The United States Army has released its transgender training materials which say that naked men who identify as women are permitted to take showers with female soldiers.
The training materials, “Tier Three Transgender Soldiers Training” have different sections that describe possible scenarios that can happen and how soldiers are to handle each situation.
In “Vignette 4” the manual states that men who have not had ‘reassignment surgery’ – meaning they still have their biological genitalia – are allowed to use all of the female barracks, bathrooms and showers,
“Following her transition from male to female (which did not include sex reassignment surgery) and gender marker change in DEERS (the military’s personnel database), a transgender Soldier begins using female barracks, bathroom and shower facilities. Because she did not undergo a surgical change, the Soldier still has male genitalia.”
The manual goes on to say In response, No. 4 under “Considerations and Responsibilities” that female soldiers should be prepared to encounter men – who identify as women but have not yet had ‘reassignment surgery’ – in their barracks, bathrooms and showers,
“Understand that you may encounter individuals in barracks, bathrooms, or shower facilities with physical characteristics of the opposite sex despite having the same gender marker in DEERS.”
In response No. 5 the manual says,
“All Soldiers should be respectful of the privacy and modesty concerns of others. However, transgender Soldiers are not required or expected to modify or adjust their behavior based on the fact that they do not ‘match’ other Soldiers.”
Which according to James Hasson – former Army captain and war veteran – is not the protocol in the army,
“The military is normally in the business of telling soldiers to ‘modify or adjust their behavior’ all the time.”
Hasson explained to the Federalist that most army showers look like a prison cell with several showerheads on the wall,
“Anyone who has dealt with the practical challenges of funneling 30 people through them in ten minutes understands that ‘privacy’ will be incompatible with reality,” he added,
“Female soldiers who feel uncomfortable sharing facilities with individuals who still have ‘physical characteristics of the opposite sex’ will just have to put up with it.”
According to CBN:
Late last month, Defense Secretary James Mattis delayed allowing transgender people to enlist in the military for six more months. The delay does not ban military personnel who are currently serving from transitioning, according to The Federalist.
The goal of the postponement is to provide the joint chiefs more time to look over and ease the impact of an Obama administration rule on “readiness and lethality of our (armed) forces,” the media outlet reported.
The Obama administration allowed transgender people to openly serve. In the past, the U.S. Armed Forces automatically discharged military personnel with gender dysphoria.
The Trump administration prohibited people with gender dysphoria to serve openly in their self-identified gender. However in June of 2021, the Biden administration issued an order saying that transgenders are to be allowed to serve openly in the military.
