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You may be right, but I would like to know why they are non-deployable. Nothing in your post answers that question.
soldiers who have “transitioned” medically require regular hormone treatments and follow-up visits after sex-reassignment surgery. It is unclear how someone who has “transitioned” would be deployable.
just like it is unclear how somebody who suffer from certain mental illness would be deployable.
One cannot be so sure, so military does not have to take any risks.
I just don't just it, the military is not an equal opportunity employer. There is no need to change that.
You are disqualified from admission to military service if you have an ingrown toenail, if you are not between 60 and 80 inches in height for a male, if you have allergies to certain foods or insects, if you score too low on the ASVAB test, if you can not meet body fat standards, if you are 40 or older, and the list goes on and on and on.
The bottom line is that the military discriminates by design to create the best fighting force we can with our general population. THE MILITARY DOES NOT ALLOW YOU TO SERVE JUST BECAUSE YOU WANT TO SERVE. There are tens of thousands of people turned away by recruiters a month that do not qualify for one reason or another. 71% of American youth does not qualify for service for some discriminating reason.
No, no matter what they say, the military has never been, is not, and will NEVER be an equal opportunity employer.
A poster in another forum asked a very question, he asked,
Why do liberals care so much about those now not qualifying that comprise 0.3% of the population? The answer is politics and that is it. Why don't you give a damn about that kid with a food allergy being discriminated against? Why don't you care about that short boy or that tall girl being discriminated against? Why don't you care about overweight people or those that don't take tests very well? why don't you care about people over 40 years old being discriminated against?
Your political masters haven't told you to care about them, that's why.
Sometimes a "rep" just isn't enough. That was truly outstanding!
I recall saying to my father when I was a teen about going for a long officer commitment so I would have a job for years..........and he pointed out the reality of things.
That as an officer, I would serve by the grace of the President (he may have said Congress) and if he/they didn't need my services anymore, they could tell me good bye.
Hence, seeing this situation from that angle, it is rather up to him/them.
The military isn't a social experiment. Gender confusion is a serious mental health issue and it has no place in our armed forces.
What about FtM trans people?
Most people have an inherent disgust for the MtF half and I think that plays into a lot of this.
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