Military

3 yrs

2021-0407, UCMJ, New Review Board Offers Last Chance Appeal Discharge Appeal.
Recently separated service members who believe they were unjustly or erroneously discharged or dismissed from the military, or want to upgrade how their discharge was characterized, now have one new last chance at appeal.
The Pentagon has created a new route for service members who separated on or after Dec. 20, 2019, to appeal their separation.
The new Discharge Appeal Review Board will allow those service members a final review of their requests to upgrade their discharge or dismissal characterization after they have exhausted all other available administrative options, the Defense Department’s release said. Congress ordered the board created in the fiscal 2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
Once a service member has exhausted all appeals with the appropriate service Discharge Review Board and Board of Correction of Military or Naval Records, they now can apply to the new appeal board for a final review.
These boards of appeal also make corrections to a veteran's discharge, such as fixing dates or misspellings on the DD-214 or adding missing decorations or campaign medals to a veteran’s record.
But the new board will take a very tightly defined look at each case. It will review only records from the service Board of Correction of Military/Naval Records’ case file, the release said, and will not see people personally. Anyone who wants to present new evidence first has to ask their Board of Correction to reconsider that evidence before it can be considered by the new appeal board.
If the appeals board recommends that service member’s discharge or dismissal characterization be upgraded, it then will be sent to the secretary of the relevant military department for a final decision. It is the final level of review anyone can seek.
If the former service member has died or is incapacitated, that person’s surviving spouse, next of kin or legal representative can apply on their behalf.
You find more information at the AF Review Board Agency Portal here. https://afrba-portal.cce.af.mil/

3 yrs

2021-0125, Gay, Transvestites Allowed in the Military.
SecDef Austin presents President Biden with an executive order allowing transvestites to enlist.
2021-0312, Gay, Military to Pay for Sex Change Operations.
President Biden signs executive order. Typical cost is $200,000.
2021-0405, Gay, Military Transvestite Transition Program.
How the military will implement the DOD Director of Ascension Policy:
Focus on the holistic support and flexibility available to transgender service members.
Start with working with the medical provider a diagnosis of gender dysphoria.
The medical provider then designs a medical transition treatment plan. And that includes the primary care provider, an endocrinologist, surgical specialists, and case managers. Have teams that are led by regional chairs across the Defense Department and major military treatment facilities that specialize in sex reassignment transition surgery.
Service members may delay deployment in order to accommodate their treatment.

3 yrs

2021-0405, Gender, Navy Bans Words.
When refering to female grooming standards the Navy has banned these words: Outrageous, good taste, faddish, eccentric, complement the individual, complement the skin tone, smartness, conspicuous, and professional appearance.

3 yrs

2021-0331, Quartermaster, Micro Soft Wins $22-Billion Contract for Headsets, Video: https://www.cnbc.com/video/201....9/04/05/microsofts-h
MS will deliver 120,000 augmented reality headsets over the next 10-years. The sets cost $3,500 each. And are based on the current HoloLens technology.

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1914-0915, War, Secret, Military Disbands Brigade for Cowardice.
During WW1, the British Army set up Bantam battalions for men 5 foot 3 inches and below. The army had a ban on short men. The Army then scrapped it on condition that those below a certain height were put together into special "short stature" units.
When hostilities began in August 1914, the minimum height for a soldier in the British Army was 5-ft 3-in (160-cm). Thousands of men who wanted to fight were turned away from recruiting offices, seemingly surplus to requirements.
A local MP Alfred Bigland, wrote to the Secretary of State for War, Lord Kitchener asking for permission to set up a unit for short, able-bodied men who wished to fight for their country. The War Office gave its blessing. Soon 3,000 men who'd been barred from the army were selected for two Birkenhead battalions. Called Bantam battalions they were reserved for men of 5-ft to 5-ft 3-in and below with an expanded chest of 34-in.
The idea quickly spread to other parts of the UK. By the end of WW1, 29 Bantam battalions had been created across three divisions two British and one Canadian. 1,000 men in each battalion more than 30,000 Bantam soldiers enlisted. The word Bantam evoked an aggressive chicken this was the battalion emblem. The image was small, hard, plucky men fighting for their country.
In December of 1916, 26 men in the Bantam’s, 19th Durhams were sentenced to death for cowardice or leaving their posts. The Bantam experiment was over. The 35th division's sign was changed from a Bantam cock to seven interlocked 5s. Its soldiers were merged with conventional army units. Today, 2015 a British soldier can be just 4-ft 10-in tall (148-cm).
2020-0523, Gender, USAF removes all height restrictions to be a pilot.
The restriction kept many women from becoming a pilot. Prior to this a pilot had to be between 5’4” and 6’5” tall.