Military chiefs raise security fears as Royal Navy considers issuing multiple ID cards to gender-fluid staff

Daily Mail ^ | May 23, 2023 | Tom Cotterill

[Angelino97]

Royal Navy top brass have been accused of taking political correctness 'a step too far' after it was revealed naval chiefs were 'considering' issuing multiple military ID cards to gender-fluid sailors.

The move triggered a verbal broadside from veteran military commanders - including a former head of the Navy - who claimed the proposal could be 'open to abuse' and might pose a 'security risk'.

Currently, all military personnel are issued a single identification card, known as a MoD90, which displays their name, rank and photograph. They allow access to Ministry of Defence sites.

However, the Navy is weighing up whether to allow staff who are gender-fluid - those who may self-identify as different genders over time - to have multiple IDs.

The revelation emerged in the service's application to the Stonewall Top 100 Employers list, run by an LGBT rights charity - with the navy saying inclusion and diversity groups within the force had 'challenged' the tradition one-card rule.

But military commanders fear issuing more than one ID could create a security risk. Retired Lieutenant Commander Mike Critchley said: 'Losing an ID card can be open to abuse. Issuing more ID cards will heighten the risk of them being lost.'

[Angelino97]

The Royal Navy and poofters? The jokes write themselves.

[NWFree]

They deserve it

[BikerJoe]

Ok, this crap needs to stop. Gender fluid means multiple personalities, which means nuts.

[TokarevM57]

.....”...multiple ID cards to gender-fluid staff.....”...
WTF is “gender-fluid” anyway....? I think the whole world is going bonkers, and at light speed, too....

[Leaning Right]

Fortunately for the UK, the Royal Navy has no real adversaries these days. The US Navy is doing almost all the heavy lifting. So the RN can afford to be silly.

However, if Kaiser Wilhelm II’s navy were still about it would be a bit of a different story.

[butlerweave]

Royal Navy and cannibalism years ago

[silverleaf]

Sailor: Sir, Permission to speak. May I be Frank?
CO: Permission granted to be Frank.
Sailor: Very Well, Sir. Today I shall be Frank. But tomorrow,
I will be Loretta.

[PerConPat]

My reading of military history informs me of weakening armed forces in prolonged periods of peace. It's, sad to say, inevitable that the militaries of all free nations will be subjected to absurdities while not in prolonged combat.

The harsh reality is whether the defense establishment can rebuild itself in time to confront the challenges sure to come as a result weakened armed forces.

[ronnie raygun]

Pick a card, any card

[Leaning Right]

> WTF is “gender-fluid” anyway....? <

I think BikerJoe is right (post #3): Gender fluid means multiple personalities.

So someone might self-identify as a male on Monday, and as a female on Tuesday. Now, that’s crazy enough. But what the Royal Navy is considering is even crazier.

Evidently, the RN wants to issue that person multiple IDs. So in the above example, the individual would carry his male ID on Monday, and his female one on Tuesday.

[jdt1138]

In my navy days the mentally ill lost their security clearance and were kicked out.

Now the communists have discovered how to infiltrate and purge the military of patriotic men.