Military Times Article Summary

A mother and a wife of a marine, Patricia Kime is a journalist and author that specialize in military, travel and lifestyle. She was a Senior Staff Writer for the Military Times and a Correspondent for the Navy Times. Military Times is an Independent military news and benefits information for troops, spouses, and veterans. Navy Times, on the other hand, provides news, information, and analysis for serving active, reserve and veteran U.S. Navy personnel. She is currently a senior staff writer for the Gannett Government Media. She covers military healthcare and medicine. In the article, “Sexual Orientation added to military's non-discrimination policy,” Patricia Kime is explaining how sexual orientation is added to the military's policy.
The people should be moving forward for achievement and should give a commitment to the values we defend. Policies that should be created would be the ones that interfere with the duty and performance of military men and women. With this change, the country would have a stronger force for the next generation due to national character and contribution.
Kime starts out by stating a quote by Ash Carter that says discrimination has “ no place in America's armed forces,” She states the effects that would happen because of this sexual orientation addition and how this would be a protection from discrimination. Kime started with facts, then further explained her thoughts about it. When she used very complex words, she defined and explained them for deeper understanding. Some facts or statistics that I find very interesting would be the estimated 15,500 transgender troops that are currently serving in the military. To have this many transgender in the military is very moving because despite the barriers that the military had, these people still wanted to serve the country. The author made this article convincing by quoting other people such as Ash Carter and David