On Jamesons Travel channel, a retired Marine reacts to a news story about transgenders in the military, specifically a woman who thinks she’s a man demanding to become an Air Force Pararescue:
From the description, excerpt from CNN:
Clayton McCallister, a transgender US Air Force candidate, expressed deep distress over President Trump’s January 27, 2025, executive order banning transgender individuals from military service. Speaking to CNN’s Pamela Brown on February 18, McCallister called the decision “traumatizing to hear,” highlighting its personal impact on his dream to serve.
The order, signed aboard Air Force One, reverses a Biden-era policy, citing readiness and discipline concerns. McCallister’s reaction reflects broader fears among transgender troops—estimated at 15,000—facing potential discharge despite meeting qualifications. Legal challenges have swiftly emerged, with advocates decrying the ban as discriminatory and harmful to military cohesion.
Air Force Pararescue training, designed for Pararescuemen (PJs), is one of the most grueling and elite programs in the U.S. military, preparing airmen to recover and provide medical care to personnel in combat and humanitarian missions. Spanning nearly two years, the pipeline begins with the eight-week Pararescue/Combat Control Indoctrination Course at Lackland AFB, Texas, focusing on physical fitness, swimming, and mental toughness. Candidates endure rigorous calisthenics, running, and water confidence drills, with attrition rates often exceeding 80%. Next, trainees attend the Army Airborne School in Fort Benning, Georgia, for three weeks, mastering parachute operations. This is followed by the Combat Survival School at Fairchild AFB, Washington, teaching survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) skills. The 24-week Pararescue EMT-Paramedic Course at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, provides advanced medical training, certifying PJs as paramedics.
The pipeline culminates in the 20-week Pararescue Apprentice Course, integrating parachute, diving, and combat skills with real-world scenarios like high-altitude jumps and underwater rescues. Graduates earn the coveted maroon beret, joining an elite group ready for missions ranging from battlefield extractions to disaster relief. The program demands exceptional physical endurance, mental resilience, and technical expertise, ensuring PJs uphold their motto: “That Others May Live.”
What People Are Saying
Some of the comments on the video:
“The military is not a social experiment, it’s life and death. Standards are the standards for a reason. Reducing the standards will cost lives.”
“As a prior special op. Air force . He is a Candidate, those standard are below minimum of the actual standards that are applied when u are selected. Out of the selected comes the highest rate of drop rate. Those that survive are the pj’s. He was at the very beginning. Not a selected few.”
“He-she was traumatized from the news he-she got about not being allowed to enlist? How is he-she ever going to make it in combat?”
“Chip on shoulder, lawyer on speed dial, hypervigilant for any opportunity to be a victim of something…anything. This is exactly why they shouldn’t be there in the first place. While the service is busy making sure their feelings aren’t hurt, our enemies’ services are busy teaching their people how to kill us.”
“As a PJ you can’t be on meds or at least 10 years ago you couldn’t. They look down on taking supplements. And in combat you can be in the field for 5-10 days, bottom line you can’t jeopardize the mission.”
“In a serious world this would not be a question. I am glad we are moving back to reality.”
“At first, I wasn’t going to comment, but here we are. I’m a medically retired combat controller with 18 years of service. We do not want to break up the brotherhood for the sake of DEI policy or anything else getting in the way of how we operate. This would be a total distraction. There are standards that we have to continuously meet. Just because we finish around two years worth of initial training, doesn’t mean that the training stops or that the standards are relaxed. I know I speak on behalf of all of my brothers that have served and that are serving. Plus, any DEI hire would not be able to do memorial push-ups. And those mean everything to us.”
“I was an Army AIT instructor for a year. I could only stand the job for a year as the staff was so constrained by the woke mind virus. There were more Pride flags in the main office than American flags (there wasn’t a single American flag – there were two admin soldiers with Pride flags on their desks).
My students craved a more ‘serious’ Army experience, like they saw in movies. They lamented that it was too easy and bureaucratic. When they messed up, we weren’t allowed to make them do corrective physical actions, instead we were only permitted to write them up – we were reprimanded if we even raised our voices to these Privates.
While I was there, there was an instructor who was reprimanded and punished for refusing to use a soldier’s “preferred gender pronouns.”
Our military has been thoroughly infected and it will take more than the great DJT to root it out. It will take a generation of systemic restructuring of the military social climate. It will take war.”
“Army Combat Vet & former OSUT Drill Sergeant here….The entire premise of her question is completely counterintuitive to Selfless Service! “How has this affected you, personally?” NOBODY CARES!! How Bout, How has your Selfish Trans Agenda weakened the Military as a whole?? Or Don’t you feel completely worthless and ashamed, that instead of quietly and honorably serving your Country, you are making this about YOU?? And what about the other 99% of our Brave Men and Women that Serve Honorably and Humbly, while people like you seek to Destroy EVERYWHERE YOU GO!! Lastly, you would have Never Made It in my Army.”
“Back in 2001 I was found “unfit for duty” for SF and The Army in general due to having a seizure. MEPS med board found me physically unfit due to being psychologically unfit. I was young and very very fit. I understood it then and still understand now. How these people who clearly have a psychological problem, think they are fit, and all the while they require a vast amount of meds per day….????? Yeah I don’t understand how they don’t get it.”
“Somewhere along the way, folks like Clayton forgot that it is a privilege to serve and not a right.”
“The military is not an equal opportunity employer. The Taxpayers do not owe you a job. After highschool I was disqualified for the Air Force for 2 short years of “childhood asthma” when I was like 10yrs old! Thankfully I barely got a waiver to join the Navy back in 2005. I remember the hoops I had to jump through to serve and that’s with a high ASVAB score. The entitlement is crazy.. There is no “just like everyone else” there is a standard and it should be high.”
“Traumatized by a rejection phone call? Imagine the trauma of being yelled at lol.”
“I wouldn’t want to go to war with a Team mate that is physically dependent on drugs for their transition. It’s not being hated on, it’s called being a liability not only for yourself but for others.”
“I spent three years as a recruiter and also as a pre-training coordinator. I retired at the end of 2011. Even back then, it was very easy for recruits to get out their contracts. Basically, wasting a lot of time, money and effort. With no consequences. When the tables are turned though, oh the outrage! I absolutely DON’T CARE how inconvenienced she was by any of this. Also, whatever little pre training assessments her noodle arm recruiters are running her through is not even remotely the same as what she will endure at selection. Assuming she is the star of the show at her pre-entry assessments, those won’t hold a candle to the real thing. Let me also add that the recruiters have every incentive in the world to ensure she ships.”
“The women, the gays, the trans… they keep talking about “service” as their right, but that goes against the very definition of “service.” Serving someone is to see to their rights and interests, not your own.”
“I spent 10 years in the Air Force and am extremely proud of my service. I deployed to Desert Shield / Desert Storm for a short time and I’m sorry, but I’m completely against these moody individuals being put on an aircraft next to me and told I have to help them if necessary !! They are not at all fit for the job! Sure, they can pass our lax physical fitness standards with flying colors but there’s much more required than that. These individuals have proven over & over that they do not carry the mental strength to make it through some of the things we go through!!! This individual is already tearing up and voice is cracking and he’s ready to cry when asked about what Trump said and that proves right there that he does not possess the mental strength to take on this job!! If we must allow them in the Air Force then let’s see if they can handle a medic position in the hospital for starters and go from there. I don’t even think I’d want to be on the flight line in a maintenance position with one of these guys as I just don’t believe they are capable of handling the high stress load that can be thrown at us from time to time. Sorry, that’s just my thoughts and opinions on it all. I want to fight side by side with others I know will be able to drag my deadweight off a burning cargo aircraft that just slammed hard into the Desert floor and fend off the enemy at the same time while trying to protect our mission and not worry about if I look ok or not.”
“Will not make it in the PJ/Combat Controllers, the entry standards do not scratch the surface. There is a reason why men washout at a 90% failure rate. Unless this individual is carrying 120lbs+ on there back everyday, you have no idea what that pipeline has in store for you. Good luck😂😉”
“You can see where that would have went. Eventually it would be “The first all transgender PJ crew.” I’m thinking would-be pilots would say “So the rescue guys are all 4’10” 91lb women? Uh, nope. Don’t think I’ll be pursuing that career anymore.”
“DEI is a “monkey wrench”. It’s a concept that was designed specifically to destabilize and reduce efficiency without providing any benefits.”
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