What holes have you seen in the new trans-gender integration program?

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:28:02 -0500

Response by PO1 William "Chip" Nagel made Jan 25 at 2017 5:36 AM

PO1 William "Chip" Nagel — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 05:36:07 -0500

Outside My Realm of Expertise, I do know that as the Friend of someone that has completed the Transition and as a Blogger in support of the LGBT Community that I probably won't be satisfied until his is a Non-Issue!

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 25 at 2017 9:39 AM

LTC Private RallyPoint Member — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 09:39:35 -0500

In my opinion, if trans-gender wants to serve is fine. It shouldn't effect and take away resources from the US military's fighting forces ability. Our, military focus should be fight and win our wars and not be used for social experiments.

Response by SFC George Smith made Jan 26 at 2017 12:04 AM

SFC George Smith — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 00:04:12 -0500

Every time I go to State HQ and to Bragg ... the mention of the Transgender's has the Brass running around Like Cats, trying to cover turds in the corner of a round room...

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 26 at 2017 2:13 AM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 26 Jan 2017 02:13:31 -0500

PO1 Private RallyPoint Member - The failure of the guidelines to make room for individuals with disorders of sexual development and/or intersex individuals along side transgender individuals. I foresee no reason the two groups should not be equally accepted by the military - but new rules make no accommodation for medical acceptance of DSD/IS individuals. Warmest Regards, Sandy :)

Response by Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth made Jan 30 at 2017 11:30 AM

Lt Col Scott Shuttleworth — Mon, 30 Jan 2017 11:30:09 -0500

My whole issue with this is the Ready Shoot Aim mentality. This is a huge paradigm shift for the military establishment. I am not saying it is wrong or right...my personal feelings on the issue do not matter...The decisions have been made and it is time to move out. My issue is with implementation. Policies were changed and then thrown over the fence and said live with it and make it happen. There are numerous things that have to change to include guidance for leadership, uniform wear, restroom/locker room usage, transgender roles in traditionally one gender classifications...this doesn't even scratch the surface. Too many changes at once cause an uproar. We made too many changes without any guidance so people are making it up as they go. As you can see from the posts below like CW3 Mueller where timelines and guidance are essentially slow or nonexistent. That effects morale on all sides of the issue. In the absence of guidance there is a vacuum that will suck up everything around it and fill the void. Another final analogy is that with this issue they measured it with a micrometer, marked it with a crayon, and cut it with a chain saw. Now we have to figure out how to fix the rough edges of the cut.