Mattis orders military leaders to allow transgender troops to re-enlist

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The Hill‏ @thehill
JUST IN: Mattis orders military leaders to allow transgender troops to re-enlist http://hill.cm/RAI33AE

The Pentagon reportedly issued new guidance on Friday allowing transgender troops currently serving in the military to re-enlist in the coming months as the department weighs how to enforce President Trump's broader ban on their service.

Defense Secretary James Mattis said in a memo to military leaders on Friday that the Pentagon would convene a high-level panel led the deputy Defense secretary and the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff to determine how to enact Trump's ban on transgender military service, according to The Associated Press.

For now, transgender service members can continue to serve and receive medical care, Mattis said in the memo, a summary of which was obtained by the AP.

read: http://thehill.com/policy/defense/350974-transgender-troops-will-be-able-to-re-enlist-for-time-being-report

[bucolic_frolic]

1. Maybe they will be just like Trump's contractors

Serving, but unpaid

[zentrum]

6. True Point

[sarge43]

2. Hand salute, sir. Thank you.

This hassling the troops has to stop. They all have enough crap to deal with.

[smirkymonkey]

3. Good. I hope this is overturned entirely.

It is nothing but bigotry and ignorance. These men and women have been loyal service members, they do not deserve to be treated like this.

[Volaris]

4. Agreed. The political doing (and then very Public UNdoing) of DADT were both historic moments.

Trump is trying to undo the rising of the tides that he doesn't personally even care about for the sake of those History is leaving behind. Fuck them for asking for it, and fuck him for being enough of a dumb snake-oil salesman to try and give it to them.

[Honeycombe8]

5. Well, now. That's interesting. Kick the can while waiting for Trump to be impeached? nt

[Fatemah2774]

7. Good for you, sir.

Let's keep people willing to serve their country in service, and those who collude with Russia out of our service.

Radical thinking maybe. Oh, and Godspeed to you Mr. Muehler. Christmas is coming and I have a very big wish I would like to see.

Ivanka and Donald in an orange jumpsuit.

[Scurrilous]

8. K&R