The other issue is math. The typical contract for a first termer is 4 years, some of them are 5 for the MOS's with longer training pipelines but typically they are 4 years. Bootcamp, AIT, etc is 3-4 months, then leave and your MOS school it's almost a year before you get to your first unit. The recovery time from sex reassignment surgery is essentially a year. That doesn't count the lead up therapy, prep and all the things that I'm sure you have to go through to get this surgery. Just day of surgery, to day you're back to full duty. Lets just say it's 18 months soup to nuts. Fair? So basically, between your initial training and the surgery the military knew it was going to provide you when you signed up you've eaten up more than half your contract. Typical work up for a deployment is about 6 months and the deployment is 6 months. Unless everything is timed up just right that soldier isn't going on a deployment. So even if they could get them their meds, and therapy while on deployment the chances are they aren't going, but someone else will have to do additional time overseas in their place.