The Advocate: Ousted under Trump's trans military ban, retired Space Force Col. Bree Fram launches bid for Congress
A retired U.S. Space Force colonel who was forced out of the military under the Trump administration’s ban on transgender service members announced Tuesday that she is running for Congress in Virginia, turning a sudden end to her 23-year military career into a bid for elected office.
Space Force Col. Bree Fram never planned to leave the military the way she did.
For more than two decades, she served in uniform — through war, technological transformation, and the creation of the U.S. Space Force itself. She rose to the rank of colonel, led billion-dollar national security programs, deployed overseas, and helped build the nation’s newest armed service with an eye toward the future rather than nostalgia for the past.