More Trump executive orders will put his mark on the military

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : The order follows through on a pledge Trump made a number of times on the campaign trail.
58% : The fact sheet adds that Trump is committed to a merit-based system with "sex-neutral policies and colorblind recruitment, promotion, and retention."
52% : "The order will also end the use of pronouns in the Department of Defense and will also prohibit males from "sharing sleeping, changing, or bathing in facilities designated for females.
50% : "MORE: Trump 2nd term live updatesIn August 2021, then-Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin ordered mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for all military personnel.
50% : "This change to the standards meant that men and women could join the military for the express purpose of transitioning, be nondeployable for a year, and take life-altering hormone therapy that would mean they would be nondeployable unless the military could guarantee the supply of medication," now-Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said of the changes under Biden in one of his books.
49% : "The White House also says the vaccine mandate had a "chilling effect on recruitment," noting that the Department of Defense fell 41,000 recruits short of its fiscal year 2023 recruiting goals.
49% : "Americans deserve an Iron Dome and that's what we're gonna have we're gonna have an Iron Dome," Trump said during an New Hampshire rally in October 2023.As ABC has previously reported, experts say replicating an Iron Dome system for the U.S. wouldn't make much sense, given the U.S. has allies to the north and south, and oceans on either side.
47% : Banning DEIAnother order that Trump is expected to sign takes aim at Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs at the Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security.
46% : Transgender service membersTrump is also expected to sign an order directing the Department of Defense to update its guidance "regarding trans-identifying medical standards for military service and to rescind guidance inconsistent with military readiness.
43% : Reinstating military members who refused vaccinationsTrump is expected to sign an order directing the secretary of defense to "reinstate service members who were dismissed for refusing the COVID vaccine, with full back pay and benefits," according to the White House.
26% : But in 2017, Trump announced on what was then Twitter that transgender service members would no longer be able to serve openly in the armed forces, citing concerns over costs and readiness.
19% : "Last week, Trump revoked a Biden administration order allowing transgender people to serve in the military.
12% : MORE: DOJ fires members of special counsel Jack Smith's team who prosecuted TrumpIn 2021, the Trump policy was reversed under the Biden administration, allowing transgender service members to again serve openly and access related medical care.

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