{"id":81503,"date":"2025-03-14T16:51:54","date_gmt":"2025-03-14T16:51:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/14\/navy-details-separation-process-for-transgender-personnel\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:10:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:10:26","slug":"navy-details-separation-process-for-transgender-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2025\/03\/14\/navy-details-separation-process-for-transgender-personnel\/","title":{"rendered":"Navy details separation process for transgender personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A U.S. Navy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyhr.navy.mil\/Portals\/55\/Messages\/NAVADMIN\/NAV2025\/NAV25055.txt?ver=dGRaKyd08iHgtyHMFx54XQ==\" target=\"_blank\">administrative order<\/a> released Thursday outlined a new policy that forces transgender service members to separate from the military.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The guidelines, intended for military personnel who the order states \u201chave a current diagnosis or history of, or exhibit symptoms consistent with, gender dysphoria,\u201d stated that the Navy will revoke exceptions that allowed troops to follow the standards of a sex different from their \u201cidentification in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Contact\/Help-Center\/Article\/Article\/2742527\/updating-defense-enrollment-eligibility-reporting-system\/\">Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The latter is a database of information for every uniformed service member, according to the Defense Department website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cross-sex hormone therapy will be allowed to continue while personnel are employed by the Defense Department, \u201cif recommended by a DoD health care provider.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The order recommended that service members with a \u201cdiagnosis of gender dysphoria\u201d consult with a Defense Department health care provider for mental health counseling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Active-duty and Reserve transgender service members can request voluntary separation or retirement, if eligible, no later than March 28, with some service members eligible for voluntary separation pay that equates to twice the amount of involuntary separation pay, according to the order. Those who volunteer will receive an honorable discharge, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyhr.navy.mil\/Portals\/55\/Messages\/ALNAV\/ALN2025\/ALN25023.txt?ver=sZfXfNL59oUcgEjGMmOI9g%3D%3D\" target=\"_blank\">another<\/a> Navy order.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once a request is placed, personnel will receive a non-deployable status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Service members who fail to submit a voluntary separation or retirement request will face involuntary separation.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2025\/02\/27\/transgender-troops-will-be-separated-from-military-pentagon-says\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" 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