On June 25, 2019, during the first Trump administration, a memorandum was issued providing guidance for administering the Temporary Early Retirement Authority, which had been extended to Dec. 31, 2025, by Section 508, Public Law 114-328, of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2017.

The military is now in the process of separating trans service members from the military, based on the dubious notion that a trans person is someone who is inherently deceptive and therefore does not meet military standards of honor. I am not aware of any time in history the military has declared an entire class of persons to be inherently without honor.

In any case, honor or not, a trans person eligible for this program has to have performed their duties for years. But Hegseth has decided they are n

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