{"id":41210,"date":"2017-06-30T23:06:35","date_gmt":"2017-07-01T02:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/?p=41210"},"modified":"2017-07-03T23:55:49","modified_gmt":"2017-07-04T02:55:49","slug":"breaking-us-military-officially-delays-transgender-enlistment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/2017\/06\/30\/breaking-us-military-officially-delays-transgender-enlistment\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: US Military Officially Delays Transgender Enlistment"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-32180\" src=\"http:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pentagon2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1094\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pentagon2.png 1094w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pentagon2-300x105.png 300w, https:\/\/christianfighterpilot.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/pentagon2-1024x359.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1094px) 100vw, 1094px\" \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Update<\/strong><\/span>: Now at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/2017\/07\/30\/pentagon-delays-enlistment-transgender-recruits.html\">FoxNews<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/news\/us\/more-time-allowed-for-review-of-new-transgender-enlistments-1.476188\">Stars and Stripes<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2017\/06\/30\/politics\/pentagon-transgender-recruits\/index.html\">CNN<\/a>.\u00a0 Ashley Broadway&#8217;s activist AMPA is now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LGBTmilitaryfamilies\/photos\/a.252764428077760.62830.219835711370632\/1556491931038330\/?type=3&amp;theater\">actively seeking<\/a> personal interest transgender stories to advance its cause.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/News\/News-Releases\/News-Release-View\/Article\/1236145\/statement-by-chief-pentagon-spokesperson-dana-w-white-on-transgender-accessions\/source\/GovDelivery\/\">brief press release<\/a>, the US Department of Defense has officially delayed &#8220;accessing transgender applicants&#8221; &#8212; that is, enlisting people who describe themselves as transgender &#8212; until January 2018.<\/p>\n<p>The second sentence of the two-sentence release contains some insight into why the delay is occurring:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The services will review their accession plans and provide input on the impact to the readiness and lethality of our forces.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In other words, the impact to the US military&#8217;s\u00a0&#8220;readiness and lethality&#8221; is still in question, should <!--more-->transgendered individuals be allowed to join.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement does not affect those already serving.<\/p>\n<p>Multiple groups have called on President Trump and his administration to delay or even reverse\u00a0the\u00a0military&#8217;s progressive sexual policies enacted in the last\u00a0few years.\u00a0 Religious groups, too,\u00a0have decried the trampling of both religious and civil rights portended by the placement of priority on sexual &#8220;rights.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-like\" data-share=\"true\" data-size=\"small\" data-action=\"like\" data-layout=\"standard\" data-show-faces=\"true\"><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small;\"><strong>ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><!-- blogpost --><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"2728423835\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6450825356098669\"><\/ins><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});<\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Update: Now at FoxNews, Stars and Stripes, and CNN.\u00a0 Ashley Broadway&#8217;s activist AMPA is now actively seeking personal interest transgender stories to advance its cause. In a brief press release, the US Department of Defense has officially delayed &#8220;accessing transgender applicants&#8221; &#8212; that is, enlisting people who describe themselves as transgender &#8212; until January 2018. 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