Joint Chiefs: No change in transgender policy until Trump sends Pentagon direction

The highest ranking military officer in the country said that the military’s transgender policy won’t actively change until President Trump sends specific directions to the Pentagon. “There will be no modifications to the current policy until the president’s direction has been received by the secretary of defense and the secretary has issued implementation guidance,” Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford wrote in a letter. The letter comes a day after Trump tweeted that he would ban transgender people from serving in the military