How would you accommodate a transgender subordinate in your unit?

I was in the military some fifty five years ago, so glad I did not have to contend with this situation. If a person can not pull their own weight in your unit they should not be there. a chain is no stronger than it it weakest leak...... So, no special treatment should be afforded any person. Hate to sound so hard hearted. But this is the military where life or death decision are make in seconds not hours.

Fortunately I retired from the Navy in 1987 & never had to put up with all this shit. I'd love to know how accommodating any "Special" group or spending defense dollars on sex transition drugs/procedures increases the military's ability to fight a war!

SSG Mike Merritt - Really? This is from OSHA but honestly common sensse would tell you he will die if he has that beard on. Old wives tale indeed... "1. A copy of the pertinent section of the respirator standard that applies, [29 CFR 1910.134(g)(1)(i-iii)], is enclosed. It states that respirators shall not be worn when conditions prevent a good face seal. Such conditions may be a growth of beard, sideburns, a skull cap that projects under the facepiece, or temple pieces on glasses. This regulation does not ban facial hair on respirator users, per se, from the workplace.

However, when a respirator must be worn to protect employees from airborne contaminants, it has to fit correctly, and this will require the wearer's face to be clean-shaven where the respirator seals against it.

OSHA requires respirators to be used when they are necessary to protect employees against overexposure to air contaminants. When administrative or engineering controls have not kept workplace exposure to air, contaminants within OSHA's established permissible limits, then appropriate respirators must be worn by the exposed employees. The standard ([1910.134(g)(1)(i-iii)]) only applies to those employees who need the protection of a tight-fitting facepiece respirator, either routinely or in emergencies, because of such overexposure.

It does not matter if hair is allowed to grow on other areas of the face if it does not protrude under the respirator seal. Accordingly, mustaches, sideburns, and small goatees that are trimmed so that no hair underlies the seal of the respirator present no hazard and do not violate [1910.134(g)(1)(i)(A)]."

Back in Nam we wouldn't.

SPC Jeremy Belanger - Counselor, DNA is just what I believe how?

SSG Roger Ayscue I would start with DNA is the building blocks, but not the end of biological development, it is in fact the start. You cannot discount all of the other biological and psychological functions that lead to actually creating a person. But also, here’s a study that notes a connection between gene expression and trans people. https://www.latrobe.edu.au/news/articles/2019/opinion/how-genes-and-evolution-shape-identity#:~:text=But%20accumulating%20evidence%20now%20implies,sexuality%20maintained%20throughout%20human%20history. Of note, “ They looked in fine detail at 12 of the “usual suspects” – genes involved in hormone pathways. They found that transwomen had a high frequency of particular DNA variants of four genes that would alter sex hormone signalling while they had been developing in utero.”

That is very blunt said, and correct!

SSG Jacey R.
There are TWO SEXES PERIOD,, XX & XY ,, You can't change that,, it is a constant,, until you can change the genetic chromosomes that IS THE REALITY,, Sorry to burst you all's bubble but that's the facts,, so you'll always be a he if you were born that way n you'll always be a she,,

A1C Isa Kocher not ok to stereo type. Grooming and perversion will catch up

A1C Isa Kocher literally the problem

SPC William DoyleBeijing Biden

The DemaKommies had better win in 2024, or many will see the GreyBar Hotel, we are living in some crazy, interesting times. Law Enforcement and Military have been hit hard with Klown Leadership, Milli Vanilli is a Joke that cost many lives! ObamaDen Admin is Keystone Cops without the Comedy. We have allowed these Klowns to destroy at least 2 Generations with the crazy Masks in Schools, Criminal Activity with no Consequences for the Dirt Bag but Termination, even Prison for our LE's. Self Defence is a Crime, Theft and Mugging is a Right! Child Sexual Mutilation and Indoctrination is the Norm and most people are too cowardly to Protest or openly call it what it is. I have no Problem with a person being Gay in Military as long as they wear Uniform Properly and Show Military Decorum. This Transgender Clownery is ridicules and will destroy our Military, due to present leadership (I say that Jokingly), we are on a very close edge for WWIII. God help us if it happens, many will die as we reshape the Forces to a Fighting Force it once was!