Ryder backs troop teamwork No stance on proposed law

Oct 4, 2022

An unidentified reporter asks whether a law is needed to protect transgender military service from future policy reversals. Ryder declines to speculate on legislation, says Congress and elected leaders have that role, and says the department implements current policies. Asked what he would tell transgender personnel worried about their future, he says, as a serving Air Force officer, that uniformed personnel who fight alongside him are his teammates. He neither endorses a bill nor guarantees that future policy cannot change.

An unidentified reporter asks whether a law is needed to protect transgender military service from future policy reversals. Ryder declines to speculate on legislation, says Congress and elected leaders have that role, and says the department implements current policies. Asked what he would tell transgender personnel worried about their future, he says, as a serving Air Force officer, that uniformed personnel who fight alongside him are his teammates. He neither endorses a bill nor guarantees that future policy cannot change.