President Donald Trump’s Pentagon, headed up by Secretary of State Pete Hegseth, just made a move that is guaranteed to send liberals into absolute hysterics. They have paused all accessions for transgender recruits in the military, along with hitting pause on all medical procedures that affirm or facilitate a gender transition, according to a memo, which was released on Feb. 7, 2025.
It was addressed to senior leadership, among others, and says that the Department “must ensure it is building ‘One Force’ without subgroups defined by anything other than ability or mission adherence.”
“Efforts to split out troops along lines of identity weaken our force and make us vulnerable. Such efforts must not be tolerated or accommodated,” the memo goes on to say before citing President Trump’s Executive Order 14183 on “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness.”
One of the reasons for doing this that nobody will likely talk about is that transgender recruits are weakening our military, especially when it comes to how the rest of the world views our armed forces. By weakening us in the eyes of other nations, it actually puts us at risk.
It prevents enemy forces from taking us serious as a threat, which could result in emboldening those who despise us into taking military actions they previously would not have taken.
The order goes on to say:
Consistent with the military mission and longstanding DoD policy, expressing a false “gender identity” divergent from an individual’s sex cannot satisfy the rigorous standards necessary for military service. Beyond the hormonal and surgical medical interventions involved, adoption of a gender identity inconsistent with an individual’s sex conflicts with a soldier’s commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle, even in one’s personal life. A man’s assertion that he is a woman, and his requirement that others honor this falsehood, is not consistent with the humility and selflessness required of a service member.
Due to this, the memo states that “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 memo also emphasizes that these individuals who have volunteered to serve the country will be ‘treated with dignity and respect.’ The action follows Trump’s January 27 memo, which emphasized that those serving in the U.S. military must be both ‘mentally and physically fit for duty,'” Breitbart is reporting.
“The Armed Forces must adhere to high mental and physical health standards to ensure our military can deploy, fight, and win, including in austere conditions and without the benefit of routine medical treatment or special provisions,” it further explains, placing emphasis on the fact such standards are not consistent with what it calls the “medical, surgical, and mental health constraints on individuals with gender dysphoria.”
“A Rasmussen Reports survey released last week found that most, 54 percent, approve of actions “to discharge military service members who identify as transgender or are receiving transgender treatments for failing to meet physical and mental fitness requirements.” Another 41 percent either strongly or somewhat disapprove,” the report concluded.