NBC News reports that the Pentagon is in preparations to announce changes in policy regarding open service by transgender men and women within weeks.
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter could make the announcement as early as next week and he will call for full implementation one year from now.
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The details of the repeal could shift. One defense official told NBC News that the working group that has been studying this issue since July 2015 will provide broad guidance.
It will be up to the individual services to work out the details. Those details include barracks, rules for new recruits, allowance for sex reassignment surgery, diagnosis of dysmorphic disorder, policies on group showers and more.
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