""I can't believe he's here," someone whispers."
""First off, we shouldn't be here.""
""When these professionals finally decide to retire," says McChrystal. "It should happen on parade fields, in offices, on the deck of ships wherever the Space Force goes, I don't know.""
""I think it's unfortunate and I think it's unfair," he said. "But I think it's heartening that a number of people would come together to recognize this publicly.""
Retired Gen. Stanley McChrystal presided over a retirement ceremony hosted by the Human Rights Campaign for five transgender service members forcibly separated under the Trump administration's second ban. The Pentagon would normally give the ceremony, but mannequins wearing the retirees' uniforms were displayed because the service members were prohibited from wearing their uniforms. McChrystal referenced prior service alongside transgender service members and described the separations as unfair and unfortunate while calling public recognition heartening. The ceremony blended solemn tribute, protest against the policy, and moments of levity alongside formal recognition of the retirees' service.
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