Transgender Mentality In The Military

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In 2016 Rand Corporation, did a study of the 18 countries that permitted a transgender individual to fight in the military and concluded that there is no significant impact on the military that would harm the armed force institution from functioning in war. Henceforth, supporting the fact that transgender mentality has nothing to due with how they conform to the military rules or even how they act in battle.
The point of this essay is not to trash the military, but rather bring out a point into the light. Transgender people are normal individuals, and they are not mentally ill since they don’t fit in societies uniform construct. The military is a collected body that protects this nation against enemies and should be treated with the utmost

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