First transgender recruit signs contract to join military

[DonViejo]

Source: The Hill




BY REBECCA KHEEL - 02/26/18 01:37 PM EST

The Pentagon confirmed Monday that a transgender person has signed a contract to the join the U.S. military for the first time since the ban on transgender recruits was lifted due to a court order.

Maj. Dave Eastburn, a Pentagon spokesman, said that the contract was signed Friday and that the individual met all standards, including medical, to serve in the military. Eastburn declined to comment on which branch of the military the recruit is joining.

President Trump tweeted last July that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military in any capacity. He followed through with an August memo that banned transgender recruits from enlisting, blocked funds from being used for gender transition-related surgery and directed Defense Secretary James Mattis to study what to do with existing transgender troops.

Several courts have prevented the ban from being enforced while lawsuits are pending. Because of those rulings, the Pentagon was required to begin accepting transgender recruits Jan. 1, as it had planned to before Trump’s ban.

Read more: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/375626-first-transgender-recruit-signs-contract-to-join-military

[Gothmog]

1. Yeah

[Crowman2009]

2. That's great, but I wouldn't risk winding up in another corporate oil war in the middle east.

Did that before, wouldn't do it again. Plus I have a long list of reasons never to enlist, but I'll save that for my nephews when they reach the senior year in high school.