First Female Navy Seal...?

[lunatyke]

http://sofrep.com/21525/breaking-the-first-female-navy-seal-kristin-beck/

[BigC300]

This person has earned the admiration and respect of a grateful nation!

[ForbiddenFruit]

With this come to light now, hopefully the different military units will slowly get rid of their bans on trans* people. I was surprised when I heard that the DADT repeal didn't get rid of those at the same time, but of course, DADT never addressed them in the first place

[ruuuuuuuuu1]

very cool congrates to her

[Gennie]

Just because you're trans doesn't mean you can't do the job.

[ErinM]

Technically she isn't the first female SEAL since she was still a he when in the Teams.

[sarah_ab]

while she may be the first SEAL to come out as transgendered... the article title is misleading - purposely because it gets you to read the real article. She did not enter the armed forces, go through training and combat and then SEAL training all while presenting as a female, but rather was a male and only transitioned much later. So yes she is currently a female SEAL, but has not always been a 'female' SEAL and that while she may have felt female, she continued to live and present herself as a male.