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 military’s diversity,

A new Gallup poll found declining support for openly transgender troops after President Trump signed an executive order setting the stage for a ban on transgender troops.

The Pentagon's move from the Trump administration is the latest volley in a controversy over the service of transgender troops.

Welcome to The Hill’s Defense & NatSec newsletter {beacon} Defense &National Security Defense &National Security The Big Story Hegseth moves to implement Trump’s ban on transgender troops Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has directed the military to pause integrating new transgender recruits and suspend planned medical procedures meant to treat current service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria.

Gender-affirming surgery is already banned in military healthcare systems but the new memo appears to target hormone therapy and other care.

Pete Hegseth has implemented a ban on trans people signing up to serve in the US military. The secretary of defence signed the ban, which prevents those with a “history of gender dysphoria” from entering the armed forces,