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2017-11-11 Home Front: Culture Wars

After 13 years in the military, this is my toughest Veterans Day

[CNN] I can recall where I celebrated every Veterans Day since 2005, during my 13 years of service with the United States Army. One was in Baghdad, Iraq, and another was in Kandahar, Afghanistan. My wife was pregnant and alone the Veterans Day I spent in South Korea, and she was raising our three children by herself the year I was conducting training in the Pacific theater. On four other occasions I was in various training exercises across the country: Sweating in the heat at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. Freezing in the snow at Fort Sill, Oklahoma.

But the most memorable Veterans Day was in 2016. Not because it was spent in some far-off corner of the world, but because I was serving for the first time as my authentic self. The US military had successfully integrated transgender soldiers into its ranks. I could look forward to the rest of my career with the knowledge that I would only be discriminated against based solely on my performance

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11139 views ] Top

#1 All that means is your focus was not on the job of Warfighting.
Or protecting your fellow Troops.

Posted by newc 2017-11-11 00:42|| 2017-11-11 00:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Except for the gaystapo cloaking, assignments and conditions much like anyone else. newc nails it.

"Discriminated against based solely on performance."

This person really does need to be somewhere other than the military. LGBTQ has overwritten all circuits.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-11-11 01:00|| 2017-11-11 01:00|| Front Page Top

#3 The enemy doesn't give a damn.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-11-11 07:24|| 2017-11-11 07:24|| Front Page Top

#4 P2K nails it once again. A story about SJWs and PC in the military. The enemy does not give a damn.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-11 07:45|| 2017-11-11 07:45|| Front Page Top

#5 A shout-out to veterans everywhere on this day. Thanks.

Posted by JohnQC 2017-11-11 07:59|| 2017-11-11 07:59|| Front Page Top

#6 Combat is the ultimate Darwin test.

You will fail.

Posted by DarthVader 2017-11-11 08:09|| 2017-11-11 08:09|| Front Page Top

#7 So, It lied to the military, wife, and children all those years? How brave

Posted by Frank G 2017-11-11 09:39|| 2017-11-11 09:39|| Front Page Top

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