Trump Signs Orders To Reshape US Military -- BBC

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Jan. 28, 2025

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Thomas Mackintosh -- BBC News, London

U.S. President Donald Trump has signed several executive orders focused on reshaping the U.S. military.

One order signed late on Monday bans diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in the military. It will remove the use of race- or sex-based preferences in the armed forces, the Defense Department and the Homeland Security Department.

Another reinstates more than 8,000 service members who were discharged for refusing to get the Covid-19 vaccine.

The White House added that a third executive order tasks officials with formulating a policy on transgender troops. The action does not immediately ban transgender service members.

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