{"id":144666,"date":"2023-07-20T10:59:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=144666"},"modified":"2023-07-20T10:59:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T14:59:04","slug":"transgendered-servicemembers-may-skip-deployment-for-up-to-300-days-dod-memo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=144666","title":{"rendered":"Transgendered servicemembers may skip deployment for up to 300 days, DOD memo"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Loyd<\/a><\/p>\n

The Department of Defense (DoD) published a memorandum in February, 2023. It spells out the care for transgendered servicemembers. The memorandum goes into detail on addressing transgendered issues, and specifies the period of non-deployable status. When service members begin to transition to their gender of choice, they will have a T3 profile entered into their profile record. Once this process begins, these individuals have up to 300 days to which they would be labeled as “nondeployable.”<\/p>\n

From Breitbart:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

The memo said after 12 months of hormone therapy, transgender service members can request “surgical care,” such as “upper” and “bottom” surgery.<\/p>\n

It said transgender service members could also request surgery without first receiving hormone therapy.<\/p>\n

The memo said “upper” surgery can be performed at WAMC and is a covered benefit, but that surgeries that could not be performed at WAMC, to include “bottom” surgery and “voice feminization” surgery, were not covered. (All transitioning service members will be offered voice and communication therapy, the memo said).<\/p>\n

The memo said that facial\/body contouring could be performed at WAMC, but was not covered since it is considered cosmetic. Laser hair removal was also considered cosmetic, but medically necessary in the case of “bottom” surgery.<\/p>\n

The memo said that it could take between 9-18 months to complete a gender transition, and during that time, a service member can request an exception to policy so that they could use “self-identified gender standards for uniform, grooming, fitness testing, as well as self-identified gender billeting, bathroom, and shower facilities.<\/p>\n

The memo states that transgender service members seeking medical treatment must OK the timeline of their treatment with their unit commanders. However, a sample medical treatment plan attached to the memo said commanders “may not deny medically necessary care,” but the “timeline for specific treatments may be adjusted to minimize readiness impact.”<\/p>\n

The memo is signed by Army Col. David Ross Zinnante, commander of the Womack Army Medical Center.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Breitbart has the rest of the story as well as relevant tweets, and the memorandum itself, at this link<\/a>. You could read information on the commander, who signed the memorandum, here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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