Navy to train sailors on transgender acceptance
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP) -- The U.S. Navy has announced its plan for training all personnel on the Pentagon's new policy allowing transgender service members to serve openly. The announcement, delivered by Chief of Naval Personnel Vice Adm. Robert Burke, outlines the service's strategy to prepare both senior leaders and rank-and-file sailors for the changes, according to Military.com.
Marine’s religious liberty claim denied
ASHEVILLE, N.C. (BP)-- In a decision likely to influence how the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) applies to military service members, the military's highest court upheld the conviction of a U.S. Marine court-martialed for disobeying an order to remove three Bible passages she posted around her workplace.
