As Pentagon mulls ending ban, transgender soldiers talk about serving country openly (+video)

The Christian Science Monitor ^ | July 15, 2015 | Harry Bruinius, Staff writer

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With an estimated 15,000 transgender soldiers now serving throughout the US military, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter on Monday called the military's ban 'outdated' and 'confusing.'

When Kristin Beck was a Navy SEAL for 20 years, and known as a fighter named Christopher, her transgender identity was “maybe third or fourth or fifth down the list of things that were concerning me.”

A decorated veteran of seven combat missions and a member of the famed special counterterrorism unit SEAL Team Six, Ms. Beck was part of the one of the most elite fighting forces in the world, the “toughest of the tough,” the former senior chief says, before leaving the Navy in 2011.

“My primary concern was service to my country, to defend the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, to defend my nation,” says Beck. “At the time, the more important objective was service to the country, and so I was able to put aside my own personal gender struggle.”(continued)

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I am sure there is an opening in headquarters until a vacant appointment to West Point comes open.

Oh, and of course, a FABULOUS promotion!

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Bose 901s with a JC Penney (Pioneer) stereo.

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Yamaha turntable, cassette deck, control and 200w power amp driving JBL L-112s and L-15s. I loved the PX in Frankfurt.

And the Class VI in Fulda.