After 20 years in the Army, Master Sergeant Amiah Sale’s future hangs in the balance.

The Trump administration has made it a mission to purge all transgender service members from the military, but as the trans military ban makes its way through the courts, some service members, like Sale, are spending their days in limbo.

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    3 days ago

    Do you think she was motivated by bloodlust for the innocent and cheap oil, or by a sense of duty?

    Can you commend responding to a sense of duty at the same time as criticising what it achieved? I can.

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        3 days ago

        Look, I understand and share your cynicism about the US military given all it has done. I don’t think, though, that it’s too much to ask that people understand that there can be different, positive attributes shown by its members.

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          2 days ago

          something like 80% of the people serving are there because they have no better financial option