Pentagon Manual Details Rules for Transgender Military Personnel The Pentagon has issued a comprehensive manual detailing protocol for service members undergoing a sex-change transition.
Navy, Marines to Accept Transgender Recruits by July 2017 The Navy has issued interim guidance for transgender Marines and sailors as new policies are being implemented.
Tricare Now Covering Transgender Treatment Options Military medical facilities will provide hormone treatment, counseling and sex-change surgery when deemed "medically...
Defense Department Releases New Tricare Transgender Policy The U.S. Defense Department released a new Tricare policy for expanding transgender treatments for family members and...
Navy to Hold All-Hands Training, Webinars on New Transgender Policy As the DoD makes changes to allow transgender service members to serve openly, the Navy is holding training to educate the...
Transgender Airmen Can Now Seek Temporary Exemptions Airmen changing genders can now seek temporary exemptions from gender-specific physical fitness tests and uniform...
DoD School to Let Transgender Student Use Girls' Restroom The Department of Defense reversed itself and will allow a U.S. service member's transgender daughter to use the girl's...
Navy: No Exceptions to Fitness Standards for Transgender Sailors A new 12-page handbook released by the Navy today describes in detail when and how a sailor can complete a gender transition.
Advocacy Group Questions VA Transgender Funding A study by a transgender advocacy group says providing transgender sex-change surgery at the VA would cost $21 million a year...
Transgender Navy SEAL Applies for Job in Trump Administration Retired Navy SEAL Kristin Beck wants to increase visibility for transgender and veterans issues in the Trump administration.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
