Sentences with phrase «many service members»
There are between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender service members actively serving in the US army, the RAND report noted.
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The new gear would help to keep American service members safe.
Chuck E. Cheese To thank service members past and present, on Veteran's Day on Nov. 11, Chuck E. Cheese's will be offering one free personal pizza to all active and retired military members at participating stores nationwide.
The delivery company is supporting the USO's Holiday for Heroes program, which sends care packages and hosts holiday parties for service members deployed in Southwest Asia and remote locations.
Ruby Tuesday All former and active duty service members of the military can enjoy a free appetizer.
In addition, now through November 11, for every Veterans Day Starbucks Card or eGift purchased, Starbucks will contribute $ 5 to help support programs assisting service members, military spouses and veterans.
The groups seek court orders barring enforcement of the ban and preventing transgender service members from being discharged, blocked from promotion or denied medical care.
Trump ordered the military to immediately stop paying for transition - related medical expenses, unless a service member's health was in jeopardy.
The Air Force will also offer aviation bonuses to more service members in fiscal year 2017, which runs until the end of September.
Some of the Secret Service members in charge of protecting President John F. Kennedy might have been impaired the day he was killed.
Founder Jared Schreiber, a graduate of MIT, was a founding member of the Pat Tillman Foundation which supports active - duty military service members, veterans and their spouses with academic scholarships and professional development opportunities.
A RAND study found that there are between 2,500 and 7,000 transgender service members in the active duty military, and another 1,500 to 4,000 in the reserves.
The federal government's plans for transgender service members and recruits have been up in the air for some time.
Mattis said the US Department of Defense needed more time to review the accession plans and potential impact of transgender service members on military lethality.
Blitzer disputed that estimate, noting that the RAND Corporation estimated in 2016 that between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender service members were on active duty, and that only 29 to 129 of those service members were likely to seek gender - transition - related treatment each year.
He said in a statement that the Pentagon had already decided to allow transgender active - duty service members to continue serving and was conducting a study on the medical obligations and effects of allowing transgender people to serve.
A powerful military deterrent and a resolve to pursue effective diplomacy can prevent war on the Korean peninsula, preserve the lives of the millions living in Seoul (and probably tens of thousands of American service members), and secure American vital national interests in Asia.
A 2014 article published in the academic journal Medical Forces & Society concluded that transgender service members were as deployable and medically ready as their cisgender peers, with few exceptions.
«There is no reason to force service members who are able to fight, train, and deploy to leave the military — regardless of their gender identity.»
On July 13, the House defeated a proposal that would have prevented the Pentagon from funding gender - confirmation surgery and hormone therapy for service members.
Transgender active US service members have been able to seek transition - related care since 2016.
Trump has lauded the US military throughout his campaign and early presidency, and he polled favorably among service members during the beginning of his first term.
«As the technology - fluent millennial generation grows more affluent and demands more flexibility from the goods and services its members buy, opportunities abound for organizations to respond in ever more innovative ways,» the report says.
US military leaders have roundly rebuked the deadly violence that unfolded at the white - nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend, and a US Marine general specifically called out a former service member believed to be involved with a white supremacist group.
The dramatic changes to its retirement system will impact millions of current and future service members.
Though he called for sending «an additional 475 service members to Iraq,» Obama said they would have the same mission as the «several hundred American service members» he sent to Iraq in June.
«I call on the president and our nation's military leaders to re-focus their efforts on improving health care and other services for our service members and veterans and ensuring the security, freedom, and prosperity of the United States and its allies.
As of Jan. 1, service members entering the military will automatically be enrolled in the new BRS program.
He worked with the late Sen. Ted Stevens (R - AK) and the late Senator Daniel K. Inuye (D - HI) on the project and recalled that Stevens, who served as a pilot in the Army's air force during World War II, was eager to investigate claims that service members were often hesitant to report sightings to their superiors due to fear of being laughed at or stigmatized.
«Such a controversial move could only be funded by cutting other vital priorities for our service members, mere weeks after the Department communicated its needs to the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee during omnibus appropriation negotiations,» Democratic Sens. Jack Reed and Dick Durbin wrote.
Semper Fi Fund for wounded, critically ill, and injured service members.
U.S. service members walk off a helicopter on the runway at Camp Bost on September 11, 2017 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
An Air Force review has found that the branch failed to report «several dozen» service members found guilty of violent offenses to the federal gun background check database, with representatives of the service telling the New York Times that the reporting failure that allowed disgraced airman Devin Patrick Kelley to purchase the firearms he used to murder 26 parishioners in a Sutherland Springs, Texas, church on Nov. 5 «was not an isolated incident.»
According to the study — which analyzed health insurance data on gender transition - related expenditures — extending medical care to transgender service members would increase costs by $ 2.4 million to $ 8.4 million a year.
These stores will donate a portion of each transaction to local nonprofits dedicated to meeting the needs of service members.
Warren's words echo a statement made by former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who ended the transgender military ban for service members just last year.
It's not just officers, who are generally college - educated and a bit older than enlisted service members, who find great success in the entrepreneurial world when they're given the tools to succeed.
Evacuations began Sunday at the US Guantanamo Bay military base, home to about 6,000 service members, contractors, and their families in addition to 61 detainees.
Captain Sonny Hernandez, an Air Force Reserve Chaplain in Ohio, had published an article criticizing service members who serve the Constitution instead of Christ, among other shocking things.
A U.S. Air Force chaplain is under fire for saying that Christian people in the armed forces both «serve Satan» and are «grossly in error» if they support fellow service members who practice other faiths.
The «Candy Bar» is in an area off - limits to US military service members that is locally called «Hooker Hill.»
«Commanders noted that the policies had benefits for all service members by creating a more inclusive and diverse force.»
Los Angeles TV broadcaster Leeann Tweeden alleged in a 790 KABC column that Sen. Al Franken of Minnesota kissed and groped her without her consent in 2006, while she was part of a United Service Organizations tour to entertain military service members abroad.
«Our list serves as the defacto post-military employment guide for transitioning service members and their families.»
Trump said American forces can't afford the «tremendous medical costs and disruption» of transgender service members.
They come from CEOs, entrepreneurs, celebrities, athletes, artists, writers, scientists, military service members, and more.
As Veterans Small Business Week kicks off, Starbucks has announced plans to increase veteran hiring and use community stores to support service members.
Uber's communications account sent a message of gratitude to transgender service members.
«It's critical to isolate and distinguish those companies with the strongest job opportunities, hiring practices, and retention programs for transitioning service members and spouses seeking civilian employment so that candidates are able to conduct an efficient and effective job search,» says Sean Collins, vice president of Victory Media and a nine - year Navy veteran.
Veterans or service members typically have a highly developed code of honor and integrity that mandates they live up to life's obligations, including the financial ones, making them desirable customers for financial lenders,» Kennedy says.