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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.

n.prU.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service membersThe 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.

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Yup. Hegseth’s not only vicious, he's stupid. Setting aside the legal problems, there are the appearance problems. Even many conservatives think this is unfair to the veterans. "They served, they shouldn't be cheated" is a good paraphrase of the sentiment.

How was slavery made legal for so long? And then how were Black people treated as way less than human for the better half of the 20th century (and even now)? How were women denied sooooo much normal stuff for soooo long (and are still ignored and payed less unless the are ugly, stupid blondes)?

This is what happens when a white Christian nationalist is in charge of our military. Christian nationalists are more of a threat to America's future than Islamist terrorists. We need to do all we can to ensure that America does not become a Gilead-like theocracy ruled by ppl like Commander Hegseth.

Stupid. Targeting transgender service members with service records between 15 and 18 years gives them, "transversely", merit for their work ethic! Isn't that what Trump wants? Merit performers? This is going nowhere except a court of competent jurisdiction.

I'm sure this action will save a large and useful amount of money that they will spend on decreasing the deficit as they promised. Now let me just pick up the newspaper while I take a biiig sip of coffee-

Hatred and cruelty for the sake of hatred and cruelty - in that sense, Hegseth fits perfectly into the broader Trump administration. Who could have ever guessed that picking a low-level TV personality as SECDEF would turn out this badly?

NOBODY should be denied benefits they earned. These good people served our country without reservation and are due any and all things all other service members are entitled to.

Who’s NEXT? LGB? Females? DEI? ANYONE other than “Christian” white males? There’s a short political distance between “separating” & “purging” isn’t there.

Pitiful ... when the Federal Government picks on a small minority like this, it really leaves you wondering if the nation is worth saving. Pitiful.

Outrageous! Unheard of. Psychopaths, criminals, liars and conmen! This shows that USA no longer is a country with legal Certainty! If I was a minority in USA I will flee to Canada or Europe! I mean this disaster is only the beginning! The Dehumanizing is obvious! Save yourself & your family’s! 🤮😰😱☠️

But in a military environment you have to go out of your way to do something like this to people who have honorably served and some of them in combat, to devalue their service because of gender its ridiculous their service is on record!

Fucking gross, they served our country with honor and beyond what is expected. To deny them retirement benefits that would go to other soldiers is just vindictive. If they can be this openly homophobic to trans people, imagine what they will do to other LGBTQ and people of color in the future.

The U.S. Air Force said it will deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early. Any other person with +15 years of service is eligible for retirement. In Europe, we treat our troops with respect and dignity. The US does not.

I guess Trump was right when he said that all of our military were "suckers" Because if the government and just take away your benefits on a whim, then why would anybody ever enlist?

Yeah no one has to comply. They could gather together and bully back. I’m a doctor and am blown away at how wimpy gynecologists in the south are just complying with these extremely unsafe laws to regulate women’s health care….

It doesn’t matter what they put on their paperwork, male female, other, eight legged octopus, shark - I don’t give a shit. They voluntarily join the service to protect our country and our constitution from enemies foreign and domestic. They deserve to be taken care of. This really pisses me off.

Now the government will waste lots of money on a court battle that it can't and shouldn't win because some idiots are intimidated by transgender humans. Trump, Hegseth and their ilk are sad little men who should be isolated on a remote island somewhere where they can't bother anyone.

Shameful. As former enlisted USAF I am so disappointed to see this outright discrimination... especially when these men and women have served honorably. Also... FU( K Hegseth and the regime.

How is this constitutional? Am I so ignorant and nieve? If this level of regulated bigotry is STILL protected and possible, the whole fucking document needs to be rewritten in order to end and crush these fascist hopes and dreams….

The Constitution is not the problem its the SCOTUS interpretation of it that is allowing this So all this was set in motion when Mitch McConnell stole Obama's SCOTUS seat! He straight up gangster stole Merrick Garland's seat and Dems did nothing

This is a horrible policy decision. Why are these people in power so frightened by the concept of gender. If they did their jobs as service members, they deserve their benefits.