EO 14183, "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness"

Executive orderDHS

Date
Actor
President; Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security (Coast Guard)
Agency
Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Type
Executive order
Section
EXECUTIVE ORDERS AND PRESIDENTIAL DIRECTIVES

Summary

Declares that identifying with a "gender identity" different from one's sex "conflicts with a soldier's commitment to an honorable, truthful, and disciplined lifestyle" and is inconsistent with military service. Revokes Biden EO 14004 (open transgender service). Directs DoD to update medical standards to exclude those with gender dysphoria, end "invented and identification-based pronoun usage," and bar service members from using sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities of their identified gender. DoD implementation (Feb. 10 and Feb. 26, 2025 policies; May 15, 2025 separation directive) effected accession bans and involuntary separations of transgender service members (see section 4). EO number 14183; 90 FR 8757 (Feb. 3, 2025).

Status

Partially in effect — the accession bar operates; separation of serving members does not. District-court injunctions (Talbott v. Trump, D.D.C., Mar. 18, 2025; Shilling v. Trump, W.D. Wash.) were overtaken when the Supreme Court stayed the Shilling injunction May 6, 2025, allowing enforcement, and mass separations proceeded through 2025. On June 1, 2026 the D.C. Circuit (No. 25-5087), 2-1, affirmed Judge Ana Reyes's preliminary injunction barring the separation of currently-serving transgender servicemembers, while leaving the accession/enlistment bar enforceable; the ruling took effect on the mandate around July 16, 2026. On June 30, 2026 Judge Reyes certified a class of transgender individuals serving or seeking accession. Merits litigation continues (see sections 4, 10). Update, Sept. 23, 2026: On Aug. 27, 2026, the government petitioned the Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari 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 D.C. Circuit case is now closed, and the injunction barring separation of currently-serving class members, and the accession bar, remain in effect pending the petition.

As recorded in the data of . Check the sources for anything newer.

Related litigation

Documents

Sources

Cite this action

Exec. Order No. 14,183, 90 Fed. Reg. 8757 (Feb. 3, 2025).

Short form: Exec. Order No. 14,183, 90 Fed. Reg. at 8757.