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No evidence transgender troops have hurt morale, Navy and Marine Corps say

By Travis J. Tritten
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No evidence transgender troops have hurt morale, Navy and Marine Corps say

The uniformed leaders of the Navy and Marine Corps said Thursday they have heard no reports that transgender troops have disrupted cohesion in their units or caused morale or disciplinary problems.

Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee that the only issues reported up to him involved some of the service’s 27 transgender troops being unavailable for duty due to medical treatment.

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