{"id":59693,"date":"2018-03-24T13:47:14","date_gmt":"2018-03-24T13:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2018\/03\/24\/here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:06:56","slug":"here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2018\/03\/24\/here-is-the-mattis-guidance-and-pentagon-study-behind-trump-transgender-decision\/","title":{"rendered":"Here is the Mattis guidance and Pentagon study behind the Trump transgender decision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Late Friday, the White House announced President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/24\/trump-order-would-ban-most-transgender-troops-from-serving\/\" title=\"\" class=\"\">Donald Trump\u2019s final decision on transgender forces<\/a> \u2015 that most should not be allowed to serve. The president formed his views based on a February 2018 memo from Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, and Mattis\u2019 recommendations were based on a Pentagon study the defense secretary requested last summer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Trump\u2019s decision on the issue is <a href=\"https:\/\/partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com\/client_files\/1521897503.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\">here<\/a>. <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mattis\u2019 February 2018 memo to the president is <a href=\"https:\/\/partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com\/client_files\/1521897476.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon study Mattis based his decision on is <a href=\"https:\/\/partner-mco-archive.s3.amazonaws.com\/client_files\/1521898539.pdf\" title=\"\" class=\"\">here. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is not immediately clear how the White House decision or Mattis\u2019 recommendations would be implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Four federal court cases are challenging Trump\u2019s transgender ban, and several interim decisions by judges in those cases have struck down parts of the administration\u2019s transgender policy. 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