There are so many great Air Force memes...
...but somehow, this very real story just became my favorite.
These former airthems are big mad!
From Fox News:
The lawsuit, filed on Monday, comes after the Air Force said in August that transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years would not be offered the option to retire early and apply for benefits, a reversal of an earlier decision.
The service members impacted by the new policy now face a loss of up to $2 million owed for their service over the course of their lifetimes, on top of the loss of health insurance benefits, according to GLAD Law, one of the advocacy groups that helped bring the lawsuit.
Now the Department of War is faced with a choice. Pay the $2 million, or some other settlement to make this go away, or stand their ground.
Barack Obama changed the military's policy in 2016. Up until that point, service members could not be openly transgender. Dressing up like the opposite sex provided grounds for discharge [insert MASH joke here].
Trump reversed Barack's change in his first term, then Biden played a double reverse Uno card in 2021.
If the Department of War decides to fight the lawsuit, it may do so on the grounds that the plaintiffs fraudulently enlisted by lying about their existing transgender fetish.
This not the only lawsuit the War Department is facing, however.
This is just the latest legal challenge against the administration's policies that seek to force transgender troops out of the military. In May, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the ban on transgender troops to move forward while legal challenges proceed.
President Donald Trump and Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth have targeted transgender service members as part of their efforts to root out diversity, equity and inclusion in the military.
DEI just had to DIE!
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