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Pentagon moves closer to allowing transgender troops to serve | 13 July 2015 | Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday issued two directives moving the Pentagon closer to allowing transgender men and women to serve openly in the military. First, Carter ordered the creation of a Pentagon working group ” to study over the next six months the policy and readiness implications of welcoming transgender persons to serve openly,” Carter said in a statement released Monday afternoon. Carter also said that all decisions to dismiss troops with gender dysphoria would be handled by Brad Carson, the Pentagon's acting under secretary of Defense for personnel and readiness.