{"id":58915,"date":"2015-03-26T09:59:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-26T13:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=58915"},"modified":"2015-03-26T07:38:52","modified_gmt":"2015-03-26T11:38:52","slug":"transgender-ban-at-the-pentagon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=58915","title":{"rendered":"Transgender ban discussion at the Pentagon"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Miami Herald<\/a> discusses some of the issues that the Pentagon is struggling with in regards to folks with Gender Identity Disorder who say that all they want to do is serve in the military like everyone else.<\/p>\n

Much of the opposition centers on questions of where transgender troops would be housed, what berthing they would have on ships, which bathrooms they would use and whether their presence would affect the ability of small units to work well together.<\/p>\n

There also are questions about whether the military would conduct or pay for the medical treatment and costs associated with any gender transition, as well as which physical training standards the troops would be required to meet.<\/p>\n

The military has dealt with similar questions as it has integrated the ranks by race, gender and sexual orientation. And in many cases comparable worries have been raised, including whether the changes would hinder small units that often have to work together in remote, confined locations for long periods of time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Yeah, that’s all probably the least of our worries. How about someone answer me the question “Why?” We have the best military in the world the way it exists today, so what about this issue would possibly improve their ability to kill large numbers of the enemy and destroy their stuff? <\/p>\n

There are already a large class of the US population who think that the military is a huge welfare system – people like Andre Shepherd<\/a>, the deserter who was living in his car before he saw the Army as his way out of poverty. Then there was Kimberly Rivera<\/a>, another deserter whose husband saw her service as his way out of Walmart and her parents’ basement. <\/p>\n

Now, the Gender Identity Disorder crowd will see the military as their free source of swapping out their uglies. I pity the squad leader and platoon sergeant who has to sort through these issues for the first time.<\/p>\n

The argument is that “other nations” have dealt with the issue, so who cares? We’re not “other nations”. We’re the United States of America – the country that changed the course of human history. We’ve never followed “other nations”, so why should we start now?<\/p>\n

This is another useless issue that won’t help our military kill more of our enemies, but will cost money that should be spent on training and weapons that will kill more of our enemies. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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