Executive Order 14183
| Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness | |
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| Type | Executive order |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | January 27, 2025 |
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| The executive order directs the Department of Defense to revise policies to exclude individuals who identify with a gender different from their biological sex from military service, citing concerns over unit cohesion, mental and physical readiness, and overall military effectiveness. | |
Executive Order 14183, titled "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness", is an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on January 27, 2025. It revokes Executive Order 14004, which allowed transgender people to serve in the military, stating that its policies reinforce military standards related to physical and mental fitness, unit cohesion, and mission effectiveness.[1][2]
Provisions
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- It is the policy of the United States government that conditions requiring long-term medical treatment, including gender dysphoria, are inconsistent with the requirements of military service.
- Additionally, this policy disallows the use of pronouns that do not correspond with an individual's biological sex and reaffirms the requirement that all service members maintain high ethical and professional standards.
- Within 60 days, the United States Department of Defense (USDOD) must update medical enlistment and retention standards to align with this order.
- The USDOD will discontinue the practice of accommodating pronoun usage based on self-identification rather than biological sex.
- Within 30 days, the United States Secretary of Defense will:
- Identify further measures needed for full implementation.
- Provide a report to the President summarizing these measures.
- Service members will be required to use sleeping, changing, and bathing facilities corresponding to their biological sex, with exceptions only in cases of operational necessity.
- The United States Secretary of Homeland Security will issue comparable directives for the United States Coast Guard within 30 days of the USDOD's implementation.
- Executive Order 14004, issued on January 25, 2021, is revoked in full. All policies, regulations, and directives that were enacted under its authority are rescinded.
- This order:
- Will be executed in compliance with applicable laws and subject to budgetary considerations.
- Does not create enforceable legal rights or benefits for any individual against the U.S. government.
- Contains a severability clause ensuring that if any part of this order is found to be legally invalid, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect.
See also
[edit]- Transgender personnel in the United States military
- List of executive actions by Joe Biden
- List of executive orders in the second presidency of Donald Trump
- Executive Order 14187 ("Protecting Children from Chemical and Surgical Mutilation")
- Executive Order 14168 ("Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government")
References
[edit]- ^ Staff, Washington Examiner (January 28, 2025). "Trump signs executive orders prioritizing military 'excellence and readiness' - Washington Examiner". Retrieved January 29, 2025.
- ^ Bowman, Tom (January 28, 2025). "Trump has issued a number of orders affecting the military. Here's what they do". NPR. Retrieved January 29, 2025.
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