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Originally Posted by theoddz
Dapper, Aaron's facebook page states that there are "over 15,000 transgender troops serving in the US Military.", so he's apparently not unique in his transition while on active duty. Of course, we don't know if the other 15,000 are actively transitioning and/or identifying as "transgender".
As far as the status of women serving in the Infantry, you might find more current information regarding that here.
~Theo~ 
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Hey, Theo. Yes, I know that trans people have been serving forever in the military, I was just wondering if to your knowledge if this was the first
marine to take advantage of the new policy of coming out while living in your birth sex and then transitioning within the military system, or just the
first person in the military
But, I see that I misread the article and he is not even the first FTM marine to transition with the military's help. I hadn't heard of any military personnel yet taking advantage of the new policy, so that is why I was asking. Even though I have never been in the military, I have been excitedly waiting to hear about the first trans person coming out and then medically transitioning under the new policy. This is the first I have heard that it has happened.
Thank you for the link. It answered my questions. <thumbs up>