2 days ago · In an executive order signed Monday night, Trump directed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to craft a policy on transgender troops that reflects the administration's policy that being transgender is ...

Jan 21, 2025 · The action does not have an immediate effect for transgender troops currently serving, said Adele Scheiber, communications director for the Modern Military Association of America, which advocates ...

2 days ago · WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has launched his second bid to oust all transgender troops from the military, and once again it will be headed to the courts to sort it out.. Although the new order will affect only a tiny fraction of America’s 2.1 million service members, it has taken on oversized importance to Trump and his administration, who see transgender forces as a sign the ...

2 days ago · DHA's data showed that the military spent $15 million over five years on surgeries, hormones and psychotherapy for transgender personnel, or about $3 million per year.

3 days ago · The order pertaining to transgender military service, titled "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness," reinstates a policy from Trump's first term and rescinds an order by then-President ...

2 days ago · The transgender service member advocacy group SPARTA Pride estimates there are 15,000 to 25,000 transgender troops serving, or slightly more than 1 percent of the force.

2 days ago · At least 8,200 troops were forced out of the military in 2021 for refusing to obey a lawful order when they declined to get the vaccine. Notices advising them they could return were sent out in ...

3 days ago · President Donald Trump on Monday announced he had signed four executive orders that will reshape the military, including banning transgender service members from serving in the US armed forces ...

From June 30, 2016, to January 1, 2018, transgender individuals were allowed to serve in the U.S. military in their identified or assigned gender upon achieving a medically and administratively recognized state of alignment with their gender identity.

3 days ago · President Trump on Monday moved toward pushing openly transgender people out of the military, directed the Pentagon to end diversity programs and ordered the reinstatement of many service members ...