How will the military handle transgendered and APFT/AR 600-9?

I appreciate your response SGT Laura Delgadillo however my opinion is not uninformed or hateful. It just is likely misunderstood as I could have elaborated further. If a Soldier "feels" that they are not what they are physically, then they should still be evaluated as their biological gender. This should be the case until such a time they begin the hormonal treatment. At that point they should be placed on a temporary profile during the term of the hormone treatment. And just as any other Soldier on profile, their doctor can and should exempt them from taking the APFT. However, until that therapy starts, they still possess the same hormonal levels as their biological gender and must be held to those standards.

SSG Daniel Deiler - ok that makes more sense. I misinterpreted your original response. But basically your answer is similar to the one I gave. I agree with DoDI 1300.28 that service members will continue to serve under the standards of their gender on their ERB until a medical provider has made the determination that their gender needs to be updated at which point they will follow all the standards of that gender.

SSG Daniel Deiler - btw I removed the downvote

SGT Laura Delgadillo - Thank you for the reference. The only thing I've seen to this point was the memorandum that was disseminated last week after the announcement was made to allow transgendered Soldiers to openly serve. Up til this point it seemed that there was a lot open to interpretation and that the policy was rolled out before policies and regulations were in place to give leaders more guidance than just figuring it out as they went along.

SSG D Witmer...Seriously dude? The SPC came on here to provide some guidance to fellow Soldiers, NCOs and Officers on a policy while keeping (from what I could see) personal opinion on the matter out of the mix. Even if this WERE a debate on the merits (for or against) transgender troops serving in our Army, who in the hell are you to hope that anyone wearing our uniform and serving our country in battle would die? Why would you wish that on a parent, sibling, spouse, etc?

Regardless of your personal feelings on the matter, try to keep your vile and vitriol to yourself when addressing another Soldier. Especially towards someone that is taking time out of their day to better educate the uninformed on policy and attempt to help the Army weather a possibly confusing storm. Otherwise, I recommend that you squat, hold, wait for the loud pop and once your head has been removed from your 4th point of contact you can feel free to re-engage the adults in meaningful conversation.

SSG (Join to see) - Same for me.

SSG (Join to see) -
If you click on it again, it should remove it. Thank you for clarifying.

I down-voted SSG Witmer for his reprehensible comment.

Feel that way all you want in the confines of your own mind or home, but to share it on this site, where we support each other as brothers- and sister-in-arms, is inexcusable.

SSG James J. Palmer IV aka "JP4"