Living, working and serving in that enviornment leads to a sense of isolation and depression that is hard to overcome. After reading the survey for the first time it gave me a greater understanding of just how large of a community there is and a small hope that the numbers represented can someday lend hope to greater tolerance.

I know that, the hope may be without merit but just knowing that im not alone in my own thoughts makes me feel a little better.

The one thing that, the survey also made me realize was that the military is not alone in how they see and treat those who are transgendered and may in fact be some what representative of society on a whole, it kind of made me feel a little shallow to think that the military was alone in discrimination and the survey taught me a valuable lesson.

Again thankyou for not forgetting Americas veterans. OPEN