Military Boards Go Rogue On Hegseth’s Transgender Troop Ban

Military boards are disobeying Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s ban on openly transgender-identifying service members in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Nine of 12 Navy and Marine Corps review boards have recommended retaining transgender service members despite Pentagon directives calling for their discharge, according to The New York Times. The decisions raise questions about enforcement of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s military personnel policies and whether individual review boards are prioritizing their own ideology over the Pentagon’s stated readiness standards.

Directly after this executive order, the Pentagon enacted a system paying transgender service members to voluntarily separate from the military, the Times reported. As a result, hundreds left.

Those who challenged their dismissal faced three-member separation boards, according to the outlet. Those officers were given a set of criteria that a service member must meet to be dismissed. Boards of sailors and Marines have completely disregarded the criteria.

The Pentagon told the Daily Caller News Foundation that it does not comment on ongoing litigation. (Read more from “Military Boards Go Rogue On Hegseth’s Transgender Troop Ban” HERE)