On June 7th 2022, DoD PRIDE will host the annual PRIDE Month celebration at the Pentagon. Scheduled to begin at 0930 EDT, LtCol Bree Fram, President of SPARTA, will join the Honorable Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Secretary of Defense, Honorable Gina Ortiz Jones, Deputy Secretary of the Air Force, and Shawn
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June brings with it many wonderful feelings - definite warmth, outdoor activities, and for many, vacations. For a growing part of our society, it also means one very special thing: PRIDE! PRIDE month commemorates the Stonewall Inn riots in June 1969. Over the years, it has grown. Grown to be
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It’s Memorial Day and as happens throughout the military community, we pause to remember. We pause to remember our friends, our buddies, those we never knew who are but pictures on a mantle and names on a wall. As transgender persons have served throughout history, so have we lost
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Photo Credit: Architect of the Capitol WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today SPARTA, the nation’s leading transgender military service organization, announces its legislative priorities for 2022. SPARTA and other advocacy organizations have long sought the codification of the opportunity to serve in the military regardless of gender identity or any other
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On 29 April 2022, Captain Daniel J. Reiss, Commodore, Submarine Squadron TWO based at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard in Kittery, ME, recognized Machinist’s Mate (Nuclear) 1st Class Vivian Jaquith with a commander’s coin of excellence. Upon completion of a Quality Assurance Program Audit, it was determined that the squadron’
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