A Texas Army chaplain is under investigation after comments he wrote on a social media post suggested that transgender soldiers were “mentally unfit” and “unqualified to serve.”
According to NBC News, Maj. Andrew Calvert, a chaplain with the 3rd Security Force Assistance Brigade in Fort Hood, made controversial comments on a military newspaper’s Facebook page on Monday, after President Biden signed an executive order that lifted a ban on transgender people’s right to serve openly in the military.
“How is rejecting reality (biology) not evidence that a person is mentally unfit (ill), and thus making that person unqualified to serve? There is little difference in this than over those who believe and argue for a ‘flat earth,’ despite the overwhelming evidence to the contrary,” Calvert wrote in response to the Army Times’ Facebook page post, according to screenshots.
“The motivation is different, but the argument is the same. This person is a MedBoard for Mental Wellness waiting to happen. What a waste of military resources and funding!” he continued.
In a statement posted online on Tuesday, the Army’s Security Force Assistance Command reminded its soldiers of its “Think, Type, Post” social media policy.
“We are aware of the recent comments posted to the Army Times Facebook in regard to the ban being removed on transgender service members. This incident is under investigation,” the statement read.
