Kirsten Gillibrand

Secretary Mattis, is it correct that DOD Instruction 6130.03 states that applicants, transgender or not, with a history of anxiety or depression are qualified if they can demonstrate the requisite period of stability?

You stated that, in order to permit accession by transgender applicants under the Carter policy, you 'would have to make a special category that says you can have these disqualifying factors [of anxiety or depression], only if you're…

We cannot report that a problem [related to unit cohesion, morale, or discipline] emanated from a transgender service member.

I would recommend you make the effort to do that.

Several current and former cadets recounted their experiences of being assaulted and how they were disbelieved.

The White House has not taken your advice about leaving it to the courts.

All airmen are to be treated with dignity and respect.

Mr. Wilkie, are servicemembers who are restricted to certain assignments due to their participation in the Exceptional Family Member Program subject to the mandates of this policy?

Mr. Wilkie, please identify which Military Occupational Specialties require a servicemember to be worldwide deployable and which do not.

Mr. Wilkie, have you done an assessment of the cost of training that has already been invested in the non-deployable servicemembers and the cost of training new servicemembers in their place?

Mr. Wilkie, for communities in which DOD has invested significant money and training in (such as pilots or those with nuclear capabilities), has DOD assessed the danger in losing these essential assets in a time when they are in short…

Mr. Wilkie, please provide, in detail, the categories of non-deployability and the number of servicemembers who fall into each category.

Mr. Wilkie, as you mentioned in your testimony, the Department released its new policy on non-deployability this week.

Talia's law (Public Law 114-328, section 575) mandates reporting of suspected child abuse and neglect in military families to FAP.

Does every servicemember receive training on recognizing the signs of child abuse?

Please detail changes to policy you have instituted or prevention efforts you have initiated to reduce the incidence of intimate partner violence and child abuse?

Do you have a prosecutor trained in special victim capabilities assigned to each case as either the primary counsel or the assistant counsel?

Another request for information submitted to DOD by Senator Gillibrand.

I can't fix these problems unless I can prove to the DOD and my colleagues that they exist.

It's a tough question.

Well, the RAND Corporation does the survey for the Department of Defense, and they implement it.

I think we have to do it over time. Because there is no safety net for them.

I'm concerned about, not just divorce rates, but also domestic violence rates and suicide rates that you've all talked about today.

I think it's a unique opportunity for this population, one that the Boots to Business Program and the ability of spouses to take advantage of that has to remain central to how we think about transitioning families out of the military.

The rate of entrepreneurship in America has grown in the past couple of years.