Retired generals praise Trump’s ‘courageous’ transgender military ban
A letter from 16 retired flag-rank officers, including seven major generals and an admiral, thanks President Trump for his "bold" and "extremely courageous decision” to reverse President Obama ’s “transgender social experiment" in the military. "There may be an enormous amount of vitriol directed at you for making this policy correction, but please know that overturning this policy may have done more in the long term to save the culture and war-fighting capacity of the U.S. military than perhaps any other military policy you will adopt as president," states the July 27 letter, signed by three lieutenant generals, seven major generals, three brigadier generals, an admiral, a vice admiral and a Marine Corps veteran (all retired). Among the signers are Lt. Gen. Benjamin Mixon , former Commanding General of the U.S. Army in the Pacific; Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin, former Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under President George W.