Ex-Army Chief Says Trump Turned Back on Troops

She said her fellow service-members were supportive too. “Any American who meets current medical and readiness standards should be allowed to continue serving”.

The world’s LGBTQ media advocacy organization GLAAD released a statement to express outrage over the ban.

The tweet from the Canadian Armed Forces’ official account included a photo of military band members marching in a parade with rainbow flags fluttering from their instruments. He had said that the prohibition was outdated.

Ahead of Trump’s announcement, his defense chief, Jim Mattis, said recently the Pentagon would delay Carter’s order through the remainder of 2017 in order to review the impact of the shift.

Former Army Captain James Hasson, who served in Afghanistan, told Fox News Radio, “It definitely would’ve been preferable if this announcement had been made in closer coordination with the Pentagon, and rolled out in a more appropriate manner”.

Transgenders are no more welcome in the military, the United States President Donald Trump has announced. He even went on to add that the military’s focus should just be on decisive and overwhelming victory.

Past year under President Obama, transgender service members could serve openly while the military studied how to accommodate transgender recruits.

The nation’s top military officer says USA policy on transgender individuals serving in uniform has not – and will not – change until Defense Secretary Jim Mattis receives the president’s policy direction and Mattis determines how to implement it.

Ivanka Trump tweeted in June: “I am proud to support my LGBTQ friends and the LGBTQ Americans who have made huge contributions to our society and economy”.

McCain criticized the lack of clarity in Trump’s messages.

Earlier Wednesday, Trump announced on Twitter he would “not accept or allow” transgender people to serve in the military. “I don’t know how he came to that conclusion so fast”, Kara Zajac, a transgender woman and a Navy veteran, told ABC affiliate WJLA-TV. “This is a shocking and ignorant attack on our military and on transgender troops who have been serving honorably and effectively for the past year”. “We are here. We exist and we live and we have a right to fight for our country”, responded Diana Patton.

My father, William Jenner, landed on Omaha Beach in WWII, and his bravery and service to his country has always inspired me and helped make me the person I am today.

The Military Times also reported that US$41.6 million was spent on Viagra alone in 2014, and a total of almost 1.18 million prescriptions were filled for erectile dysfunction medications from 2011-14.

“Wow, no one takes away civil rights as politely as Donald Trump”, Noah said.

As one of the first openly transgender people in the military, Fox knows this from personal experience. “There are existing military rules and regulations that allow transgender people to serve and even the commander-in-chief can not change those rules and regulations via Twitter”. He threatened legal action if Wednesday’s decision is not reversed.

The cost of health care for transgender people costs the military an estimated $2 million to $8 million annually. That translates to 0.04 percent to 0.13 percent of the agency’s annual spending on health care.

“I’m disgusted by this bigoted move by President Trump”, gay state Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said in a statement. “It’s not something that is a serious concern for anyone”. While transgender service members have been able to serve openly in the military since a year ago, after Trump’s ban, locals are now wondering what will happen to the fate of those currently serving?