The order reinstates a policy from Trump's first term that prohibited trans people from enlisting and barred those already in the military from transitioning.

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,

President Trump is expected to sign an executive order Monday barring transgender people from serving openly in the military, part of a broader effort to crack down on what his administration has described as “gender insanity” in the federal government.

With the yo-yoing of the policy," says one transgender naval officer, "it can make it hard for people to know where they're safe.”

The first executive order Trump is expected to sign will reinstate service members removed from the military for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.

President Donald Trump signed executive orders Monday to reshape the military with a focus on transgender service members, troops who were dismissed for refusing COVID-19 mandates and a missile defense shield.

A second group of transgender service members sued President Trump on Thursday over his executive order barring transgender people from serving openly in the military. Trump signed the order last week,