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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:04 pm
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(July 27, 2017 at 3:01 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 3:00 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: That's why you have to be very emotionally sound and have good mental health before joining. Especially for the most elite jobs.
Though I'm certain they do their best to beat insubordination out of most soldiers.
And the rate of mental issues in most armies is troubling at best .And elite jobs could be more so as they tend to put them in danger more.
Unfortunately there has been quite I spike of it in the Canadian Armed Forces mostly people who were deployed in Kandahar
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:11 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:04 pm)Tizheruk Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 3:01 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: Though I'm certain they do their best to beat insubordination out of most soldiers.
And the rate of mental issues in most armies is troubling at best
You triggered a good point I just thought about. While the crotch brigade worries about plumbing, no matter the sex, sexual preference, or sexual identity of those who serve, far too many come home with PTSD and don't get help for it. That is something to worry about, not the bigotry of old white politicians still wishing for petticoats and women back in the kitchen.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm
My husband has to go to sear training within the next few months. I've heard they put you in a small cage for an entire day, beat you, strip you naked, make you go hungry, play mind games on you, etc. Not looking forward to my baby going through that.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:14 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My husband has to go to sear training within the next few months. I've heard they put you in a small cage for an entire day, beat you, strip you naked, make you go hungry, play mind games on you, etc. Not looking forward to my baby going through that.
I cannot support the military no matter what.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:14 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:01 pm)Shell B Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 2:58 pm)Jesster Wrote: And that's complete bullshit for reasons already provided in this thread. The costs involved would be nearly nonexistent in the grand scheme of things, especially when you compare it to the healthcare already provided to troops.
And could be completely avoided if we simply said you can't transition on the country's dime. Whether or not that's right is an entirely different discussion, but that the option exists completely annihilates the claim that it was about health care costs.
Exactly! That's why I don't see how that particular argument holds any water.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:17 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:14 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My husband has to go to sear training within the next few months. I've heard they put you in a small cage for an entire day, beat you, strip you naked, make you go hungry, play mind games on you, etc. Not looking forward to my baby going through that.
I cannot support the military no matter what.
..You can't think of any situation that you have supported a military decision by the US? Not one? Maybe like..in the 1940s maybe?
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:19 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:17 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: ..You can't think of any situation that you have supported a military decision by the US? Not one? Maybe like..in the 1940s maybe?
That was before I was born. Irrelevant.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:20 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:14 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My husband has to go to sear training within the next few months. I've heard they put you in a small cage for an entire day, beat you, strip you naked, make you go hungry, play mind games on you, etc. Not looking forward to my baby going through that.
I cannot support the military no matter what.
I understand why they do it. They have to both prepare you for war as well as test your physical and mental state. The ones who aren't fit for it will be weeded out before they are faced with the real thing.
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:20 pm
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(July 27, 2017 at 3:19 pm)Lutrinae Wrote: (July 27, 2017 at 3:17 pm)FatAndFaithless Wrote: ..You can't think of any situation that you have supported a military decision by the US? Not one? Maybe like..in the 1940s maybe?
That was before I was born. Irrelevant.
Not sure how it's irrelevant. You said you cannot support 'the military,' which is a huge span of offices, groups, and efforts across many places and times in history. You also said 'no matter what', which is why I brought up probably the easiest example of a situation in which you would support our military. But you can't even say yes to that, apparently.
So you just don't support the US military since you've been born. But before then, you might?
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RE: No Trans In The Military Says Trump
July 27, 2017 at 3:21 pm
(July 27, 2017 at 3:12 pm)Catholic_Lady Wrote: My husband has to go to sear training within the next few months. I've heard they put you in a small cage for an entire day, beat you, strip you naked, make you go hungry, play mind games on you, etc. Not looking forward to my baby going through that.
That kind of "training" sounds like it is reserved for special forces or special ops. I am not going to ask you to divulge the unit. But still, that is still mostly a mind game and still controlled. You get severely injured or die in any kind of training, those instructors can lose their job and go to prison.
He's still brave compared to me, just the yelling got to me in Air Force basic. I wish him luck and safety. I mean that sincerely outside our differences on the existence of god/s.
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