The Trans Military Ban Hearings

The House is holding hearings on trans servicemembers.

In a first, active duty transgender service members will testify before Congress on policy, potential ban
The Military Times
By: Tara Copp
February 26, 2019

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On Wednesday, Stehlik and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Blake Dremann will be the first active-duty transgender personnel to testify before Congress as part of a panel looking at how President Donald Trump’s transgender policy impacts their ability to serve.

“I’m really here to talk about one question,” Stehlik said Tuesday in a conference call with reporters. "And that is: What is the value of having transgender people in the military? Based on my experience first as a combat arms officer and medical provider, the answer is unequivocally that my transition and so many others has dramatically increased the readiness and lethality of every branch of the armed forces.”
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The House Armed Services military personnel subcommittee will take up the issue Wednesday, hearing from the service members and the Pentagon’s policy leadership, including James Stewart, who is performing the duties of undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness, and Vice Adm. Raquel Bono, director of the Defense Health Agency.

Fox News said,

In the nearly three years since the U.S. military welcomed transgender people into the armed forces, they have served without incident. Some, like Muller, have earned prestigious medals or received other forms of recognition.

They say they stand as proof against President Donald Trump's argument that their presence is a burden.

"Once you meet transgender people who have served in the different branches ... it's really hard to dismiss the fact that you will find Purple Heart recipients, Bronze Star winners, attack aviators, Navy SEALs," said Muller, who will not be testifying but is a plaintiff in one of four lawsuits challenging the ban. "We've been here, and we will continue to be here regardless. In what capacity is up to the administration."
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Military chiefs testified before Congress last year that they found no problems with transgender troops on morale or unit cohesion, though Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Robert Neller said commanders have had issues with medical leave.

And in an article in “The Hill” retired generals are in favor of trans in the military.

More than 40 retired military officers are expressing “grave concern” with the Trump administration’s defense in court of its transgender military policy, saying it could “undermine the integrity of United States military judgment.”

“Military judgment is a solemn responsibility of each Commander-in-Chief and of the military chain of command,” the 41 retired generals and admirals wrote in the statement, obtained first by The Hill.

“In a polarized climate, the defense of anti-transgender discrimination using ‘military judgment’ as a pretext risks inflicting harms that go well beyond the context of transgender service, threatening trust in the national security apparatus.”

Basically everyone is saying except for Trump and his religious bigots that there is no problem with trans troops, it is going to boil down to can the Supreme Count put aside their bias and vote on the law,

So while the world is watching the Congressional hearing on Cohen we will be watching the hearing on trans servicemembers.