Hate, racism, misogeny and especially the wish to make others suffer more than they do, no matter the cost to themselves or to the nation or whatever. In the core it's self hate, although they will deny it, and say you hate yourself if you confront them.

A lot of us join pre realization. It's a way to "man up" both for trans women trying desperately to become enough of a man like they were "supposed to be" and a masculine career that conservative parents approve of for closeted trans men. Then, especially if you're an officer, once you're in and used to it it's a career with great benefits including a full pension after 20 years and the alternative is often a full career change.

Oh also enlisting is a popular "career of last resort" for people struggling to function in society without any known disqualifying disabilities. Incidentally, a lot of trans people's pre realization dysphoria leads to having no idea why you can't just get your shit together and develop discipline. And since the military promises it'll give you discipline it can be attractive, especially when combined with the prior paragraph.

I think people haven't read your three sentences, because I think everyone would agree at the start, but most disagree by the end. She's been in for 20 years. That's where you get your pension. She joined and served through bush Obama trump Biden and now trump again. This isn't a leopards eating face thing, considering 20 years ago I'm not sure she was aware she'd be a she yet.

Want to tell that the the African Americans who also went into the military despite being openly hated?

This isn't about leopards eating faces, this is about a brave person fighting for basic human rights, human dignity, and making progress against bullshit bigotry conservatives yet again.

I think TriCare used to cover surgery.

This scene raises my heart rate so bad. It's wild knowing that you could show this to some people and have them decide that they want to be in his place.

She served in Epstein's army.

Lol I don't disagree but it's funny to see the votes on Lemmy. Just yesterday someone was getting upvoted for generalising all SAS veterans because of 1 they met + 2 which made the news. But now we're talking about a trans woman so suddenly people agree we need to respect people who served

Winning over the common soldier is an effective an important strategy in war.

Because, as reality would show, the moment people stop giving two craps about you is when you wake up with a primed grenade in your bunk and a pre-written report of your 'valiant death in the line of duty.'

Or if we're going old school, 27 stab wounds from the enemy, despite being kilometers away from the front.

Are women excluded from your country's military?

I've heard some analysis of anti trans types that indicated they're much more upset about men to women transitioners than the reverse because it's an open rejection of the more "powerful" role and how dare you reject your privilege like that.

Can't speak to the veracity of that but it makes sense to me.