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Transgender vets threaten to sue VA over delay in surgery options
VA officials announced plans to provide gender conforming surgeries more than two years ago, but have not moved ahead on the promise.
In an era of fostering inclusivity, the Department of Veterans Affairs fails again
Gender-washing VA cemeteries only serves to keep the contributions of women service members invisible, says the author of this commentary.
By Tara Heidger
The Marine Corps: Always faithful — to white men
The Marine Corps, with its ethics and moral courage, has an opportunity to lead the way for our nation by creating a level playing field for all officers at The Basic School, says the author of this commentary.
By Thomas Hobbs
The Pentagon is asking if women have a ‘quality of purity few men possess.’
Questions on new Reserve and National Guard survey seek to explore the extent of blatant and subtle sexism in the ranks.
By Patricia Kime
Will Congress force gender integration at Marine Corps boot camp?
A House panel wants men and women together in recruit training at Parris Island within five years and at San Diego within eight.
Male sailors created ‘rape lists’ of female shipmates on Georgia-based submarine
Recent reports cite a Navy investigation uncovering "rape lists" onboard the guided-missile submarine Florida.
By Mark D. Faram
Op-Ed: Speak up for trans sailors, sound off for justice
"The policy makes service impossible for those who could perform their duties with appropriate care or after transitioning. This is not enforcing a standard. This is exclusion masked by a facade of policy."
By Midshipman 2nd Class Benjamin Chiacchia
New Pentagon transgender policy sets limits for treatment, new recruits after April 12
The Defense Department has approved a new policy that will largely bar transgender troops and military recruits from transitioning to another sex, and require most individuals to serve in their birth gender.
By Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Male and female Marine platoons to integrate at recruit training for the first time
Third Recruit Training Battalion at Parris Island, South Carolina, will start its training cycle with one female platoon and five male platoons.
By Shawn Snow
DHS: Coast Guard Academy retaliated against woman instructor
Officials at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy retaliated against a faculty member who had complained of harassment and bullying based on her gender and race, according to a report from the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Inspector General released Tuesday.
Transgender bodybuilder sculpts a new life in the Navy
The sailor had never participated in a bodybuilding competition before. It was all new, much like the past seven years of his life.
By Jon Simkins