Lgbt People Should Be Able To Serve In The Military

The requirements to join the military are that the person be a United States citizen or have a green card holder, be physically healthy, be between the ages of 17 and 40 years old, have a high school diploma, and pass the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) test. Even though they currently can serve in the military some people would still see that right take away. Lesbians, gays, bisexuals, and transgenders should be able to keep that right to openly serve in the military because they are equally qualified, more volunteers for the military are needed, and it ensures civil equality. If LGBT people want to and are physically fit enough to serve in the military why should they not be able to? “Recognizing that our openness to diversity is one of the things that [has] allowed us to be the best in the world, we must ensure that everyone who's able and willing to serve has the full and equal opportunity to do so,” he said. “And we must start from a position of inclusivity, not exclusivity” (Hennigan). Even Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said this himself that if anyone is willing and is able to serve they should have opportunity to serve.

“After more than a half-decade operating in a favorable recruiting environment that allowed the U.S. military to be increasingly selective and to meet most recruitment goals, the new environment is “likely to become significantly less fertile in the near future,” according to a new summary report released by CNA” (Wagner). In the near future some have predicted that we are slowly needing more recruiment, and not reached the maximum of what we need for our military. If we took the right from LGBT individuals to not be able to serve in the military that would be harming us more than anything by limiting our recruitment