I was never in the military so I have not served. My father volunteered for WW2. My Uncles served in WW2 and Korea. Some cousins in Vietnam. So maybe I have no voice, but somehow it seems to me that the whole DEI, transgender, politically correct theory of bullcrap is out of place in an organization that is tasked to kill people and break things.
What you do behind closed doors is none of my business. But damn, making all this part of the agenda and pushing it is simply crazy given the mission statement. Seems that the whole DEI agenda has actually caused the recruiting shortfall, especially when combined with the general demonization of traditional service. Military families, with long traditions of service, no longer recommend to their children to serve.
FULL STORY AT LINK ABOVE ^^^
What you do behind closed doors is none of my business. But damn, making all this part of the agenda and pushing it is simply crazy given the mission statement. Seems that the whole DEI agenda has actually caused the recruiting shortfall, especially when combined with the general demonization of traditional service. Military families, with long traditions of service, no longer recommend to their children to serve.
FULL STORY AT LINK ABOVE ^^^
Donald Trump to kick transgender troops out of US military
November 11 2024, 3.20pm GMT
Donald Trump is planning an executive order that would lead to the removal of all transgender members of the US military, defence sources say.
The order could come on his first day back in the White House, January 20. There are believed to be about 15,000 active service personnel who are transgender. They would be medically discharged, which would determine that they were unfit to serve.
It would also lead to a ban on trans people joining the military and would come at a time when almost all branches of the American armed forces are failing to meet recruitment targets.
Trump, 78, has railed against “woke” practices in the military, saying that some high-ranking officers are often more interested in diversity, equity and inclusion than planning to fight.
The ban is expected to be wider ranging than a similar order made during his first term in office, when Trump prevented transgender people joining the armed forces, but allowed those already serving to keep their jobs. President Biden rescinded the order, but this time even those with decades of service will be removed from their posts, according to several sources.
“These people will be forced out at a time when the military can’t recruit enough people,” a source familiar with Trump’s plans said. “Only the Marine Corps is hitting its numbers for recruitment and some people who will be affected are in very senior positions.”
According to the Pentagon, privacy policies make it difficult to measure the number of active duty trans people, but about 2,200 service members had been diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2021, when Trump’s first ban was lifted. There are about 1.3 million active duty personnel in the military.
There are believed to be thousands of other personnel who identify as gender different from the one they were born.
Military charities that fought the trans ban during Trump’s first term are aware of his plans for a similar move by the incoming administration.
“Should a trans ban be implemented from day one of the Trump administration it would undermine the readiness of the military and create an even greater recruitment and retention crisis, not to mention signalling vulnerability to America’s adversaries,” said Rachel Branaman, executive director of Modern Military Association of America, which campaigns on behalf of LGBTQ+ military personnel and veterans. . . .
