Trans Military Policy
3rd December 2024
The starting point in this discussion is the recognition that the entire transgender issue in the military is predicated on a faulty basis as demonstrated with this statement:
Service members with a diagnosis from a military medical provider indicating that gender transition is medically necessary will be provided medical care and treatment for the diagnosed medical condition …
This statement pre-supposes that gender transition is a medical necessity rather than a choice. A medical necessity is, by definition, a procedure or treatment that, if not administered, will threaten the life of the patient. A desire to change gender is not a medical necessity. Failure to do so does not threaten the life of the patient. Thus, again by definition, it is a choice and the military should not be in the business of providing elective procedures that are not medically necessary.