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Army Makes It Harder to Dismiss Transgender Soldiers (Top Obama appointee to decide)
Breitbart's Big Peace ^ | March 9, 2015 | Edwin Mora

Posted on 03/09/2015 10:38:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

A change in policy issued by the Army Friday evening will make it harder to dismiss transgender soldiers, according to advocate groups.

Various media outlets reported on the new directive.

“The Army issued a directive Friday that protects transgender soldiers from being dismissed by mid-level officers by requiring the decision for discharge to be made by the service’s top civilian for personnel matters,” reported USA Today. “The Army’s new policy is the latest indication that the military’s ban on transgender troops may be eased or even lifted.”

USA Today was the first news outlet to report the possibility of a change in the way the Army handles the dismissal of transgender troops.

“In essence, the announcement [on Friday] places a moratorium on dismissals by requiring officers to explain their decision to discharge a transgender soldier to a high-ranking civilian leader, a move many would view as potentially damaging to their careers,” explained USA Today. “The Pentagon took the same tack when it backed away from its Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell policy that banned gay and lesbian troops. It required a review of decisions to discharge gay troops by the department’s top lawyer and service secretaries, and no further dismissals occurred.”

The Army downplayed the recent change.

According to the service branch, the new directive does not change the policy toward transgender people, who are barred from serving in the military....

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: army; homosexualagenda; lgbt; military; obama; soldiers; transgender; transgenders; usarmy
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To: Jack Hammer

“The Russians and Chinese are laughing their asses off.”

Can you blame them?


21 posted on 03/10/2015 4:46:05 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: ought-six

And The Secretary of the Air Force, a woman appointed by King Putt, said recently that if any USAF officers want to be promoted, especially to command rank, they must embrace diversity.

When I served in the USAF back in the day (1970-1974) our primary mission was to kill our nation’s enemies and destroy his physical assets and his cities. I guess we were just being silly back then.


22 posted on 03/10/2015 4:47:14 AM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

how many transgender soldiers.... three? five?


23 posted on 03/10/2015 4:54:13 AM PDT by bert ((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... Obama is public enemy #1)
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To: kaehurowing

What does operational readiness matter? Morale? Logistics? Which group showers will they go into, do they get to choose?


24 posted on 03/10/2015 4:56:50 AM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: napscoordinator

How on Earth did we suddenly become Transsexual America the last few months.

It’s called hope and change.


25 posted on 03/10/2015 4:58:49 AM PDT by logic101.net (If libs believe in Darwin and natural selection why do they get hacked off when it happens?)
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To: Ronin

What’s that word; rhymes with fag; something about a mis-placed grenade?


26 posted on 03/10/2015 5:27:54 AM PDT by Blogatron (Allah = Satan)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Coming soon - join the military and get free sex-change surgery and treatments.

Meanwhile the VA and TriCare will be suspended for vets and other retirees...

27 posted on 03/10/2015 5:43:47 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Do we still have an army? or has our army(and navy and air force) become a troupe of mimes and performance “artists”?


28 posted on 03/10/2015 6:46:29 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: Politicalkiddo

None of this will be changed no matter who is elected president, no mater the composition of the Congress. It is some sort of natural law, I think, that these things only run in one direction until the system is conquered from without or just comes all apart. Liberals will push the absurdities to uberabsurdity and conservatives will be afraid of appearing uncompassionate.


29 posted on 03/10/2015 6:50:45 AM PDT by arthurus (it's true!)
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To: napscoordinator

Because of Mike in the white mosque?


30 posted on 03/10/2015 7:48:45 AM PDT by mcshot (I pray someone comes forth with the strength, fortitude and burning desire to save our Republic)
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To: ought-six

OVR stands for “OVER” - as in What the F***, Over?

As in a radio transmission response to something ludicrous, end of statement, waiting your reply ... Example:

“Obama is still in power? WTF?-Over”


31 posted on 03/10/2015 10:04:39 PM PDT by WTFOVR (I find myself exclaiming that expression quite often these days!)
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To: logic101.net

There is an Air Force base in Florida where the head of the mental health department is a dude that wears a dress to work. Think how messed up that is to the troops that have to go see it.


32 posted on 03/11/2015 6:41:52 AM PDT by USAF80
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To: WTFOVR

When I was in the USAF, and we used Morse, “over” was the letter “K”.

Thanks for explaining the acronym.


33 posted on 03/11/2015 4:20:48 PM PDT by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: Politicalkiddo
“How on Earth did we suddenly become Transsexual America the last few months.”

Because the Left pushed DADT in the military, and stupid conservatives accepted it as a "reasonable compromise." All this was is a foot in the door to turn the military completely gay.

34 posted on 03/11/2015 4:22:45 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: WTFOVR

“The time for believing anything any politician says on any subject is long over.”

Absolutely, if it ever existed in the first place.


35 posted on 03/13/2015 2:14:36 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (All those who were appointed to eternal life believed. Acts 13:48)
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