Superman4 said:
mizzou_guy said:
I'm having trouble finding if they are all actually trained for combat, but 80 percent of military is made up of non-combative roles:
http://www.military.com/join-armed-forces/military-myths.html
Transgender people are just as capable of combat training as anyone else. Maybe not when they are actually going through the transition, but before and after should be no issue.
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Considering I was in the Marines, I can guarantee you they are all trained for combat, which is the purpose of Boot camp. Your MOS or job outside of boot camp may not be entirely combat related but in a time of war every position in the military is combat related. A cook on a ship still needs to be ready and able to fight should that ship get hit by enemy fire or get overrun by enemy combatants.
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But again, what makes a transgender person unable to perform combat? Granted, you're probably not going to be combat training a transgender person right after they have had the major surgery, but before they transition and after they transition, they are just as physically capable as anyone else to do physical tasks. Also, as I already said and you ignored from my post that you quoted, 80% of the jobs in the military are non-combat positions, meaning they can easily find a job in IT, administration, cooking, etc.
Tell me what makes a transgender person icapable of performing combat when necessary (outside of the surgery window for the transition) or unable to fill a domestic position in the military?
