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Defense Secretary Jim Mattis with the approval of the Trump Administration has approved a 6 month delay in allowing transgender recruits to join the US Military to make sure the change in policy will not affect the "readiness" or "lethality" of the military!!

Spokeswoman Dana White said that they accepted the recommendation to deter transgender applicants until January 1st.

Mattis said "After consulting with the service chiefs and secretaries, i have determined that it is necessary to defer the start of accessions for 6 months. We will use this additional time to evaluate more carefully the impact of such accessions on readiness and lethality"..

Just last week the military leaders rejected Army and Air Force requests for a 2 year.

The Pentagon ended its ban on openly transgender people serving in the US Military under Barack Obama as many in the military who were transgender were allowed to be open.

But new transgender recruits under Trump have NOT been allowed to enlist. The Pentagon was expected to start allowing new transgeder recruits to begin enlisting provided they had been "stable" in their preferred gender for 18 months

Human Rights Activists were alarmed by this and said "There are thousands of transgender service members openly and proudly serving our nation today..what matters is the ability to get the job done, not their gender identity"

Last year, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said there were about 7000 active duty transgender soldiers with 4000 on reserves

Do you think Transgender people should be allowed to serve in the military?

Mattis -

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