text: To call it a "Purge" is extreme. The article fails to mention the previous policy was, non-deployable for two years after reassignment surgery. Given other comments below, increased suicide rates, mental health issues....this is a no-brainer. If you haven't served, never deployed, don't understand small unit leadership, readiness or the 90/10 rule, then stifle. The bottom line is, the military and we in the profession of arms are ultimately tasked with killing people and destroying things. Maybe read up on the physical and mental screening requirements to join the military, and what the classification system of Cat 1A, 4F, etc. We might as well let Jane Doe with no legs join the military because she is an excellent sniper.