Army Announces It Will No Longer Accept Transgender Recruits
A new era has begun with President Donald Trump back in office, bringing in a Cabinet that aligns with his vision.
Under the leadership of newly appointed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, the U.S. Army announced on Friday that it will no longer permit new transgender individuals to enlist and will cease providing medical treatments related to gender transitions.
“The #USArmy will no longer allow transgender individuals to join the military and will stop performing or facilitating procedures associated with gender transition for service members,” stated an official post on X.
“Effective immediately, all new accessions for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria are paused, and all unscheduled, scheduled, or planned medical procedures associated with affirming or facilitating a gender transition for Service members are paused,” the statement continued.
“Individuals with gender dysphoria have volunteered to serve our country and will be treated with dignity and respect,” the post added.
This decision followed a meeting Hegseth had with military academy leaders, where he declared the end of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) programs.
“Last week, I met with the leadership of @westpoint_USMA, @navalacademy and @af_academy,” he said. “My message was simple: stick to leadership, standards, excellence, war fighting, and readiness. These are MILITARY ACADEMIES, not civilian universities,” the Defense Secretary emphasized.
“I was impressed by the changes already underway and look forward to visiting each institution,” he continued. “Social Justice and DEI are OUT; History, Engineering, and War Studies are IN. We must restore the warrior ethos to the @deptofdefense — and it starts with our future leaders.”
Last month, Hegseth also shared an important update following a fatal air crash in Washington, DC.
During an interview on Fox & Friends, he defended Trump’s assertion that DEI policies contributed to the collision involving a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter and a regional jet operated by American Airlines, which resulted in 67 fatalities.
Co-host Ainsley Earhardt opened the discussion by stating: “Let’s talk about DEI. What was happening in the control tower? We talked to Congressman Troy Nehls, and he said that at this airport, which is the busiest runway in our country, they needed 30 personnel inside the control tower. There were currently 19 when this crashed. And then there’s a lawsuit that alleged that the FAA turned away nearly a thousand air traffic controller applicants solely based on race last year. And then there is a report that the FAA launched a national outreach program for DTI, which included a push to hire workers with severe intellectual disabilities and psychiatric problems.”
“When you’re a mom, and you’re a dad, and you’re putting your kids on the plane, or you’re flying as a family, that’s unacceptable. We don’t care your race. We want to make sure whoever’s in there that it’s fully manned. And we want to make sure they’re qualified,” Earhardt continued.
“Completely unacceptable, Ainsley. You’re exactly right. So I don’t know exactly how the staffing occurred in that particular air traffic control tower. And it sounds like there was a shortage and the investigation will tell us more about that. But the environment around which we choose, pilots or air traffic controllers, as the president pointed out correctly yesterday, better be the highest possible standard, the best of the best who are managing, you know, multiple flights. I mean, a flight a minute and managing radio traffic,” Hegseth responded.
“I think the closest analogy to military service guys is it pilots or air traffic controllers. I don’t care what background they come from, what their race is, what their gender is, if they’re rich or they’re poor, I just need them to be good at their job because I need my flight to land safely. The same thing applies to the Defense Department, to our military. I don’t care about your background, your gender or your skin color. I want the best,” Hegseth concluded.