Navy and Marine Corps order transgender sailors and Marines to elect separation by March 28
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- Actor
- Department of the Navy
- Type
- Guidance/memo
Summary
Navy/Marine Corps implementation guidance required sailors and Marines with a current diagnosis or history of gender dysphoria to decide by March 28, 2025 whether to leave voluntarily (with enhanced separation pay and waived service obligations) or face involuntary separation processing with reduced benefits and potential recoupment exposure.
Status
Deadline superseded by the May 8, 2025 reset; Navy briefly paused all implementing directives after the March 2025 injunctions, then resumed post-stay; now constrained by Talbott class litigation. Update, Sept. 23, 2026: On Aug. 27, 2026, the government petitioned the Supreme Court to review the D.C. Circuit's June 1, 2026 ruling in Talbott v. USA (docketed Sept. 1, 2026, as No. 26-272; response due Oct. 1, 2026); the ruling's protection of currently serving class members remains in effect while the petition is pending.
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