Drafted in 1965 and my dressing was limited while in the Army, but opportunities did come by and I never let them slip.
Drafted in 1965 and my dressing was limited while in the Army, but opportunities did come by and I never let them slip.
Well,,, I wasn't born untill '68 'nam was over before I was out of grade school. My best freind from HS joined the Navy and wanted me to go with. I never did because I knew I was like this, and very much in the closet about it. I was afraid I wouldn't be able to "controll myself" for the 3 year hitch. I do feel I have missed out on somthing by not going in.
But then again, a couple years after he signed up, he ended up in the "sand box". I held my breath for those 100 days hoping this thing wouldn't go to a draft, again, because I knew I couldn't live without my true inner self.
Thanks you all for serving and sharing, and those who were not in, thanks also for sharing. Sadly, I was only in the service a bit over seven months, but got Honorable.
Low draft # in 71, enlisted and made it to thailand not nam. Fortunate in that respect, but no dressing for those 3 years, if caught was grounds for dishonorable discharge.
Hi i am not form the U.S. but from South Africa, i was forced to do military service for a year, had no time to dress was to busy trying to survive, Pre 1994 days was ruff, was in special services battalion so alot of township duty ( patrols in the townships where the ANC were held up, basically every township) once i left the service i jumped right into being the true me and never looked back
Yes, I was in the military for several years, and dressed when I could, secretly, as often as I could, in my own home. I have always done it whenever I could since I was a small child, but unfortunately, it is still only done in secret. Though I did not have much in the way of female clothing then (unlike now) it was always a real problem when moving from one assignment to another, trying to make sure none of the clothes got found, or that I had a damned good excuse for it.
Got my draft notice in 68. Went down to see if I could enlist under a different MOS. I could but would have to stay in for an extra year. Wound up having to purge all my lovely, feminine clothes. (I dumped them in the country). It made me feel sick when I did that. After all my training I wound up being sent to Viet Nam after all. After a year there I was transferred to Germany. I obsessed about CDing everyday I was in the service. Couldn't wait to get out to continue CDing. Of course my first few shopping trips were a hoot.
I was drafted, but joined USAF instead, my dressing was of course limited. But during that stage of my life I was still in denial of me feminine side so was not a huge impact at that time. If I had to go into military now, it would be devasting. But likely I would be rejected since I am on female hormone therapy
drafted 1970 stop dressing for about 1 yr. then got ship to east africia ,ethiopia, after little while got a apartment off base and dress in my off time never ventured out the apt. though
enlisted age 20 in 85 United States Air Force...
had only ever underdressed prior to that time. still wore panties, pantyhose or thighhighs on occasion in my house (after divorce) or in the dorm when i PCSd and couldnt live off base...
didnt really crossdress fully until id been out 5-6 years (late 90s)...
I wasn't drafted. I'm much to young for that. But I served in the Navy from 2002-2008 as a Hospital Corpsman. I dressed while I was in, but much more rarely out of fear of being caught.
While I was in, the standard for a crossdresser was a medical screening, and possible mental health diagnosis with a medical separation. I only saw one example of that though in 6 years of service. These days (In the Navy at least) it's mostly ignored if someone gets caught. I'm curious to see if the repeal of DADT will have any effect on it.
The draft was pretty much a thing of the past by the time I was old enough to serve. Obviously, you still had to sign up for the draft, but by the time I was old enough to serve there wasn't anyone that I know of being drafted anymore.
I didn't get drafted during that conflict that made the draft a necessity, but didn't crossdress much during that time either. I'm thinking it may have been my age, the number of distractions, reduced privacy, limited opportunities and access to women's clothing, that kept my time en femme to a minimum. Similar conditions and outcome from a totally different environment.
Sarah
Being transgender isn't a lifestyle choice. How you deal with it is.
Nice to read about all you children who served in the military! God Bless all of you!! I said children because I served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War!! And yes, I was a CD at that time. Of course I never dressed while onboard ship, which was most of the time. I actually spent 3 years, 10 months, and 29 days in the service. Of that time, 40 months was spent aboard ship!! I did dress enfemme sometimes when on leave and away from any military presense!
To answer a question asked earlier, if I had been caught dressing enfemme I would have been courtmartialed and kicked out of the Navy for sure!! It was definitely against regulations!!
Stephanie
Lady on the outside, but man underneath!
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