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Because they have elected to keep it to themselves, deciding their military service was more important at this juncture in their lives, than living as a gender different than they born. They elect to openly transition after they retire or are discharged. This is not the only area service members choose to delay until they are done with the service.
Thanks for admitting that transgender people can serve in the military effectively. It's nice to finally get someone to say as much after all this back and forth.
Great move! Military is no place for social experiment......there is a reason we separate men from women since basic training/boot camp and why they take separate showers and put them in different living quarters..............if a man thinks he is a woman and wants to act like one, let him do it on his/her free time in the civilian world, don't take our military to push an agenda at the expense of the moral of our troops.
There was no actual service as transgender since it was a *secret* kept. If they had served openly as transgender there would be actual evidence it can be done without disruption.
Openly serving will create a lot of potential problems for the military. If they need therapy in order to function while serving in the military, they need to be processed out (medical retirement.)
Would someone please point me to the thread(s) of the outrage that transgenders were not allowed in to the military when Obama was president?
Anyone got those?
Surely there was non stop outrage since all these people claim to care so much about transgenders' rights in the military.
Anyone?
Ok, I'll settle for 3 threads of full on outrage from the left discussing why Obama did nothing to allow transgenders in to the military for 7 years. Was he so inept that it took him 7 out of his 8 years to get that passed, yet Trump can ban them in little over half a year in his first term?
Where was the outrage in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015?
I'm sure you all can find at least 3 threads from those years of the liberal outrage towards Obama that he did nothing to allow transgenders in the military.
I imagine if costs were really the issue, then something would be worked out in regards to them. Instead of a flat ban.
Seems that would have been the more reasonable course of action, yes?
Also, if you want to go down rabbit hole of what the military "should" pay for in regards to the healthcare for its soldiers, then you should be prepared to have some uncomfortable conversations.
I don't believe that those in the military who want to change gender will simply agree to cover the costs themselves in order to remain in the military. Perhaps Trump will find other ways to manage military expenses, such as withdrawing viagra costs.
I have no doubt most of them are good people who just want to serve.
But once you open this door (allowing them to openly serve as a transgender folk), military is obligated to pay for every treatment comes with it. You can't deny some people choose to go through that transaction while serving in the military. If this is what they choose to do , then they are not compatible with the military.
It is not as simple as you think it is.
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