Soldier says he is not doing anything wrong by making his videos

A little-known Army Specialist says he is not doing anything wrong by making controversial videos in his uniform.

Specialist Triston Clasper says he does not represent the Department of Defense despite using his uniform to gain notoriety on social media.

Before joining the Illinois National Guard in 2022, Clasper posted make-up videos on TikTok to show how he could drastically change his appearance.

After graduating from Advanced Individual Training (AIT) at Fort Lee, he started using his videos of himself transitioning from his Army uniform to a different person by using cosmetics and a chest prosthesis.

The Salty Soldier was not to determine his Military Occupational Speciality (MOS) but Fort Lee is the home of the U.S. Army Ordnance School, U.S. Army Quartermaster School, U.S. Army Transportation School, and the Army Logistics University.

Outside of the National Guard, he is a hair Stylist, colorist, make-up artist, and a licensed cosmetologist.

He is currently working at a hair salon in Centralia, Illinois as well as a hair and makeup designer at Six Flags.

In addition to doing beauty make-up and hair, he specializes in horror make-up.

After attending an audition at Six Flags, he was selected to be on the 2024 Boo Fest Make-Up Team, which is part of Six Flags Fright Fest.

The Fright Fest is a Halloween horror event that takes place at Six Flags from September 13 to November 3rd.

But this make-up work is not what has caught the attention of people on social media.

While he does feature some of this work in videos of him in uniform, it is the videos of him transforming himself into a woman that has created controversy on social media.

For example, one person commented, “Russia, China, Iran, and the rest of the world are laughing,” on one of Clasper’s TikTok videos.

In another video, he showed himself eating Chinese food with another man he was intimate with, and said, “Chinese food slaps after pound town. Chinese destroys my guts the most tho.”

@clasper2 Anyone see that comeing? #fypシ゚ #militarylifehacks #fyp #army ♬ GIVE IT TO ME X LONDON BRIDGE – ALTÉGO

When a TikTok user accused him of embarrassing the Army uniform, he said he didn’t do anything wrong in uniform.

Another user chimed in to elaborate on the aforementioned user’s sentiment after Casper claimed he was not violating any Army regulations.

“To juxtapose a revered uniform to a fetish on all levels. Why not just show your fetish and skip the uniform,” they wrote.

Those who have defended actions like his, cite the Army’s history of soldiers dressing up as women for entertainment when the military was exclusively male.

During WWII, the National Theater Conference lobbied to allow soldiers to put on shows.

After being approved in 1942, the Army issued pre-scripted “Blueprint Specials” for soldiers to use to conduct approved shows.

According to the National WWII Museum, the handbooks contained instructions for how soldiers should dress as women.

“‘Girly’ show choreography was outlined in the publications to ensure that the GIs looked good in their highly choreographed ‘pony ballet’ numbers,” the museum states.

“A pony ballet is one where groups of masculine looking GIs dress in tutus and perform ballet routines often wearing their army issued boots.”

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