US Edition'Devastating': Trump Admin Accused of 'Betraying' Troops After Broken Promise
DALLAS COUNTY, TEXAS, AUG 7 – The Air Force reverses early retirement approvals for transgender members, offering lump-sum payments instead of benefits following a Supreme Court ruling and Defense Department ban.
- On August 4, 2025, the U.S. Air Force rescinded early retirement approvals for transgender service members with 15–18 years, forcing them to leave without benefits or take a lump-sum payment.
- Following the U.S. Supreme Court's June ruling that cleared the way for the ban and President Donald Trump's executive order earlier this year, the move enforces the policy shift.
- Hundreds of thousands of dollars could be lost, families of transgender service members face severe financial and emotional distress, as Minter called the memo 'devastating' and a 'betrayal.'
- The U.S. Air Force suggested members 'focus on the benefits you do retain,' such as Department of Veterans Affairs benefits and 'experience,' and to seek counseling, as U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal criticized the shift from early retirement plans.
- Last week, the Department of Justice denied that the plaintiffs are transgender, calling them 'trans-identifying individuals,' in a court filing, amid ongoing policy shifts.
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'Devastating': Trump admin accused of 'betraying' troops after broken promise
The families of transgender service members in the U.S. Air Force could lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in denied retirement benefits due to a memo sent by the military branch this week.As Reuters reported Thursday, an official at the Air Force informed transgender members with 15-18 years of ...
BLK ALERTS - US Air Force to deny retirement pay to transgender service members being separated from the service
FILE – The logo of the Department of the U.S. Air Force at the United Staes embassy, in Berlin, Aug. 10, 2007. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) The Air Force is forcing out transgender service members just shy of retirement—without benefits. The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it would deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option to retire early and would instead separate them without retirement benefits. One…
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The U.S. Air Force confirmed on Thursday that it will deny all transgender service members who have served between 15 and 18 years the option of early retirement and, instead, will separate them without retirement benefits. This measure means that transgender service members will now have to decide between accepting a separation payment in a single sum offered to lower rank troops or being removed from service. An Air Force spokesman told The As…
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