"Askins, a retired U.S. Navy veteran and former senior Pentagon and Veterans Affairs official, spent more than 30 years in uniform, first as an enlisted sailor, then as a Navy corpsman and emergency medicine physician assistant who deployed with the Marine Corps to combat zones. Some of the service members under her care died. That loss, she said, still guides her."
"Now Askins is running as a Democrat in Nebraska's Secnd Congressional District, a competitive Omaha-based seat, at a moment when the military - the institution that defined her adult life - is again being reshaped by exclusion. The Pentagon continues to enforce a renewed ban on transgender service members, even as legal challenges work their way through federal courts and critics warn the policy undermines readiness and morale."
Kishla Askins served more than 30 years in the U.S. Navy, rising from enlisted sailor to Navy corpsman and emergency medicine physician assistant and deploying with the Marine Corps to combat zones. Several service members under her care died, and that loss continues to guide her commitment. Askins now seeks election as a Democrat in Nebraska's 2nd Congressional District, a competitive Omaha-based seat. The campaign unfolds amid renewed military policies excluding transgender service members and legal challenges to those policies. Askins is a lesbian who served before, during, and after don't ask, don't tell, surviving two 1990s investigations that nearly ended her career.
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