TOTALLY GEEKED!

I am glad for it. A strong military is good for everyone in this country, trannys included.

I agree too! The military is not a place to push social agendas. To many lives at stake.

Transitioning Transgender Soldiers’ Medical Expenses 14 Times Higher than Average

www.breitbart.com/big-government/2017/07/26/transitioning-transgender-soldiers-medical-expenses-14-times-higher-average/

My son joined the Air Force in March. Some of the other recruits did not make it through MEPS, the medical exam. One girl had back issues and was seeing a chiropractor and and she was sent home and was not allowed to join. A friend of his had repeated surgeries on his shoulder, etc he could not join.

I've heard a lot of ignorant statements on the way into work. One talk show host said "this has all kinds of repurcussions, it is not just a ban on military but for all that work for the Pentagon". And the other was "most people take meds such as someone with high blood pressure and they aren't being banned". Such idiots.

Now I do think that anyone physically and mentally fit should be able to join, but the taxpayers should not have to foot the bill for elective surgery.

I don't understand why someone who medically transitioned prior to wanting to join should be banned. Like if everything was obviously suppose to be male and now was fixed and their ID cards matched, etc.. I do understand the military not paying for transitions.

Bonny22Pye wrote:

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I don't understand why someone who medically transitioned prior to wanting to join should be banned. Like if everything was obviously suppose to be male and now was fixed and their ID cards matched, etc.. I do understand the military not paying for transitions.

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 The cost of the life long hormone treatment plus you cannot be on medication on the battle field

Bonny22Pye wrote:

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I know what to do_sometimes wrote:

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Bonny22Pye wrote:

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I don't understand why someone who medically transitioned prior to wanting to join should be banned. Like if everything was obviously suppose to be male and now was fixed and their ID cards matched, etc.. I do understand the military not paying for transitions.

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 The cost of the life long hormone treatment plus you cannot be on medication on the battle field

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 Does everyone require life-long hormone treatment?

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 That's what I've been told.

How do they deal with birth control in the military? I doubt female soldiers stop taking their meds.

Next year, the military will officially lift restrictions on women in combat, the end of a process that, according to the Government Accountability Office, may open up as many as 245,000 jobs that have been off-limits to women. But those who deploy overseas may continue to face obstacles in another area that can have a critical impact on their military experience: contraception.

It's not a minor issue. Rates of unintended pregnancy among women in the military are about 50 percent higher than those of women in the general population. And because of strict federal rules, their health insurance does not generally cover abortion.

Tricare, the health care plan for more than 9 million active and retired members of the military, covers most contraceptive methods approved by the Food and Drug Administration. Active-duty service members pay nothing out of pocket. Spouses and dependents of members of the service may face copayments in some instances. But all methods aren't necessarily available at every military hospital and clinic; and overseas, for example, women may have difficulty getting refills of their specific type of birth control pill.






Fifteen percent of active-duty service members are women, and 97 percent of them are of childbearing age.

In a 2013 study, based on more than 28,000 responses to the 2008 Department of Defense survey on health-related behaviors, researchers found that after adjusting for the larger concentration of young women in the military, the rate of unintended pregnancy among military women was 7.8 percent. That's compared with 5.2 percent among women in the general population.

It can be challenging to use contraceptives while deployed overseas for many reasons. There is the problem of trying to schedule a daily birth control pill when traveling across time zones; and desert conditions may make a contraceptive patch fall off. Although women are allowed a 180-day supply of contraceptives before deploying, obtaining refills of the same pill can be difficult, some servicewomen reported in a 2012 survey.


www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/08/11/431382325/women-in-combat-zones-can-have-trouble-getting-contraceptives

This article is from 2015, but still very valid...

Bonny22Pye wrote:

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How do they deal with birth control in the military? I doubt female soldiers stop taking their meds.

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 That is the choice of the soldier.  There are implants that last for how long?  I don't know, I have no experience.  But if the soldier were to get pregnant they would be re assigned and 6 weeks after birth would be in the deployment pool.  Woman are given more leeway then male soldiers. 

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read something earlier this morning where some twit liberal reporter for the atlantic tweeted a report that " a transgender navy seal was on the mission that killed OBL--the seal was also awarded the bronze star and the purple heart for the same mission. "

none other than dakota meyer(a moh recipient, no less)tweeted back to her " not true. "--she then replied " how do YOU know? "--and meyer replied:
" because i'm sitting next to the navy seal that killed OBL. "

the fake news bias and the extent to which the left will go to justify their mental illness knows no bounds--fvcking hilarious !

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 The libs are eating it up. I posted on a friend's post about how military has carte blanche to choose soldiers.  War is not fair and the soldier pic isn't either but it is for the best of the country.  Not one of the libs that have casted me as a bigot have any experience in the military, they are just VSS. This feel good crap needs to stop.