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War Journal: Trans & Deployed

War Journal: Trans & Deployed

"I choose to go by Keith. It isn’t my real name, but a pseudonym I selected to protect my identity. I am a female-to-male transgender Soldier, currently stationed in Afghanistan. At home, I am married to [...]

War Journal

War Journal

"My greatest fear is something bad happening to Thom while I’m deployed. Unlike my fellow (read: straight) married service members, I can’t expect to be granted emergency leave to go be with him. He cannot be [...]

War Journal

War Journal

I clearly remember the first time a siren went off. My platoon and I ​were eating our MREs in a container yard when we learned that the president had officially declared war on Iraq. SPC “H” [...]