Pentagon Moves to Bar Troops With Gender Dysphoria From Service

U.S. forces patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Al-Hasakah Province, mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, on Jan. 9, 2025. Delil Souleiman/AFP via Getty Images

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The Defense Department has begun screening troops for gender dysphoria during routine physicals, a critical step in an effort to separate such individuals from the military. In a memo published on May 15, the Pentagon’s acting head of personnel and readiness tasked unit commanders with implementing the policy “immediately.”