How would you accommodate a transgender subordinate in your unit?

The U.S. Military is not a social experiment.

I didn't take the poll, because I think the choices miss the point.

Why should there be any "accommodation" at all?

Is the person a Soldier, Sailor, Marine, Airman, or not? THAT'S the only part that counts.

I would submit that the people who insist on the military "accommodating" transgenders (and any other group of people) have lost their focus on what it means to be "military".

As a submariner, there were shipmates that I suspected, or even on a couple occasions KNEW, were homosexuals before and during the "don't ask, don't tell" period. You know what "accommodations" I made for a homosexual? I'll tell you what accommodations I made.

I worked hard to qualify him, so he could be a safe and effective watchstander. I worked hard to help him earn his Dolphins.

I stood watch with him. I ran drills with him. I trained with him. I did maintenance with him. I troubleshot and repaired equipment with him. I fought casualties with him. I ran the PRT with him. I ate on the Crews Mess with him. I burned flicks on the Crews Mess with him. I deployed for months on end with him. I slept in the same berthing with him. I celebrated halfway night with him. I went on liberty with him.

THAT'S how I "accommodated" people I thought, or knew, were homosexuals at my commands.

I did not CHANGE anything to "accommodate" homosexuals. I simply treated them as my shipmates, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE SUPPOSED TO DO IN THE FIRST PLACE.

There are now, since I've retired, women serving aboard submarines. Amazingly, I actually got to deploy on a submarine on mission for several weeks as a civilian shipyard engineer not long ago, the USS Florida. They have a mixed-gender crew. You know how that crew treats women? LIKE SHIPMATES. They way they should.

Remember any history about black people and the military? Well, guess what? There are no "accommodations" for black people, either...they're just fellow shipmates.

The ONLY accommodation that should be made is to treat people as our fellow shipmates, soldiers, devil-dogs, airmen, or what have you. PERIOD. Anything less, any focus OTHER than this, breaks down unit cohesiveness and is detrimental to "good order and discipline".

Take a look at the creeds of the services. There ain't no mention of men, women, blacks, Asians, homosexuals, religion, or transgenders:

"I am an American Soldier..."
"I am an American Airman..."
"I am a United States Sailor..."
"This is my rifle..." (Marines...gotta be different...)

I don't think transgendered people want to be accomedated to. They deserve and should be treated with the same dignity and respect as all service members.

It's time to make one reg. for all soldiers and hold every soldier to a higher standard.

I think they should be sent to mental health because there is definitely something wrong with them. You can't think your way into another sex. You are how GOD made you period

You start by following the regs, and in their absence follow the principal of "Treat Others as You wish to be Treated"

The problem with your question is "how to accommodate?" Soldiers are equal and once a TG Soldier has completed their transition there should be no accommodations granted other than those afforded to ALL Soldiers of the identified gender.

Now, if the question were rephrased to "a TG in transition." Well, now that is a different question. In that case we need to wait for guidance from higher echelons. We don't make policy at our level. We do however enforce policy. Could you imagine if every unit in the Army was accommodating Soldiers with different standards?

I think "accommodate" may be the wrong word here. It implies special treatment, when the military is attempting to treat everyone equally, under equal conditions and to equal performance standards. If you want equality, you cannot expect or ask for positive accommodations or positive discrimination.

What ever the DOD decides. Everything else is just BS to create hate and discontent. My personal feelings do not count, as a leader. Just developing the most combat ready personnel that I have been assigned. Zero accommodations, what ever that is.

If I was still active, they would toe the line like everyone else. Period. It's up to our front line leaders to keep the flow lines clean of personal off duty crap where it belongs.