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2021-03-11 -PC Follies
DoD considers no cost 'johnson' removal surgery for service members
[Newmax] The Department of Defense has confirmed in recent memos that sex reassignment surgery could be provided free of cost as part of the military’s medical benefits package following President Joe Biden’s Jan. 25 executive order.

"America is stronger, at home and around the world, when it is inclusive. The military is no exception," the White House said in a press release announcing the order.

"This means no one will be separated or discharged, or denied reenlistment, solely on the basis of gender identity," the release continued. "Prospective recruits may serve in their self-identified gender when they have met the appropriate standards for accession into the military services."

"This revised policy will also ensure all medically necessary transitionrelated care authorized by law is available to all Service members," wrote Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin in a memo obtained by the Washington Examiner.

Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough said the military would "perform an assessment of the necessary steps to eliminate the exclusion of 'gender alteration' (gender affirmation surgery) in the medical benefits package."

He wrote last month, in a memo ordering a review of the department’s policies and practices, that "Every person at VA, whether a customer or member of VA’s workforce, should be treated with respect and dignity. Our success as a team — our ability to deliver world-class care for our veterans — depends on our respect for our fellow VA employees and the veterans we serve and is critical to everything we do."
Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-11 12:58|| || Front Page|| [15 views ]  Top

#1 A friend's brother got that surgery in Vietnam back in the 60s - he didn't have to pay for it either.
Posted by Glenmore 2021-03-11 13:06||   2021-03-11 13:06|| Front Page Top

#2 No better symbol of this administration's approach to America. Castrate. Neuter. Render harmless. And ridiculous to the world.

Wonder what the Chinese are saying now?
Posted by Dino Henbane9200 2021-03-11 13:45||   2021-03-11 13:45|| Front Page Top

#3 The Chinese are bidding on the surgery leftovers. They plan to eat it.
Posted by Ulolump Grumble1426 2021-03-11 14:28||   2021-03-11 14:28|| Front Page Top

#4 Take it, what's the dif? He wasn't using it anyways.
Posted by jpal 2021-03-11 14:46||   2021-03-11 14:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Heck, I got a stump and a machete. We can do it real quick and cheap!
Posted by DarthVader 2021-03-11 15:16||   2021-03-11 15:16|| Front Page Top

#6 Johns Hopkins stopped doing this mutilation years ago when the found a majority wished they hadn't done it and a lot of the recipients committed suicide.
Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-03-11 15:24||   2021-03-11 15:24|| Front Page Top

#7 Eventually it will be a requirement for flag officers.
Posted by Rob Crawford 2021-03-11 15:35||   2021-03-11 15:35|| Front Page Top

#8 ^ Snark of the evening
Posted by jpal 2021-03-11 15:59||   2021-03-11 15:59|| Front Page Top

#9 Is it?
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-11 16:04||   2021-03-11 16:04|| Front Page Top

#10 If this really has to be the policy it should be allowed as you leave the service after two+ terms having been completed honorably. If you want to sign up for that taxpayer funded surgery you have to actually do the job first.
Posted by rjschwarz 2021-03-11 17:16||   2021-03-11 17:16|| Front Page Top

#11 Scarier than a combined force of Seals and Deltas. For America, anyway.

Posted by Injun Chomomble7936 2021-03-11 18:30||   2021-03-11 18:30|| Front Page Top

#12 ^ if I had those coming at me in any foxhole in the world I'd have to think twice about taking my own life.
Posted by jpal 2021-03-11 19:26||   2021-03-11 19:26|| Front Page Top

#13 The Puzzle Palace Eunuchs.
Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-11 19:33||   2021-03-11 19:33|| Front Page Top

#14 So, we already have an over-burdened medical system in the military, and now ELECTIVE procedures may be provided "free of cost". Just phooking great.
Posted by Clem 2021-03-11 19:39||   2021-03-11 19:39|| Front Page Top

#15 Not to mention the ongoing, ljfetime hormone treatments. Which will probably be placed higher in priority over ammo when they are deployed to the field.
Posted by Rambler in Virginia  2021-03-11 20:07||   2021-03-11 20:07|| Front Page Top

#16 Which one is the transgender surgeon General?
Posted by Victor Emmanuel Uneretch3731 2021-03-11 21:18||   2021-03-11 21:18|| Front Page Top

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