Transgender ideology has weakened the US military — it’s dangerous to pretend otherwise
Opinion by Caroline Downey • 17h
I remember a friend’s dismay after her dream to join the Marines was squashed because she had asthma. There are many stories of Americans being disqualified to serve because of seemingly negligible conditions. But as the daughter of a Vietnam-era Army captain, I know the strict criteria are crucial for military lethality.
This is why the Biden administration’s removal of restrictions on the admission of transgender-identifying soldiers to the military, many of whom receive invasive sex change surgeries and hormones at taxpayer expense, was a slap in the face to otherwise able-bodied rejects of the US armed forces. Incoming president and commander-in-chief Donald Trump’s reported plan to revisit Biden’s rules is consistent with the military’s central mission of deterring and winning wars.
It is outrageous enough for millions of Americans that they are forced to subsidise gender ideology. The Pentagon spent $15 million between 2016 and 2021 to treat 1,892 transgender troops, including $11.5 million for psychotherapy and $3.1 million for 243 surgeries, according to Defense Department data provided to Military.com
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