From 15 July 2011 to 20 September 2011, the Ninth Circuit’s partial stay allowed the military to refuse new openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual recruits, but it continued to block investigations, discharge proceedings, and discharges under the Policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces, commonly known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), against current servicemembers. On 22 July 2011, US President Barack Obama, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen certified that repeal could be implemented, triggering the final 60-day waiting period. United States (US) Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit’s partial stay allowed the military to refuse new openly lesbian, gay, and bisexual recruits, but it continued to block investigations, discharge proceedings, and discharges under the Policy concerning homosexuality in the armed forces, commonly known as Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT), against current servicemembers. On 22 July 2011, US President Barack Obama, US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta, and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Admiral Mike Mullen certified that repeal could be implemented, triggering the final 60-day waiting period.

On January 27th, 2025, President Trump signed an executive order that bans transgender people from serving in the military. On February 10th, 2025, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth filed in court a memo relating to President Trump’s executive order from the previous month. From then until March 17th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members. 18th, 2025, The U.S. military prohibited transgender individuals from enlisting and ceased providing or supporting gender transition procedures for service members.