Most recently, on October 19, 2021, U.S. President Joe Biden appointed transgender Rachel Levine as a four-star admiral in the U.S. Public Health Service Officer Corps (PHSCC).
become:
The agency's first female Navy four-star admiral,
The agency's first transgender four-star official,
The first publicly transgendered four-star officer of any uniformed organ in the United States.
Rachel Levine
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Does Levin, a four-star admiral of the Navy, count as a U.S. military?
Of course I think why not?
Wearing the uniform of the U.S. Military,
Wearing a U.S. military rank,
The other is the army-style medal table (medallion),
Even the Star Flag is used.
Four stars will star flag
But the U.S. definition of this position and even the Public Health Service Officer Corps is:
Sometimes it counts, but not exactly.
First of all, Rachel Levin's four-star admiral is a translation of the word Admiral, which is a paraphrase, and there is neither a navy nor a four-star nor an admiral in the original word.
This translation refers to the army rank corresponding to this rank, and the four stars are written because it can be traced back to the conventions of the Second World War.
According to U.S. regulations, the Public Health Service Officer Corps is subordinate to the U.S. Public Health Agency, not the U.S. Military.
Members of the Officer Corps are stationed in major U.S. agencies, among which the more famous ones are:
CDC, Food and Drug Administration, Department of Health, Federal Bureau of Prisons, Department of Defense, and more.
According to U.S. regulations, military personnel stationed in U.S. military organs by officer corps are not counted as military personnel stationed in other agencies.
Also under U.S. law:
The President of the United States may order the conversion of this institution into a military institution in an emergency involving national defense, which will be assigned to the U.S. military for operations.
The entire Public Health Service Officer Corps currently stands at 6,000 people, all wearing officer ranks.
In fact, this explanation also makes it difficult for us to believe the melon eaters, tracing the history of this institution, and the relationship with the US Navy is still quite deep.
The U.S. Public Health Service Officer Corps was founded on January 4, 1889, when U.S. military doctors led the organization, initially focusing on the prevention and treatment of various diseases of sailors on board.
This can also be seen from its coat of arms (see the General Star Flag pictured above), the Serpent Scepter represents the Doctor, and the Contaminated Anchor represents the Sick Sailor.
This is also the origin of the organization of this organization wearing a naval uniform and adopting an army structure.
Since 2004, the agency has ruled that U.S. Navy uniforms must be worn to work.
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In our view Chinese, whether a person is qualified to hold a position or not mainly depends on his ability and professional character.
So is this Rachel Levine qualified? First look at the medal table on the uniform:
Two rows of medals and two badges.
Levine took office
First row: Presidential collective commendations from public health agencies
Awarded for the 2015 U.S. Commendation for the Performance of the Public Health Service Officer Corps in combating the Ebola virus, not for institutional awards, not to individuals.
It seems that Oba President Ma is still quite black, not to reward the prevention and control of the H1N1 virus.
Public health agencies that Trump ordered to participate in the fight against COVID-19 are also available.
Levin, a transgender man, came to this institution and qualified for it.
According to the convention, all the awards are worn from high to low, and the highest place is the collective award, which means that he has not contributed much.
Second row:
Medal for COVID-19 prevention and control of public health institutions
Public health personnel involved in covid-19 in the United States are available, unremarkable.
Legion of Public Health Service Medal
It is the medal of this institution, each hand.
Public Health Active Corps Training Medal
This institution is medically trained, and each person has one.
The two badges are: the insignia of the Deputy Secretary of Health and the insignia of the Office of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Levin, a transgender person, holds the position of Deputy Director of Public Health, which can certainly be worn.
Of course, this position is generally held by an airborne officer appointed by the president, and the awards received are unlikely to be in the us public health agency for less time.
But looking at this Levin again, I can't help but sigh that she has caught up with the outlet of political correctness, and these years have really soared.
This person was born in 1957, and from public information, the academic qualification is most likely to be a bachelor's degree. He spent most of his career in charge of juvenile medicine and eating disorders at a hospital in Pennsylvania.
But in 2015, when she was 58 years old, she suddenly soared and was promoted to the state chief physician by the Pennsylvania Governor Rocket! In 2017, he was promoted to state minister of health.
Biden's presidency in 2021, in addition to arranging for Obama-era officials, is politically correct, and the first senior African-American/Latino/Indigenous/female/sex minority officials in this department and that department are even in charge.
The transgender Levin became deputy director of public health and is now appointed to the Navy's four-star admiral.
Compare that to Brett Girouwal, who held this role under Trump.
Brett Giruvar (Speaker)
Note that in the picture above, this Brett is wearing a U.S. Navy blue training uniform, except for the USPHS (Public Health Agency) logo on the left side of the uniform (right side of the photo), which seems to be no different from the U.S. military uniform.
Breitt is 3 years younger than the transgender Levin, and while some Americans say he speculates in American politics, look at his experience before taking office.
His qualifications are A.D. from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, one of the top medical schools in the United States.
At the age of 29, he became the chief resident physician.
He began teaching at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at the age of 33, during which time he was awarded a tenured professorship.
At the age of 40, he became vice president of the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
At the age of 44, he became the director of the Defense Science Office of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).
Is this experience much more normal?
In contrast, this Rachel Levine, in addition to the "right identity", other qualifications are really difficult to say for the position of four stars.
Let's talk about the U.S. military and sexual minorities.
The policy of the Clinton presidency (1992-2000) was "don't ask, don't say", which was generally non-discriminatory, non-preferential, and took care of privacy.
And through the three presidents of Obama, Trump and Biden, the US military's policy on whether transgender people can join the military and whether the US military can be transgender during their service has changed up and down — Trump opposes, the other two support.
It seems that Biden wants to score points on this issue of vertical society and subdivision groups, so the choice of the public health service officer corps is quite meaningful - this institution wears military uniforms, sometimes counting the US military and sometimes not counting the US military, suitable as a breakthrough, if the timing is right, in a legitimate institution of the US military to appoint a sexual minority as a leader, is not it Also Biden who has created history?
The Navy white uniform of this institution
(Is the white uniform in the picture above easy to distinguish from the white uniform of the U.S. Navy?) Almost exactly the same)
But history is constantly repeating, and the phenomenon of popular minorities was also very hot in the era of the Weimar Republic in Germany (1918-1933), and the German drama "Babylon Berlin" was quite popular, and I believe many viewers had an impression.
With the economic crisis hitting Germany hard, this strategy was useless, and it is needless to say what happened later.
Stills from The Strange Man of the High Castle
The above is the stills of the American drama "The Strange Man of the High Castle", which is good to understand.
Pay attention to the Guards Infantry Division, pay attention to the military