U.S. Air Force to deny early retirement benefits to some transgender service members

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(Mark Schiefelbein | AP)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One Air Force sergeant said he was “betrayed and devastated” by the move. All transgender members of the Air Force are being separated from the service under the Trump administration’s policies. One Air Force service member says he’s ‘devastated’Logan Ireland, a master sergeant in the U.S. Air Force who has 15 years of service, including a deployment to Afghanistan, is one of the airmen impacted by the policy. Military colonel reacts to SCOTUS allowing transgender military ban NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with Col. Bree Fram, an openly transgender member of the U.S. Space Force, about the Supreme Court upholding Trump’s ban on transgender military service members.