How many transgender personnel serve In U.S. military?

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Newsweek has contacted a media representative for the Department of Defense and the White House via email for comment.
50% : Newly-confirmed Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told the press on Monday that Trump's newest executive orders would include "reinstating troops who were pushed out because of COVID", "removing DEI inside the Pentagon," and supporting the development of an Iron Dome defense system for the U.S.Hegseth said an Executive Order concerning transgender troops would be announced today but did not give further details.
50% : A 2015 Department of Defense Health Related Behaviors Survey for Active-Duty Service Members identified that 0.6 percent of service members described themselves as transgender.
49% : This new policy is expected to peel back efforts by Biden's administration to welcome transgender and non-gender conforming Americans into the U.S. military.
48% : It is not data that the Department of Defense routinely surveys; what information is available is based on survey data gathered by organizations outside the U.S. military.
47% : The Department of Defense, according to the same Congressional Research Service paper, had provided gender-affirming care (surgical and non-surgical) to 1,892 service members between January 2016 and May 2021.
40% : The new orders aim to clarify the initial directives Trump issued shortly after his inauguration last week, which revoked protections for transgender troops established by former President Joe Biden.
36% : Trump, who criticized pro-transgender policy throughout his presidential campaign, was due to announce the new order on Monday, among his executive actions that have targeted gender identity.
30% : Ahead of Monday's expected announcement, President Trump was sued over another executive order that rolled back protections for transgender people.
29% : With Trump reverting to policies from his last administration that will alter the careers of thousands of personnel, Newsweek examined how many military personnel identify as transgender.
24% : Last week, Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde confronted Trump about immigration and LGBTQ+ issues during an inaugural prayer service.
24% : "There are gay, lesbian and transgender children in Democratic, Republican, and Independent families, some who fear for their lives," Buddes said.Trump later criticized the prayer service on Truth Social, his social media platform, calling the bishop a "radical Left hard line Trump hater," "very ungracious" and "not very good at her job."

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