{"id":1544098,"date":"2022-07-08T08:05:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1544098"},"modified":"2022-07-08T08:05:47","modified_gmt":"2022-07-08T12:05:47","slug":"army-training-requires-soldiers-to-shower-with-transgender-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/army-training-requires-soldiers-to-shower-with-transgender-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Army Training Requires Soldiers to Shower With Transgender People"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Farmy-training-requires-soldiers-to-shower-with-transgender-people%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1544098&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">An Army training slide obtained by Breitbart News instructs soldiers to shower with transgender members of the opposite sex even if they have not undergone a surgical transition.<\/p>\n<p>The training slide offers a \u201cvignette\u201d instructing soldiers on what to do if they encounter a female soldier who identifies as male according to the Department of Defense\u2019s personnel tracking system known as\u00a0Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS), but has not surgically transitioned and still has \u201cfemale genitalia.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>The slide, titled \u201cSoldier\/Unit Training Barracks, Bathrooms, and Showers,\u201d reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Vignette: Following his transition from female to male (which did not include sex reassignment surgery) and gender marker change in DEERS, a transgender Soldier begins using male barracks, bathroom, and shower facilities. Because he did not undergo a surgical change, the Soldier still has female genitalia.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The slide instructs soldiers: \u201cSoldiers must accept living and working conditions that are often austere, primitive, and characterized by little or no privacy. \u2026 Understand anyone may encounter individuals in barracks, bathrooms, or shower facilities with physical characteristics of the opposite sex despite having the same gender marker in DEERS.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">It also tells soldiers that they should be \u201crespectful of the privacy and modesty concerns of others,\u201d but that \u201ctransgender Soldiers are not required or expected to modify or adjust their behavior based on the fact that they do not \u2018match\u2019 other Soldiers.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The training slides warn soldiers that violations of Equal Opportunity (EO) policies may result in disciplinary actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice and that EO policies \u201capply to working, living, and recreational environment (on and off-post, during duty and non-duty hours).\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Soldiers with concerns or questions are told to discuss them with their chain of command.<\/p>\n<p>While fear of reprimand may prevent soldiers who disagree with the policy from expressing those views publicly,\u00a0some teammates of transgender swimmer Lia Thomas have shared how they felt about sharing a locker room with someone from the opposite sex.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_19607730\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/01\/JOSEPH-PREZIOSO_AFP-via-Getty-Images-2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>Lia Thomas (Joseph Prezioso\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>One swimmer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-10445679\/Lia-Thomas-UPenn-teammate-says-trans-swimmer-doesnt-cover-genitals-locker-room.html\">told<\/a> the\u00a0<em>Daily Mail<\/em>: \u201cMultiple swimmers have raised it, multiple times\u2026 . But we were basically told that we could not ostracize Lia by not having her in the locker room and there\u2019s nothing we can do about it, that we basically have to roll over and accept it, or we cannot use our locker room.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The swimmer added, \u201cIt\u2019s really upsetting because Lia doesn\u2019t seem to care how it makes anyone else feel\u2026 . The 35 of us are just supposed to accept being uncomfortable in our own space and locker room for, like, the feelings of one.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The slide is part of a mandatory training presentation all soldiers must receive following the Biden administration\u2019s January 2021 order to the Department of Defense that all qualified transgender persons be allowed to join the military and serve openly. The order reversed a policy under the Trump administration that prohibited transgender persons with gender dysphoria from serving.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_21513641\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21513641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/Biden-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>President Joe Biden signs an Executive Order reversing the Trump era ban on transgender individuals serving in military, in the Oval Office of the White House, Monday, January 25, 2021, in Washington. (Evan Vucci\/AP)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Another slide from the presentation states\u00a0that\u00a0a soldier\u2019s gender transition is considered administratively \u201ccomplete\u201d once the soldier has completed the \u201cmedical care necessary to achieve stability in the self-identified gender,\u201d but that the medical care is the \u201cmedical process identified or approved by a military medical provider in a documented medical treatment plan\u201d and \u201coften does not include surgical treatment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce gender transition is complete and the Soldier\u2019s gender marker in DEERS is changed, the Soldier is expected to adhere to all military standards associated with the Soldier\u2019s gender marker in DEERS and use billeting, bathroom, and shower facilities in accordance with the DEERS gender marker,\u201d it says.<\/p>\n<p>The training slides are dated August 2021, but were distributed to soldiers earlier this year in March, according to the Free Beacon, which <a href=\"https:\/\/freebeacon.com\/biden-administration\/army-mandates-pronoun-training-for-all-levels-of-service\/\">obtained<\/a> different slides from the same training. Similar training slides have been <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/07\/05\/new-army-training-tells-female-soldiers-put-naked-men-showers\/\">circulated<\/a> in the past, featuring slightly different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2017\/07\/07\/transgender-men-womens-showers-must-get-dignity-respect-u-s-army\/\">scenarios<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20454644\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1383109928.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-20454644\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/GettyImages-1383109928.png\" alt=\"Jim Banks\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>U.S. Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN) speaks at a House Republican news conference on energy policy at the U.S. Capitol on March 08, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Navy reservist and member of the House Armed Services Committee, said in a statement to Breitbart News, \u201cEvery soldier I know just wants to spend their day working hard to keep America safe and it\u2019s shameful that they\u2019re being forced to sit through these pointless and partisan trainings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur adversaries aren\u2019t wasting their time with this stuff. We need to get serious about countering the serious threats we face abroad,\u201d Banks, chairman of the Republican Study Committee, added.<\/p>\n<p>Breitbart News contacted the Army for a comment but did not receive a response by deadline.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>\u00a0or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Army training slide obtained by Breitbart News instructs soldiers to shower with transgender members of the opposite sex even if they have not undergone a surgical transition. 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