By Jeff Lake As discussed in the last issue of On Watch, the President has issued an Executive Order which allows transgender individuals to enlist and serve openly in the military. This article will review the recent issuance of DoD Instruction 1300.28…Read More »
By Jeff Lake On January 25, 2021, after years of confusion and litigation, the ban on military service by transgender individuals was lifted by executive order1 of President Biden. In conjunction with the order, the Pentagon issued a statement2 from Defense Secretary…Read More »
By Jeff Lake There are continuing developments in the struggle to overturn the transgender ban regarding military enlistment and service. This article will recap the history of this struggle and discuss current developments. RECAP On July 26, 2017, President Donald J. Trump…Read More »
BY JEFF LAKE There has been a significant development concerning the ban on military service by transgender individuals implemented by the military at the direction of the President. As discussed previously, in March, 2019, the military published a memorandum with instructions to…Read More »
BY JEFF LAKE There have been a few new developments regarding the administration’s ban on military service by transgender individuals. This article will attempt to summarize the most significant of these. As noted previously, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Speier/Brown…Read More »
BY JEFF LAKE Since the last issue of On Watch, several developments have occurred regarding the President’s attempt to ban military service by transgender people. In July, 2019, Representative Jackie Speier introduced an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act. This amendment…Read More »
BY JEFF LAKE The spring of 2019 has seen the implementation of the ban on military service by transgender individuals. What started as a tweet by President Trump in 2017 has now come to be official U.S. military policy. That policy is…Read More »
by Jeff Lake The spring of 2019 has seen the implementation of the ban on military service by transgender individuals. What started as a tweet by President Trump in 2017 has now come to be official U.S. military policy. That policy is…Read More »