Defense secretary Jim Mattis is giving the military another six months to conduct a review to determine if allowing transgender individuals to enlist in the armed services will affect its “readiness and lethality”.
Pentagon spokeswoman Dana White said Mattis made the decision on Friday. The delay in allowing the enlistment of new recruits does not affect transgender troops who are already serving openly in the military.
Mattis said in a memo obtained by The Associated Press: “After consulting with the service chiefs and secretaries, I have determined that it is necessary to defer the start of accessions for six months. We will use this additional time to evaluate more carefully the impact of such accessions on readiness and lethality.”
In the memo, Mattis said he believed the department must measure “each policy decision against one standard” — whether it affects the readiness of the military to defend the nation.
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Screw the deferment Mattis! Drop kick these queers. I don't give a shit what they say about their "abilities". Let em join construction crews if they wanna work...or is that really too much like WORK as opposed to serving in what has become a free ride in our military?
ReplyDeleteLet em join construction crews if they wanna work...or is that really too much like WORK as opposed to serving in what has become a free ride in our military?
DeleteTwo guesses and the first doesn't count. :)
How can anyone suggeest placing overtly mentally unstable individuals in the military to be considered anything but a problem? I mean if they are having trouble deciding if they are male or female along with wondering if they should have themselves mutilated, genitally speaking, why wouldn't we expect them to have issues when faced with a life or death situation where the lives of others are at stake?
ReplyDeleteIt was my understanding that part of military training was to find and REMOVE the unstable. Now I find the goal, of some, to find them, give them special treatment, special privilege, and force others to support and defend them while the rest of us pay for it all.
Best way I know to describe it would be...
the lunatics are running the asylum.
Y'all have a nice day.