{"id":169552,"date":"2025-05-16T08:59:39","date_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169552"},"modified":"2025-05-16T08:59:39","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T12:59:39","slug":"trans-troops-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=169552","title":{"rendered":"Trans Troops Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-169553 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/levine.jpg?resize=300%2C170&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/levine.jpg?resize=300%2C170&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/levine.jpg?w=470&amp;ssl=1 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><br \/>\n<em>Unavailable for Comment<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Active-duty transgender troops have until 6 June to begin voluntarily separating from the armed forces, Reserves can wait until 7 July. Those who do so will receive an honorable discharge from military service and separation pay, which is fair. Those who do not will be processed for involuntary separation.<\/p>\n<h3>Transgender troops who don\u2019t self-report will have medical records reviewed<\/h3>\n<p><strong>By CAITLYN BURCHETT<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON \u2014 Troops with a history of gender dysphoria or who show symptoms of the condition will be subject to medical record reviews if they don\u2019t self-report, according to a memo issued Thursday by the Pentagon.<\/p>\n<p>Medical screenings will be the Defense Department\u2019s primary means of involuntarily booting out transgender troops who do not self-identify for a discharge from military service, according to a senior defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity. The medical screenings will be conducted through the department\u2019s individual medical readiness program, which is executed on a rolling basis to assess whether a service member is able to deploy on a mission.<\/p>\n<p>But unit commanders can also initiate medical screenings of service members suspected of having gender dysphoria if they do not self-identify as the Pentagon works to weed out transgender people. Gender dysphoria is the distress that a person feels because their assigned gender and gender identity don\u2019t match. The medical condition has been linked to depression and suicidal thoughts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.stripes.com\/theaters\/us\/2025-05-15\/transgender-troops-discharge-medical-reviews-17799648.html\">Stars and Stripes<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unavailable for Comment Active-duty transgender troops have until 6 June to begin voluntarily separating from the armed forces, Reserves can wait until 7 July. Those who do so will receive an honorable discharge from military service and separation pay, which is fair. Those who do not will be processed for involuntary separation. 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