How would you accommodate a transgender subordinate in your unit?

Physical and biological sex determines regs and access. It's not the military who should be bending over backwards to leftist political ideologies. You joined, fall in line, leave the politics in the dumpster where they belong or leave. Not everyone agrees with politics, the military is highly conservative and anyone who plays party politics to ensure advancement should be shown the door. That goes double for senior enlisted and officers. Policies start with them.

The military is not a special interest group. Medical and psychological qualifications exist for a reason. It's one thing to get waivers for small stuff that hasn't applied for 5-10+ years. "Transgenders" have a 41% suicide rate. No other group historical approached such a historical high rate. That includes slaves, Jews in the holocaust, etc. We don't need psychological "time bombs" running around with access to weapons. They need help first and foremost, not being coddled by today's military.

No Worries. None of my Business.

The ORIGINAL Oath(s) of Office / Enlistment were, as the American Forefathers intended, as was Service to Country in the Armed Forces: made for "one nation under God" and performed by willing and able-bodied men.
Not meaning misogyny, but rather the protection that the Bible intended. Even with that said, Ruth lead an army very well.
The liberal, politically-correct people that preach follow the "science", refuse to show this Armor of God, St. Michael watched over soldier that natural science where such other genders exists, so that we can follow that science, "correctly".

I just feel like the whole point is moot. Since you can no longer be discharged for being a member of the lb qt + group I don't think it's really a big deal. Unless somebody makes it one.

Just be who you are....in your heart and soul and more importantly in your brain. If you identify as male or female and wish to transition, then just obey "your" regular military reg.'s. But when it comes to "expecting" and or wanting special privileges or having the reg.'s rewritten for you....then you lost me as support. Again, just be you and do your job whether your male or female period.

I say they need to be treated as the sex they were born until some sort of pre determined level of transition has been reached. That pre determined level however should also be created by medical doctors and not a board of officers or politicians. I doubt anyone would be willing to transition that openly in the military knowing the amount of "person challenges" and humiliation they would go through unless it was necessary.

Considering there are only about 700K transgenders in the U.S. making up between .2 to .3 percent of the total population it would be more accurate to say there are hundreds not thousands serving. Now I have to ask what accommodations should be made and why?

SPC Angela Burnham this is a great question. This would be a great help for the platoon leadership.

I am very interested to see how the branches handle things. I only wish I could have been for this change.

To put a bit of perspective on this question, less than .01% of the population is fully transitioned to a gender other than the one they were born with. The large majority of "transgenders" are in fact still fully intact sexually. This begs the question then, how committed are these people to their stated transition? More importantly, why should society be in any way burdened with the obligation to support and accommodate these people in any way differently than the rest of the population? Is being confused about your sex a special badge that requires some sort of adulation from the general public? Is mutilating your body (lets not bring up tattoos and piercings here) something we are all supposed to admire and emulate? Why in any world would any sane individual "advocate" these people be in the military in the first place? Why would anyone "advocate" for some sort of special accommodation for these people?

We are talking about the military here, right? I'm talking about citizens who have volunteered to serve the nation in combat, endure months at sea and suffer all manner of loss of privacy and normal dignity. There is no place in combat or in a hot damn engine room for some special needs lesser mortal that needs their own special set of rules. The last thing I want to know is whether or not some "man" in my division is dealing with menstrual cramps today and can't be bothered to pick up a wrench or stand "his" watch in the hole, or some "woman" needs a no shave chit.

Whatever your issue with your body composition may be, it's not something the rest of society needs to be involved with. Keep your gonads and your sexual preferences to yourself, only your partner in the rack needs to be involved.