Transgender Sailors and Marines Must Decide by March 28 to Leave Voluntarily, New Policy Says
Military.com | By Rebecca Kheel and Konstantin Toropin
Published March 14, 2025 at 3:20 pm
Transgender sailors and Marines who want to voluntarily separate before the military starts kicking them out have until March 28 to come forward, according to a Navy policy announced Thursday evening.
The policy, which was released to the fleet as a NAVADMIN after being filed in court by administration officials defending the ban against a lawsuit, is in line with the Defense Department-wide policy released last month that said service members who choose to separate would be eligible for separation pay that is twice as much as they would receive if they later get kicked out.
"An individual's sex is immutable, unchanging during a person's life," the Navy policy says. "After 28 March 2025, the [Department of the Navy] will initiate involuntary administrative separation for these personnel and others who are disqualified for military service."
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