Posted on Nov 24, 2020
Trump transgender ban hurt military, top service physicians say
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Personally I had no problem with it, they did their jobs and were wanting to serve their country, more than what I can say about people that classify themselves as normal, my brother was a member of the LGBT group, served 10 years nobody had any issues with him brother SSG Robert Webster
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth Those that abuse the system are the ones that are problematic. You and I both know people that were LGB during our time in service that served honorably and I am sure that either one of us know one or more that did not.
As an example of one that served our country honorably and with distinction, was my good friend and sometimes mentor - Robert Bruce Pulliam.
Here is his obituary -
MURFREESBORO - Bruce R. Pulliam, 88, of the 500 block of Lakeview Drive, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, in Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Pulliam was born Nov. 29, 1923, in Person County, to Henry and Hassie Cox Pulliam. In 1941, he graduated from Roxboro High School and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945 in the Detachment Medical Department, 204th General Hospital. Following his military service, Bruce graduated from Wake Forest University with a major in social studies. He then received a master's with a major in history and a minor in English from Western Carolina University. He was the principal of High Plains School in Person County from 1949-51. Following those years, he taught at the American School in the Philippines and Japan. He then taught at Oak Ridge Academy (N.C.) and taught for five years at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va. He became affiliated with Methodist College (University) in Fayetteville in 1962, having served as the first Dean of Men and later chairman of the Division of Social Studies. In 1984, he was selected as Distinguished Professor of the Year by the Alumni Association of Methodist University. Having completed 25 years of distinguished service at Methodist University, he retired in Fayetteville. In 1997, Bruce moved with his twin brother, Henry, to Murfreesboro. He was an avid collector of North Carolina pottery and art and considered North Carolina native Reynolds Price as his favorite writer. Bruce truly loved his birth state and as a staunch Republican relished a spirited political discussion. A strong supporter of the Arts and Social Studies, Bruce served on various boards in the areas where he lived. Mr. Pulliam was a member of the Board of the Fayetteville Museum of Art, a member of the Fayetteville Symphony, and a member of the Murfreesboro Historical Association. He was also an active member of the Chowan University Board of Visitors as well as the Friends of Music, Friends of Whitaker Library and the Eubank Friends of Visual Arts. His parents and his sister, Roxie Snead, preceded Bruce in death as well as his beloved twin brother, Henry, who died in 2007. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Mildred and S. T. Wrenn of Murfreesboro; nephews, Jim Snead of Roxboro, Kevin Wrenn Sr. of Ahoskie, Kenneth Wrenn of Greenville, and Karl Wrenn of Mooresville. There is a host of great-nieces and great-nephews. A memorial Service will be held on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at 4 p.m. at the Cedar Grove Friends Meeting, 303 Main St. in Woodland, with Robert Gosney, minister, officiating. A visitation will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012, at 10 a.m. at Brooks and White Funeral Home, 907 Durham Road in Roxboro. Graveside rites will follow at 11 a.m. in Person Memorial Cemetery, 3250 Durham Road, Roxboro. A visitation at other times will be held at Mr. Pulliam's home in Murfreesboro. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be contributed to the Bruce R. and Henry T. Pulliam Music Scholarship at Chowan University, One University Place, Murfreesboro, NC 27855 (Development Office); or the Bruce R. Pulliam Scholarship, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, NC 28311 (Development Office); or to any charity of your choice. Bridgers Funeral Home Inc. of Conway is handling local arrangements, and Brooks and White Funeral Home of Roxboro is handling services in Roxboro.
As an example of one that served our country honorably and with distinction, was my good friend and sometimes mentor - Robert Bruce Pulliam.
Here is his obituary -
MURFREESBORO - Bruce R. Pulliam, 88, of the 500 block of Lakeview Drive, died Sunday, July 8, 2012, in Vidant Medical Center in Greenville. Mr. Pulliam was born Nov. 29, 1923, in Person County, to Henry and Hassie Cox Pulliam. In 1941, he graduated from Roxboro High School and served in the U.S. Army from 1943 to 1945 in the Detachment Medical Department, 204th General Hospital. Following his military service, Bruce graduated from Wake Forest University with a major in social studies. He then received a master's with a major in history and a minor in English from Western Carolina University. He was the principal of High Plains School in Person County from 1949-51. Following those years, he taught at the American School in the Philippines and Japan. He then taught at Oak Ridge Academy (N.C.) and taught for five years at Fork Union Military Academy in Fork Union, Va. He became affiliated with Methodist College (University) in Fayetteville in 1962, having served as the first Dean of Men and later chairman of the Division of Social Studies. In 1984, he was selected as Distinguished Professor of the Year by the Alumni Association of Methodist University. Having completed 25 years of distinguished service at Methodist University, he retired in Fayetteville. In 1997, Bruce moved with his twin brother, Henry, to Murfreesboro. He was an avid collector of North Carolina pottery and art and considered North Carolina native Reynolds Price as his favorite writer. Bruce truly loved his birth state and as a staunch Republican relished a spirited political discussion. A strong supporter of the Arts and Social Studies, Bruce served on various boards in the areas where he lived. Mr. Pulliam was a member of the Board of the Fayetteville Museum of Art, a member of the Fayetteville Symphony, and a member of the Murfreesboro Historical Association. He was also an active member of the Chowan University Board of Visitors as well as the Friends of Music, Friends of Whitaker Library and the Eubank Friends of Visual Arts. His parents and his sister, Roxie Snead, preceded Bruce in death as well as his beloved twin brother, Henry, who died in 2007. He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Mildred and S. T. Wrenn of Murfreesboro; nephews, Jim Snead of Roxboro, Kevin Wrenn Sr. of Ahoskie, Kenneth Wrenn of Greenville, and Karl Wrenn of Mooresville. There is a host of great-nieces and great-nephews. A memorial Service will be held on Sunday, July 15, 2012, at 4 p.m. at the Cedar Grove Friends Meeting, 303 Main St. in Woodland, with Robert Gosney, minister, officiating. A visitation will be held on Monday, July 16, 2012, at 10 a.m. at Brooks and White Funeral Home, 907 Durham Road in Roxboro. Graveside rites will follow at 11 a.m. in Person Memorial Cemetery, 3250 Durham Road, Roxboro. A visitation at other times will be held at Mr. Pulliam's home in Murfreesboro. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be contributed to the Bruce R. and Henry T. Pulliam Music Scholarship at Chowan University, One University Place, Murfreesboro, NC 27855 (Development Office); or the Bruce R. Pulliam Scholarship, Methodist University, 5400 Ramsey St., Fayetteville, NC 28311 (Development Office); or to any charity of your choice. Bridgers Funeral Home Inc. of Conway is handling local arrangements, and Brooks and White Funeral Home of Roxboro is handling services in Roxboro.
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SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth
SSG Robert Webster Thank you for the great share brother, may your friend rest in eternal peace.
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Taking away people who are doing there jobs well because of any type of orientation was a totally dumb move. Of course it hurt our military capability!
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Based on the training I sat through when the ban was removed...I don't see what the issue was to let them serve openly.
It's not like you can just one day say you're the opposite gender and then not the next. There's a process. It takes minimum a year to transition. Or took. It wasn't what a lot of ignorant people were posting about.
It's not like you can just one day say you're the opposite gender and then not the next. There's a process. It takes minimum a year to transition. Or took. It wasn't what a lot of ignorant people were posting about.
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Cpl Mark A. Morris
A lot of ignorant people? Because, they do not see things your way? That's rich. Perhaps, folks should be making sure while on duty, the aircraft is good to go, or your grid points for artillery are correct. Not, what I feel like being today.
This type of subject is for down time. Not working to complete the mission.
This type of subject is for down time. Not working to complete the mission.
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Cpl Mark A. Morris - Ignorant people because they thought that people would just "say" they are transgender one day to follow different standards and change back the next - which is NOT how it worked. At all. It took at minimum a year for someone to fully transition or even be able to transition. It wasn't just a one day to the next thing.
So you are one of those ignorant people who has no idea what he's talking about in any way, shape or form. Do I fully understand what it is to be a transgender person? No. I don't because I'm not. Just like I don't fully understand what it is to be homosexual as I'm not. But I read the science on it and I talk to those people to better understand them.
What do you mean "this type of subject is for down time not working to complete the mission?" What?
So you are one of those ignorant people who has no idea what he's talking about in any way, shape or form. Do I fully understand what it is to be a transgender person? No. I don't because I'm not. Just like I don't fully understand what it is to be homosexual as I'm not. But I read the science on it and I talk to those people to better understand them.
What do you mean "this type of subject is for down time not working to complete the mission?" What?
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