows the previous efforts made by the Trump administration, with executive orders from President Trump and policies pushed by the Pete Hegseth-led Department of Defense, to restrict transgender military personnel.
"This ruling is a meaningful victory because the court rejected the DOJ’s attempt to push most of us out of the case before our claims could even...
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Process matters.
The personnel, who each have dedicated more than 15 years of their lives to service to the United States...
It takes 20 years to retire. Did dometing change?
Singlaub had his 30. Those with less than 20 are brave but then there are a lot of leftists that will give them a home after they lose out on the money. Just put in your 20.
His issues don’t involve a family that will lose out does it?
WTH is that a picture of???????????????????
The article doesn’t say if these soldiers are entitled to a retirement with less than 20 years unless special circumstances exist (e.g. disability...). Same goes for tricare. Are they trying to get a retirement with less than 20 without special circumstances?
Lloyd Bucher was given a desk job after surrendering the USS Pueblo to the Norks-1968. His superiors were the guilty ones.
He was allowed to put in his 20.
We do not have to participate in its “fantasy”.
Hi...unlike thee more combative specific USAR or USMC, the standard term to acquire retirement has been 20 years service time. It was so when I enlisted in 1970. At 20, you can retire or choose another 4 year enlistment. If there are medical reasons, take the 20.
The "born this way" also makes it a pre-existing condition.
I have no idea what your point is.
I should not have posed this as a question. It’s a statement. It takes 20 years to earn a normal retirement.
I retired at 28.
To bad for them.
If they crossed the 15 year threshold and served honorably, give them an early retirement.
That’s fair.
It’s all about their dick.
That’s Their Pride.
I disagree. I and my family do not want to pay for them. Perhaps you could start a goFundMe for them.
I take it Military.com is the looney tunes publication of service members.
I responded on the idea of when military retirement is allowed. The standard “I’m done and going fishing” is 20 years at the minimum, unlike the private sector.
I interjected USAR and USMC, because with their jobs, there is such a thing as a “medical retirement”, due to physical damage, which means a. G.I. just might get full retirement during their initial enlistment period. Quite unlike the private sector.
I am honored to know someone who pulled 28.
My father, with service in USAR Corp of Eng, Mer Mar, USAF, had 24 years.
I, became hitched with someone who was the adopted daughter of a Madison Avenue exec VP, with mitigating circumstances, was able to finish half of 20, all honorable, as a Viet/Cold War vet.
If we accepted them in the past, and they served honorably, they did their part.
If we now change the rules again, they didn’t do anything wrong. We changed the rules on them.
We have to honor our contract.
He/she forgot to shave for the picture.
Were you part of the cabal that broke 200+ years of US military precedent by allowing mentally ill people in the military? Then why are you bound by someone else’s contempt for our nation and rules?
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