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For years, Staff Sgt. Ashleigh Buch hid the fact that she was transgender a situation that, until last summer, was not allowed under U.S. military rules. A Department of Defense policy was finalized in June 2016 that allowed transgender service members to serve openly. Now, her years of appearing male at work while living as a woman at home are over. In October 2016, Buch switched her gender from 'male' to 'female' in the Air Force’s system and became the first at Offutt Air Force base to transition under the new policy. Staff Sgt. Ashleigh Buch, an instructor with the 338th Combat Training Squadron, pictured in front of an RC-135 jet on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.

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For years, Staff Sgt. Ashleigh Buch hid the fact that she was transgender a situation that, until last summer, was not allowed under U.S. military rules. A Department of Defense policy was finalized in June 2016 that allowed transgender service members to serve openly. Now, her years of appearing male at work while living as a woman at home are over. In October 2016, Buch switched her gender from 'male' to 'female' in the Air Force’s system and became the first at Offutt Air Force base to transition under the new policy. Staff Sgt. Ashleigh Buch, an instructor with the 338th Combat Training Squadron, pictured in front of an RC-135 jet on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska.