{"id":73170,"date":"2017-07-01T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T16:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=73170"},"modified":"2017-07-01T13:55:20","modified_gmt":"2017-07-01T17:55:20","slug":"pentagon-delays-recruiting-transgender-troops-for-six-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=73170","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon delays recruiting transgender troops for six months"},"content":{"rendered":"

Chief Tango sends a link to the Washington Post<\/a> which reports that the new Pentagon chief has decided to delay recruiting transgender troops for six months. <\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis has delayed a plan approved by the Obama administration a year ago to begin allowing transgender recruits to join the U.S. military, providing the Joint Chiefs of Staff with a six-month reprieve that they requested, the Pentagon said Friday night.<\/p>\n

The decision was made on the eve of a deadline set a year ago by then-Defense Secretary Ash Carter. The services can now delay processing transgender recruits until Jan. 1, following another review of accession plans and providing information about how doing so will affect the military and its lethality, Mattis said in a memo. Details about that review must be provided back to Mattis by Dec. 1.<\/p>\n

The defense secretary said in the memo that the delay \u201cin no way presupposes an outcome,\u201d but after consulting with top generals and other senior defense officials, he determined more time is needed before making a decision. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The folks at the Palm Center<\/a> emailed me to let me know that delay will somehow affect readiness;<\/p>\n

For the past year, transgender troops have been serving openly and have been widely praised by their Commanders, as is the case in 18 allied militaries around the world including Israel and Britain. <\/p>\n

[…]<\/p>\n

In light of the success of transgender military service, the extensive research confirming that inclusive policy promotes readiness, and the sad history of \u2018don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u2019 loyally-serving transgender troops deserve to know whether Secretary Mattis stands by the claim he made at his confirmation hearing that LGBT troops can indeed serve in a \u2018lethal\u2019 military. Stonewalling on full inclusion will, just like \u2018don\u2019t ask, don\u2019t tell,\u2019 compromise military readiness.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

You know what “comprises military readiness”? Focusing on things that have nothing to do with readiness. The current crop of transgender troops serving openly began their careers by lying, that’s not a thing that enhances readiness. <\/p>\n

You know what else compromises military readiness? Throwing taxpayer money intended for defense down a dark, bottomless hole to pay for elective treatment by transgender people who will demand that their condition be classified as a service-connected condition and that it must be treated at no cost to them. Not to mention that they bring a whole new slew of psychiatric problems to their units while we are in the midst of a world-wide war against terror. <\/p>\n

Someone who can’t wait six months for a decision by the Pentagon isn’t going to do well during a year-long deployment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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