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Study: Military is ready for transgender troops

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Three retired U.S. generals added their names Tuesday to growing calls for the U.S. military to repeal its ban on transgender service members, arguing that doing so would not harm the armed forces’ readiness or require major changes to administrative or medical policies.In a joint statement, Maj. Gen. Gale S. Pollock, former acting surgeon general of the Army; Brig. Gen. Clara Adams Ender, former chief of the U.S. Army Nurse Corps; and Brig. Gen. Thomas A. Kolditz, a professor emeritus at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, said “allowing transgender personnel to serve openly is administratively feasible and will not be burdensome or complicated.”
“Implementation could proceed immediately and will be successful in its execution,” they added.
The comments accompanied the release of a report by the generals for the Palm Center, a think tank at San Francisco State University’s political science department, that looked at the policies of the 18 countries that do allow transgender military service as well as U.S. studies including the Pentagon’s own guidance on lifting “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell."
The report notes that an estimated 15,500 transgender members are already serving in the military (PDF) just not openly, and that because Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has expressed openness to reviewing the ban last May, the U.S. is likely to join countries such as Australia, Germany, Israel and the U.K. that currently do allow transgender citizens to serve.


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So more Generals signing on that the military should remove the transgender ban. What do you guys think? Should transgender troops be allowed to serve openly in the US Military.


 
Transgender uniforms:

Millions and millions of dollars.

New administrative structures to handle transgender personnel:

More millions and millions of dollars.

Increase in combat effectiveness:

None.

Having our enemies laugh us out of the room just so the Left can indulge in yet more Politically Correct nonsense:

Priceless.

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So more Generals signing on that the military should remove the transgender ban. What do you guys think? Should transgender troops be allowed to serve openly in the US Military.




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Ridiculous political posturing.

There is nothing sacred what so ever to a leftist.
 
How many transgender people are there in the country? How many are of the appropriate age to serve? How many of those are capable of satisfactorily performing the whatever physical and mental tasks that need to be performed? How many of those actually want to join the military? I'm guessing we're talking about an insignificant number of people - a few thousand if I had to guess. If catering to them means lots of money and organizational upset it hardly seems worth the effort.
 
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How many transgender people are there in the country? How many are of the appropriate age to serve? How many of those are of the capable of satisfactorily performing the whatever physical and mental tasks that need to be performed? How many of those actually want to join the military? I'm guessing we're talking about an insignificant number of people - a few thousand if I had to guess. If catering to them means lots of money and organizational upset it hardly seems worth the effort.

Beyond which, the simple fact of the matter is that the military is not supposed to be about catering to individualism. To the contrary, it is built around the goal of crushing individualism in order to promote good order and fighting discipline.

There is no good reason whatsoever why we should make an exception to that rule for a bunch of confused flibbertigibbets who want to dress up and pretend like they're something they are not.
 
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The proud United States Military, now turned into an organzation for the Freak Brigade.

The military is one of the last of America's institutions to be ruined by Obama and his whackadoodle ideals. Now he can check it off of his "Things to Destroy" list.
 
The proud United States Military, now turned into an organzation for the Freak Brigade.

The military is one of the last of America's institutions to be ruined by Obama and his whackadoodle ideals. Now he can check it off of his "Things to Destroy" list.

"Obama" wasnt mentioned a single time in that article...
 
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So more Generals signing on that the military should remove the transgender ban. What do you guys think? Should transgender troops be allowed to serve openly in the US Military.



Let's not.

Moreover, let's reinstitute the ban on homosexuals serving.

I do however disagree with Don't ask Don't tell. We shouldn't allow people with serious psychosexual conditions to be in the military.
 
Maybe they can get on in the Thai LadyBoy Militia.
 
No its not crap.
Read the article its about several former generals saying that the military should allow transgender troops serve openly, and is also accompanied by a study which states

This has his stench all over it.

The stench of top military Generals, leaders, and a study which claims: "• Inclusion of transgender personnel, however, is not primarily about administrative
matters, but about core military values and principles: all military personnel should serve
with honor and integrity, which means that they should not have to lie about who they
are; all members of the military should be treated with respect; all persons capable of
serving their country should be allowed to do so; and the military should not needlessly
separate personnel who are willing and able to serve." http://www.palmcenter.org/files/Report of Planning Commission on Transgender Military Service.pdf
 
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Of course they should be able to serve. It's the effing military, not a genital game.

Are they lining up to serve?
 
Of course they should be able to serve. It's the effing military, not a genital game.

Are they lining up to serve?

Well there is already 15,500 in the military. Dont know if that is considered "lining up to serve" in your opinion. Dont see why it matters :shrug:
 
Why? What makes them not able or suited to fight?

It has nothing to do with ability. There's more to a unit than the ability of individual soldiers to fight. When you join the service, you're no longer an individual. A military element is a family unit, established by the family members living together.
 
So more Generals signing on that the military should remove the transgender ban. What do you guys think? Should transgender troops be allowed to serve openly in the US Military.

Just another lie from the Obama administration.

BTW: None of the three retired Army officers quoted have ever served in combat arms.

It's just more of Obama and the left using the military for social engineering experimentation.
 
It has nothing to do with ability. There's more to a unit than the ability of individual soldiers to fight. When you join the service, you're no longer an individual. A military element is a family unit, established by the family members living together.

What does that have to do with transexuals? Are they not "individuals"?
 
Just another lie from the Obama administration.

BTW: None of the three retired Army officers quoted have ever served in combat arms.

It's just more of Obama and the left using the military for social engineering experimentation.

Its a lie that 3 retired Military Generals signed a statement and a study done found these findings?
 
Its a lie that 3 retired Military Generals signed a statement and a study done found these findings?

And I'm sure they can find three hundred former and active duty flag officer who would sign a statement rebuking the study.

You do remember how DADT was repealed in Congress don't you ? The Obama White House cooked the numbers of a survey of the troops and then lied to Congress. But the Obama White House got caught by the DOD Inspector Generals Office.

DoD IG Report Exposes Improper Activities to Repeal Gays in Military Law - Search - Center for Military Readiness

A Smoking Gun: How Congress Was Duped into Repealing The Military's Gay Ban - Frank Gaffney - Page full
 
And I'm sure they can find three hundred former and active duty flag officer who would sign a statement rebuking the study.

You do remember how DADT was repealed in Congress don't you ? The Obama White House cooked the numbers of a survey of the troops and then lied to Congress. But the Obama White House got caught by the DOD Inspector Generals Office.

DoD IG Report Exposes Improper Activities to Repeal Gays in Military Law - Search - Center for Military Readiness

A Smoking Gun: How Congress Was Duped into Repealing The Military's Gay Ban - Frank Gaffney - Page full

Beyond the ridiculous sources... There have been multiple done sources that have found similar results.. Are those "cooked"? But beyond that isnt this the "land of the free home of the brave"? Why does it matter if your are open and honest with yourself while fighting to "defend our freedoms"? Why should it matter? I could honestly care less if it was a straight man or woman, or a homosexual man or woman, or a bi man or woman, or hell a transsexual man or woman. Why does it matter?
 
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