President Donald Trump signed an executive order directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops, likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service. The order also includes the reinstatement of troops who left voluntarily or were discharged for refusing COVID-19 vaccines, rollbacks in diversity programs, and the deployment of a space-based missile defense shield.
TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDORPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order Monday directing Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to revise the Pentagon's policy on transgender troops , likely setting in motion a future ban on their military service.
Trump had tried to ban transgender troops during his first term, but it was tangled up in the courts for years before being overturned by then-President Joe Biden shortly after he took office. The Space Force is building a low-orbit ring of redundant satellites that can more quickly track and detect potential missile launches.
We will offer full reinstatement to any service member who was expelled from the armed forces due to the COVID vaccine mandate," Trump told a Republican crowd at the Trump National Doral Miami, a resort he owns. "And we will restore them to their former rank with full pay. According to the services, 3,748 Marines were discharged, and 25 have opted to re-enlist; 1,903 Army soldiers were discharged, and 73 returned; 1,878 sailors were discharged and two returned; 671 airmen were discharged and 13 returned.
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