WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move.
The move means that transgender service members will now be faced with the choice of either taking a lump-sum separation payment offered to junior troops or be removed from the service.
An Air Force spokesperson told The Associated Press that “although service members with 15 to 18 years of honorable service were permitted to apply for an exception to policy, none of the exceptions to policy were approved.” About a dozen service members had been “prematurely notified” that they would be able to retire before that decision was reversed, according to the spokesperson who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss internal Air Force policy.
A memo issued Monday announcing the new policy, which was reviewed by the AP, said that the choice to deny retirement benefits was made “after careful consideration of the individual applications.”
All transgender members of the Air Force are being separated from the service under the Trump administration’s policies.
This is the same old shit and gay people will be next followed by people of color.
I was in when they ended don’t ask, don’t tell. There was a person in for 19 years. Openly gay. So much so, they would take other shipmates to gays bars with them all the time. It was never a secret.
I assume you are asking the obvious question “19 years?” Someone reported them to the command and they kicked them out before reaching 20 years. Fucking less than honorable discharge. Fuck any one that calls them self a vet/member of any branch and supports this shit. You are no brother or sister of mine. If I seen you bleeding out, I would frag your ass.
A lot I can understand but you take an oath to support your family in arms. Hegseth is a GOD DAMN traitor to his country and the service.
“Suckers and losers”
-The Current Commander in Chief-
They took an oath to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. They abandoned their oath and are now suffering the penalties of being an oathbreaker.
Real life isn’t like movies, “oaths” don’t mean anything than gloifying a few lines of words. I mean, when has anyone in a position of power ever took their oaths seriously?
Yes. Absolutely yes. But with consequences.
That shit pissed me off. He was denied a military pension by some fucking bigot.
Trump is a bigger traitor and people voted him for commander in chief. Americans be weird.
I expect nothing less from Commander in chief bone spurs. Vance and Hegseth served. They are suppose to help their brothers and sisters in arms. Not shoot them in the back.