President Donald Trump is expected to sign on Monday (27) three executive orders that would reshape the Armed Forces, including the prohibition of transgender military personnel from serving in the United States Armed Forces, ending the military programs of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and reintegrating delayed military personnel who were dismissed for refusing the covid-19 vaccine, two White House employees told CNN .
The orders arrive after Trump’s named name to lead Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, take office as Secretary of Defense on Saturday (25). Hegseth had already stated that he planned to implement major cultural changes in the Armed Forces, including the end of Dei’s practices and the removal of “Woke” military.
Trump forbade American transsexuals from serving the Armed Forces in 2017 during his first administration, but former President Joe Biden issued an order in 2021 revoking the ban.
Hours after taking office in his second term last week, Trump signed an order revoking the Biden Government 2021 measure to allow transgender members to serve.
However, the order Trump is expected to sign on Monday goes even further, said one of those responsible, and will outline new military patterns related to gender pronouns and declare that mental and physical readiness requires transsexual members of military service. be banned from military service.
“It can take at least 12 months for an individual to complete treatment 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 need continuous medical care. This is not conducive to implementation or other readiness requirements, ”said one of the employees, citing an informative form on the states of the executive order.
“Implementation [da proibição] It is up to the Defense Department with regard to details, ”said the employee. In 2018, there were about 14,000 transgender in US military service, according to Palm Center, an independent research institute that conducted a survey on sexual minorities in the Armed Forces.
A Pentagon Memorandum that details the ban during Trump’s first term recommended the opening of exceptions to the trans articians who already served the army and had entered the Armed Forces before the ban entered into force; those who do not require sex change; And those who had remained “stable for 36 consecutive months in their biological sex before adherence.” It is unclear whether the new government prohibition will also have exceptions.
A second executive order states that any “discriminatory” policies related to Dei in the Armed Forces will be prohibited. The Order arises after the Trump administration ordered employees of any federal diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility offices to be placed on a paid administrative license “with immediate effect”.
All dei practices in the US Armed Forces will also be subject to an internal review by Hegseth.
The third executive order guides Hegseth to reintegrate all members of the active and reserve service that were previously dismissed because they did not receive the Covid-19 vaccine.
They will be reinstated in their previous positions and will receive salaries and benefits back, said one of the authorities. However, the Pentagon had already terminated the compulsory vaccination of COVID-19 of the military, after President Joe Biden signed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Acture requiring change.
THE CNN In October 2023 he reported that only 43 of the more than 8,000 US military personnel who were dismissed from military service because they refused to be vaccinated against COVID-19, sought to reign eight months after the obligation was officially revoked.
This content was originally published in Trump must sign decree prohibiting transgender military personnel in the Army on the CNN Brazil website.
Source: CNN Brasil
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