New Air Force separation board rules affect transgender service members

The US Air Force has issued an update guidelines focusing on secession councils on secession boards of service members who are no longer to benefit the military requirements, including those affected by the transgender policy changes.

The Associated Press first reported the change, citing an internal memorandum dated August 12, 2025.

According to the memo, as soon as one of the council confirms that a member fulfills the standards of politics, “the council must recommend the separation.”

Listen sessions are closed and will not be recorded. Instead, the case file includes a brief version prepared after the session. Politics narrows the council’s role in discovering one realistic.

The Minister of Maritime pushes the audit council to purify this from the Maritime Academy and restore “the ethics of the warrior”

Supporters argue with the most striking standards that change avoids the statuses and explains discipline. AP notes that in the past, the councils sometimes retained the members despite the serious violations, critics said the discretion that the performance led to the inconsistency.

Defense Minister Beit Higseth made “restoring the ethics of the warrior” and the most stringent material standards in his term. In his message on January 25 to the force, he pledged to “restore the ethics of the warrior … rebuilding the army and re -establishing our deterrent”, then directed a quick review at the level of fitness, body formation and grooming.

“Red Ribbon”: The Trump official launches a Dog’s alignment to the release of federal workers due to misconduct

The science of pride is sexually transformed outside the US Supreme Court in Washington. This file image has nothing to do with the new Air Force guidance instructions for the recommendation to separate in some cases of transgender people. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

In July, he tightened the rules of medical waiver of the new recruits, as he wrote that the war men in America should be physically and mentally able to perform in the harshest conditions.

The note says that the rules apply to the Air Force Department, including space force, under the unified disposal authority, one to ensure a unified and monitoring process. AP also reported last week that the Air Force moved to end the advantages of early retirement for those who do not have service requirements.

An air view of the Pentagon, where new directives are being made to combat preparedness under Defense Minister Beit Higseth. (Reuters)

AP frame the shift in broader directives in the Trump era, which affects the transgender members and the Pentagon figures who put the affected residents of the low thousands. While some legal advisers raised questions about the appeal without records, supporters are inconsistent even though decisive measures, and decisive notes are necessary for cohesion and defense.

Click here to get the Fox News app

The Ministry of Defense did not immediately respond to the Fox News Digital request for comment. The air force cannot be reached.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.