Posted on 06/30/2016 10:55:08 AM PDT by Ketill Frostbeard
WASHINGTON — Transgender individuals will be able to openly serve in the U.S. armed forces, Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced Thursday. The new policy will be phased in over a one-year period and, effective immediately, servicemembers may no longer be involuntarily separated, discharged or denied reenlistment solely on the basis of gender identity, according to a Department of Defense news release. Servicemembers currently on duty will be able to serve openly. At one year, the services will begin allowing transgender individuals to join the armed forces, assuming they meet accession standards. Gender identity will also not be considered a bar to admission to a military service academy, for participation in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or any other accession program, if the individual meets the new criteria. “This is the right thing to do for our people and for the force,” Carter said in a news release issued shortly before the formal announcement. “We’re talking about talented Americans who are serving with distinction or who want the opportunity to serve.” The new policy also establishes a construct to let servicemembers transition gender while serving and sets standards for medical care. news@stripes.com
Hopefully, the new owners will not share the "universal values" that Obama, Trudeau and Pena are determined to foist on us.
Hopefully, the new owners will not share the "universal values" that Obama, Trudeau and Pena are determined to foist on us.
Ash Carter is an enemy combatant.
Just take the time to read Romans 1:18-32 and tell me we aren't there right now.
This is just Obama and his crooks distracting from what they’re really up to
Skip the "probably."
Congress has been transgendered. No one there has the balls to stand up to the queer lobby.
Nick Yemana’s offspring?
Gender identity will also not be considered a bar to admission to a military service academy, for participation in the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps or any other accession program, if the individual meets the new criteria.
Congratulations, troop.
Now you may find yourself in a furious firefight battling for your life, while the women in uniform scream and the transgenders in uniform make a grab for your balls.
And you thought you had enough to worry about, thank you, just staying alive and returning fire.
Unless approved by Congress, the next president could simply undo this.
Who is going to support their kids’ serving their country after this?
We are being prepared for a hostile takeover.
Yup.
Russia and China are watching and drooling.
North Korea, too.
Active Duty ping.
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