Who Is Major Rachel Jones? Transgender Soldier's Story Sparks Backlash
profile of Major Rachel Jones, a transgender servicewoman, saying that transitioning had saved her life.It revealed that the chief of the Sustainment Command Cyber Division in Rock Island, Illinois had "struggled with depression and suicidal ideation for most of her life," but since "living her truth" no longer suffered those mental health issues.The story has received backlash from right-wing commentators, who have previously accused the military of focusing on a so-called "woke" agenda instead of perceived global threats.After the profile was tweeted by the Department of Defense, which said Jones' journey "inspires us all," Donald Trump Jr.
responded: "Gonna be hard to beat China if you can't even beat Twitter ratios," a reference to the proportion of negative replies a tweet might receive.Jordan Peterson, the controversial and outspoken Canadian psychologist, said it was "not heroism," adding that "to say it is does a disservice to all the men in uniform who have made genuine selfless sacrifices."Meanwhile, Colonel Rob Maness, a U.S.
Air Force veteran and chairman of GatorPAC, which seeks to elect "America first and veteran candidates," wrote: "Mental illness is a disqualification for worldwide deployment."Allowing delusional personnel like this anywhere near combat will result in more deaths than would happen otherwise."Mental illness is a disqualification for worldwide deployment.
Allowing delusional personnel like this anywhere near combat will result in more deaths than would happen otherwise. The next Secretary of Defense and President must immediately end DEI policies, programs, and… https://t.co/7kM1pAFu7ZNewsweek approached the U.S.
