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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; gutting the
militarys diversity, equity and inclusion programs; and reinstating with
back pay service members who were discharged for refusing to get
vaccinated from Covid-19.
Trump said he signed the executive orders while aboard Air Force One on a
return flight to Washington from Florida. CNN previously reported Trump
was expected to do so, according to two White House officials.
The orders, which were first reported by the New York Post, come as
Trumps nominee to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, was sworn in as
secretary of defense on Saturday. Hegseth has long stated he planned to
implement major cultural changes to the military, including ending DEI
practices and removing woke service members.
Moments after his arrival at the Pentagon on Monday, Hegseth told
reporters that there are more executive orders coming.
Today, there are more executive orders coming, on removing DEI inside
the Pentagon, reinstating troops who were pushed out because of Covid
mandates, iron dome for America this is happening quickly, and as the
secretary of defense, its an honor to salute smartly as I did as a junior
officer and now as the secretary of defense to ensure these orders are
complied with rapidly and quickly, Hegseth said.
Trump had banned transgender Americans form serving in the military in
2017 during his first administration, but then-President Joe Biden issued
an order in 2021 repealing the ban.
Hours after being sworn in for his second term last week, Trump signed an
order revoking the Biden administrations 2021 move to allow transgender
members to serve. However, the order Trump announced he had signed Monday
goes even further, one of the officials said, and outlines new military
standards regarding gender pronouns and state that mental and physical
readiness requires transgender service members be banned from the
military.
It can take a minimum of 12 months for an individual to complete
treatments after transition surgery, which often involves the use of heavy
narcotics. During this period, they are not physically capable of meeting
military readiness requirements and require ongoing medical care. This is
not conducive for deployment or other readiness requirements, one of the
officials said, citing a fact sheet.
The implementation [of the ban] is on the DoD regarding specifics, the
official said. In 2018, there were an estimated 14,000 transgender service
members in the US military, according to the Palm Center, an independent
research institute that has conducted extensive research on sexual
minorities in the military.
A Pentagon memo detailing the ban during Trumps first term in office
recommended making exceptions for transgender service members already
serving in uniform who had joined the military under previous policies
before the ban took effect; those who do not require a change in gender;
and those who had been stable for 36 consecutive months in their
biological sex prior to accession.
Its unclear whether the administrations new ban will also have
exceptions. Asked about possible exceptions on Monday, Hegseth said only
that there will be an executive order on that right now, today.
A second EO states that any discriminatory policies related to DEI in
the military will be banned. The order comes after the Trump
administration ordered employees in any federal diversity, equity,
inclusion and accessibility offices to be placed on paid administrative
leave effective immediately.
All DEI practices in the US armed forces will also be subject to an
internal review by Hegseth.
The third executive order directs Hegseth to reinstate all active and
reserve service members who were previously discharged for failing to get
the Covid-19 vaccine. They will be reinstated with their former rank and
given back pay and benefits, one of the officials said. However, the
Pentagon had already rescinded the militarys Covid-19 vaccination
mandate, allowing them to rejoin after Biden signed the 2023 National
Defense Authorization Act requiring the change. As of Monday, 113 of the
more than 8,000 US service members who were discharged from the military
for refusing to be vaccinated have sought to since the vaccine mandate was
officially repealed.
And a fourth order would begin the process of creating a next generation
missile defense shield for the US, according to a fact sheet on the order
obtained by CNN.
The order calls for an Iron Dome for an America, borrowing the name of
the vaunted short-range Israeli missile defense system that for years has
been used to intercept launches from Gaza. The US provided billions of
dollars in funding to Iron Dome, and the US Army has its own system.
The Executive Order directs implementation of a next generation missile
defense shield for the United States against ballistic, hypersonic,
advanced cruise missiles, and other next generation aerial attacks, the
fact sheet reads, calling such potential attacks as a catastrophic
threat, though none of these types of weapons has been launched against
the territory of the United States in modern warfare.
The US military also has the capability to deploy a layered air defense
system, from long-range Patriot missiles, which have proven effective at
intercepting ballistic and cruise missiles over Ukraine, to shorter-range
systems like shoulder-launched Stinger missiles.
This new executive order calls for an advanced space-based series of
systems to detect and shoot down launches against the United States.
It does not say how much the shield would cost or outline a timeline for
its development.
This story has been updated with additional details and background
information.
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