Transgender Individuals in The Military: An Unnecessary Distraction
President Biden has started the week off with a flurry of new Executive Orders. As a Veteran, the most alarming is the Executive Order revoking President Trump’s Executive Order regarding transgendered individuals serving in the military. Today, progressives have been seen applauding this move, it is fulfillment of their desired woke ideology being enacted on the Federal level.
Generally, more inclusion in any space is a good thing, however, the military is a place unlike any other in America, even the code of laws that soldiers are expected to abide by are different than civilians. It is a place where soldiers voluntarily agree to give up their right to free speech and make sacrifices for the honor of being able to serve their country. Sadly, politicians and activists on the left are taking advantage of this and are using the military as a playground to enact their woke ideology on a group of people that cannot protest. They are being told to accept the policy even though little consideration has been given to the consequences of what President Biden’s Executive Order may bring. What better than to have over a million people that cannot legally protest what you are doing?
For anyone that has served or is serving in the military, they know that one of the most dangerous things in any unit are threats to unit cohesion. This cohesion is what binds us together when things get tough, when the enemy has put you in a situation that seems untenable, unit cohesion is all that you have and anything that provides a distraction can turn deadly. This policy is the definition of providing a distraction that will damage unit cohesion.
Some may ask, why is it a distraction? It is a distraction because of the accommodations that are required to be made for these individuals. The main accommodation that comes to mind is the hygiene accommodation, which bathrooms are these individuals going to use? Are our female soldiers going to want someone with male body parts in their showers and vis versa? While this is only one of many protests I believe soldiers would have, it is a valid concern for the safety of our soldiers.
Lastly, what happens in the situation where a soldier wants to receive surgery to complete their transition? Is it the taxpayer that is going to be footing the bill for this? If someone wants to get the surgery to fully transition that is their business. But when we start using taxpayer funded healthcare that soldiers receive it becomes a waste of taxpayer dollars.
There is nothing wrong with being transgendered, it is a free country and if that is the path that you feel will lead to the most happiness for you individually than I am all for it. But when you dictate to a group of people that have no ability to lodge complaints or to protest it is bound to become a distraction and to have a negative impact on unit cohesion. I can only guess the number of servicemembers that have an opinion on this matter but have no voice. I will be that voice; this is wrong, in their blind rush to enact woke policies, politicians have not considered what impact this could have on our men and women in uniform.
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