BREAKING🚨🏳️‍🌈 Pete Hegseth just got DARED by a transgender Army Master Sergeant to say his anti-trans slurs to her face. She hits 20 years of service this month, and if the Army throws her out, she may lose her pension. Army Master Sgt. Amiah Sale, stationed in South Korea, was asked on national TV about Defense Secretary Hegseth calling trans troops "dudes in dresses." She said she didn't think he'd say it to their faces. "If so, I'm in South Korea," she added. "I hope to see you soon." Hegseth used to be a major in the Army National Guard. At the Iowa State Fair this year, he told the crowd the "Department of War" does "training" and rhymed it with an anti-trans slur. In the same speech he called his department "merit-based." Sale enlisted at 20. She has served as a radio operator, a recruiter and a company first sergeant. Court filings list two Meritorious Service Medals, seven Army Commendation Medals and six Army Achievement Medals. She belongs to the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club, which honors distinguished NCOs. "I received nothing but love and support from my units," she said. On March 24, the Army put her in front of a separation board. Three senior officers met behind closed doors while she watched on a grainy video feed from down the hall, as Peter Alexander first reported in MS NOW. She had brought 25 character references. They came back in about 20 minutes and recommended separating her. "Twenty years of stellar service, and you're going to come back in 20 minutes without even looking me in the face," she said. Her lawyer, Michael Haley of GLAD Law, pointed out that service members accused of crimes get to attend their own boards. Sale didn't. In June, a federal appeals court kept protections in place for the troops still serving who are suing over the ban, including Sale. The court found the policy appeared driven by "the bare desire to harm a politically unpopular group." Trump's Justice Department has asked the Supreme Court to overturn that ruling before the case goes to trial in January. This month Sale reaches 20 years of service, the usual point when soldiers become eligible to retire. She doesn't know whether the Army will retire her or separate her. "If they choose to administratively separate me, though, I don't believe that I'm eligible for my pension," she said.