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Combined military forces of the United States
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| 2025 | Delivery of the world's largest coast guard vessel under the Polar icebreaker program is expected. |
| 2025 | The Space Force plans to make its Service Dress Uniform available by late 2025. |
| 2025 | The Space Force plans to make its Service Dress Uniform available by late 2025. |
| February 14 2025 | The U.S. Army announced a policy barring transgender individuals from enlisting and halting all gender-affirming medical procedures for service members, effectively reversing previous inclusive policies. |
| February 13 2025 | The U.S. Coast Guard issued ALCOAST 059/25, aligning with previous directives by pausing new accessions for individuals with gender dysphoria and stopping gender transition-related medical procedures. |
| February 7 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth files a memo pausing entry for individuals with a history of gender dysphoria and ensuring medical procedures for gender transition for service members. |
| February 7 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum 'Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness', pausing new accessions for individuals with gender dysphoria and halting gender transition medical procedures. |
| February 7 2025 | Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memorandum 'Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness', pausing new accessions for individuals with gender dysphoria and halting gender transition medical procedures. |
| February 6 2025 | The Human Rights Campaign Foundation and Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund filed a federal lawsuit challenging the transgender military ban, representing six serving and one potential transgender service members. |
| January 31 2025 | Reuters/Ipsos online survey conducted on transgender military personnel policy, with 40% supporting a ban and 55% opposing it. |
| January 29 2025 | Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey on transgender military personnel policy, showing 54% supporting a ban and 41% opposing it. |
| January 28 2025 | The United States Navy issued a memo directing recruiters to reject all transgender applicants, postponing enlistment for transgender recruits in the delayed-entry program. |
| January 28 2025 | Six current transgender service members and two potential enlistees filed a federal lawsuit (Doe v. Trump) challenging the executive order as unconstitutional. |
| January 27 2025 | President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14183, mandating the Department of Defense to update medical standards, prohibit use of non-biological sex pronouns, and restrict facility usage for transgender service members. |
| January 20 2025 | President Donald Trump issued Executive Order 14148, revoking federal policy protections for transgender individuals serving openly in the U.S. military and leaving future decisions on transgender service to the Department of Defense. |
| 2024 | The Space Force plans to make its Physical Training Uniform available by early 2024. |
| 2024 | The Space Force plans to make its Physical Training Uniform available by early 2024. |
| December 2024 | Coast Guard acquired the USCGC Storis, a 360-foot icebreaker previously used by Royal Dutch Shell. |
| December 2024 | President Joe Biden signed the yearly defense authorization bill, which included a provision banning gender-affirming healthcare for children and minors within military families under Tricare. |
| December 22 2024 | President-elect Donald Trump announced plans at AmericaFest 2024 to reinstate a ban on transgender individuals in the U.S. military, to be implemented on January 20, 2025. |
| November 27 2024 | I&I/TIPP Poll online survey on transgender military personnel policy, revealing 41% support for a ban and 47% opposing it. |
| January 2024 | Bree Fram was appointed as a colonel in the United States Space Force, becoming the highest-ranking transgender military officer in the Department of Defense. |
| January 25 2024 | Lieutenant General Mary K. Izaguirre becomes the new Surgeon General of the United States Army, taking leadership of the Army Medical Department (AMEDD). |
| January 22 2024 | YouGov Survey web-based interviews on transgender military personnel policy, indicating 28% support for a ban and 50% opposing it. |
| 2023 | Congressional Research Service released a report estimating the cost of gender-affirming surgical care for active-duty service members between $2.4 million and $8.4 million annually, highlighting ongoing discussions about healthcare coverage for transgender military personnel. |
| 2023 | Space Force budget reaches $26,289,848,000, including $1,109,400,000 for Military Personnel, signaling continued growth and investment in space-based military technologies. |
| 2023 | The Space Force assumes responsibility for the Army's Joint Tactical Ground Station, putting all space-based missile warning under its control. |
| 2023 | Space Force budget reaches $26,289,848,000, including $1,109,400,000 for Military Personnel, signaling continued growth and investment in space-based military technologies. |
| 2023 | The Space Force assumes responsibility for the Army's Joint Tactical Ground Station, putting all space-based missile warning under its control. |
| September 30 2023 | By the end of the fiscal year, approximately 13,000 out of 55,000 Army recruits (24%) participated in the Future Soldier Prep Course (FSPC) to address recruiting challenges post-COVID-19 pandemic. |
| August 30 2023 | Space Force approved the development of a Space Force Good Conduct Medal to replace the Air Force Good Conduct Medal for enlisted members. |
| August 30 2023 | Space Force approved the development of a Space Force Good Conduct Medal to replace the Air Force Good Conduct Medal for enlisted members. |
| June 22 2023 | The U.S. Army profiled Major Rachel Jones, a transgender woman, on their website and social media to promote mental health care in the military. |
| January 17 2023 | IPPS-A was deployed for the Army Reserve and Active Army, providing a new mobile app for personnel management and HR services. |
| 2022 | The U.S. military continues to refine policies protecting transgender service members' rights and ensuring their full integration into military service. |
| 2022 | Budget grows to $18,192,932,000, continuing intensive modernization efforts with advanced programs like DARC (Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability), Oracle spacecraft, and Arachne space solar power experiments. |
| 2022 | Budget grows to $18,192,932,000, continuing intensive modernization efforts with advanced programs like DARC (Deep Space Advanced Radar Capability), Oracle spacecraft, and Arachne space solar power experiments. |
| November 2 2022 | General John W. Raymond retired as Chief of Space Operations. |
| September 20 2022 | The Space Force unveiled its official anthem, 'Semper Supra' ('Always Above'), during the Air, Space and Cyber Conference. |
| 2021 | Coast Guard Reserve commander Andre Douglas was selected to join NASA Astronaut Group 23. |
| 2021 | The Department of Defense begins implementing policies to support transgender service members, including removing barriers to service and medical support. |
| 2021 | The U.S. Army implemented a new policy requiring all corporals to complete structured self-development through the basic leader course (BLC), or be laterally assigned as specialists. |
| 2021 | The Naval Satellite Operations Center and Army's Satellite Operations Brigade transfer to the Space Force, consolidating satellite communications under a single service. |
| 2021 | Space Force significantly increases its budget to $15,343,177,000, expanding operations and development across multiple domains including Operation & Maintenance, Procurement, and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation. |
| 2021 | The Space Force unveiled its distinctive blue and gray service dress uniform at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space, and Cyber conference, featuring a dark blue color representing the vastness of outer space and six buttons symbolizing the U.S. Space Force as the sixth armed service. |
| 2021 | Space Force significantly increases its budget to $15,343,177,000, expanding operations and development across multiple domains including Operation & Maintenance, Procurement, and Research, Development, Test & Evaluation. |
| 2021 | The Space Force unveiled its distinctive blue and gray service dress uniform at the Air & Space Forces Association's Air, Space, and Cyber conference, featuring a dark blue color representing the vastness of outer space and six buttons symbolizing the U.S. Space Force as the sixth armed service. |
| 2021 | The Naval Satellite Operations Center and Army's Satellite Operations Brigade transfer to the Space Force, consolidating satellite communications under a single service. |
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