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Directive-type Memorandum-19-004, "Military Service by Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria", was a memorandum issued by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) prohibiting most transgender individuals from serving or enlisting in the United States Armed Forces and the DoD.
The transgender military ban in the United States under President Donald Trump took several forms. This is a list of articles covering the subject. Directive-type Memorandum-19-004 (March 2019), the U.S. Department of Defense memorandum effectively restricting most transgender applicants from April 2019 to March 2020
Starting in March 2015, the Army, Air Force, and Navy issued directives protecting transgender soldiers from dismissal. The Army issued a directive that protected transgender soldiers from being dismissed by mid-level officers by requiring the decision for discharge to be made by the service's top civilian for personnel matters. [39]
Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, said gay people should be able to serve in the US military in an apparent shift from his previous stance on the issue.
Part of a series on: LGBT people and military service; General articles. Same-sex unions and military policy; LGBT military and veteran organizations; Transgender people and military service
The United States Presidential Policy Directive 19, signed by President Barack Obama, is designed to ensure that employees who serve in the Intelligence Community or have access to classified information can effectively report waste, fraud, and abuse, while protecting classified information.
Nonetheless, he supported Directive-type Memorandum-19-004, which required service members to meet standards associated with their actual sex. Esper claimed it was not a "blanket ban" on transgender service members but rather a policy to ensure that service members are deployable worldwide and can meet military standards without "special ...
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