I'm like, OK.

Immediately the soldier says to me that they're trans.

And they recently the president of the United States, Donald Trump, had imposed a ban on transgender enlistment in the military.

And this ended up being an enormous inflection point for me because I'm just trying to do a good job as a troop commander.

And now I essentially have to stand up to my own commander in chief on archaic regulations that would this soldier was a drone pilot.

These regulations require that that soldier no longer be allowed to fly aircraft, this aircraft.

I took it very seriously to be an ally of that soldier and to lead by example.

Talk to me about the feeling of that experience as a leader invested with responsibility, but also realizing you didn't have the agency to influence the outcomes at that level.