US military to lift ban on trans personnel

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(06-25-2016, 11:48 PM)Belsnickel Wrote: Guy I used to hang with was a weekend warrior 11B. He talked one year after his two weeks about how there was a unit from Finance there as well. Me being an accountant he enjoyed telling me all about MOUT training with them. We then got into a discussion about paratrooper accountants doing calculations on their adding machines on the way down because several of them had jump wings. Anyway, the point of that story is that I have anecdotal evidence supporting this.

Chairborne Rangers. 

I don't want to be too derogatory of non-combat units. Many soldiers start their careers in combat arms fields and change MOS's to non-combat jobs later in their careers. It is considered a wise career move (at least among officers). So, there are often some guys with some combat arms knowledge in the rear area units. Just not enough to make a big difference and definitely not enough combat-oriented training for them to suddenly do that sort of work.