Quote:The Pentagon has issued a comprehensive manual detailing protocol for service members undergoing a sex-change transition that includes extended time off, getting a commander’s approval for medical treatments and a prohibition on living a “preferred gender” lifestyle on base.

In the step-by-step process laid out by the Department of Defense, a service member must first secure a medical diagnosis from a military medical provider. Next, the service member must notify his or her commander of a diagnosis "indicating that gender transition is medically necessary."

The service member’s commanding officer plays a critical role throughout the process -- first having to approve government-funded medical treatment for the sex change and later overseeing when the individual is able to return to service.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/07/...onnel.html

God help us.

Sounds fair to me.

In other rules, soldiers in the process of being transgendered, will be required to follow the direct order from a superior to "go f**k yourself" if they have the proper organ sets to accomplish the act.

For a military to be effective, the personnel that comprise it must be effective. Anything that in any way compromises the effectiveness of our military personnel is unacceptable and should be avoided when possible. The numbers of active trans personnel are small (insignificant in the long run, maybe) but to compromise on the principle is to compromise the commitment to effectiveness IMO.

(07-19-2016 04:35 PM)QuestionSocratic Wrote:  In other rules, soldiers in the process of being transgendered, will be required to follow the direct order from a superior to "go f**k yourself" if they have the proper organ sets to accomplish the act.

Lmao!!!!

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Quote:Next, the service member must notify his or her commander of a diagnosis "indicating that gender transition is medically necessary."

It's never medically necessary so...

(07-19-2016 04:23 PM)Fitbud Wrote:  Sounds fair to me.

and water is wet.

And the lawsuits of discrimination against COs for not approving tax payer funded gender mods will a come pouring in. If anything can ever affect a command's mission, this is it.

I struggle to see how the trans issues fall within the military's purview.

Actions have consequences. Be prepared of these confused people to join the armed services to obtain free mutilation procedures.

(07-20-2016 05:39 AM)Fo Shizzle Wrote:  Actions have consequences. Be prepared of these confused people to join the armed services to obtain free mutilation procedures.

They should be found out and refused entry in the first place. Let them roam the streets and find themselves. Just don't expect to denigrate the honorable military of this nation by attempting to join it and then gain medical help for this kind of procedure.