The U.S. Air Force will deny transgender airmen and airwomen with 15 to 18 years of experience who are being forced out the option to retire early, instead separating them without retirement benefits.

The affected servicemembers will not have the opportunity to either take a lump-sum separation payment offered to junior troops or be removed from the service, according to Reuters .

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This is the latest move the Trump administration has made to bar transgender people from enlisting or serving in the military. The Pentagon, under Secretary of Defense Pete Hegs

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