Executive Order 14183
| Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness | |
Front page of Executive Order 14183 | |
| Type | Executive order |
|---|---|
| Number | 14183 |
| President | Donald Trump |
| Signed | January 27, 2025 |
| Federal Register details | |
| Federal Register document number | 2025-02178 |
| Publication date | January 27, 2025 |
| Summary | |
| The executive order directs the Department of Defense to revise policies to exclude individuals who identify with a gender different from their biological sex from military service, citing concerns over unit cohesion, mental and physical readiness, and overall military effectiveness. | |
| Part of a series on |
| Democratic backsliding in the United States during the second Trump administration |
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Executive Order 14183, titled "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness", is an executive order issued by President Donald Trump on January 27, 2025, banning transgender people from military service. In March 2025, a federal judge blocked the Executive Order; but in May of that year the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to reinstate the ban while legal challenges continue in the Ninth Circuit. It is part of a broader targeting of transgender people.