This is my local VFW post commander:
“I’m not sure if any of the organized groups ever documented the case of an extraordinary infantry soldier, Sergeant Major Jennifer Long (SGM E-9) who, having served several tours in the Middle East, was called back to Afghanistan after she had begun her medical transition. She found Army doctors who helped continue her “stealth” transition while she excelled in achieving her mission and was awarded a bronze star for combat valor! Now retired, SGM Long continues to show her leadership as Post Commander of her VFW post in Kearny NJ which organized sending 900 care packages to the NJ National Guard personnel posted overseas for the 2014 Holidays. Her work is not unnoticed by the NJ State VFW and she has taken a leadership position with the State VFW for veterans’ advocacy. Politically able and willing, she is an officer of the NJ Democratic State Committee LGBT Caucus.”
Once the military became an armed Red Cross, it made social engineering much easier.
I would think “stealth transition” would be illegal, because you have to lie about your health and medications.