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U.S. Army soldiers carry a critically wounded American soldier on a stretcher to an awaiting helicopter near Kandahar, Afghanistan, on June 10, 2010. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
President Donald Trump signed a memo on Friday officially reversing an Obama-era policy that allowed transgender individuals from serving in the U.S. military.
The memo puts back in place the policies and practices that applied before June 2016 that generally banned transgenders from serving in the military.
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