in addition, an "amici" brief was filed by retired military officers and national security officials supporting the injunction on december 15. the brief compared the accession of transgender candidates with prior changes to accession policy, including the racial and sexual integrations that occurred during the truman and obama administrations, concluding that "each of the above personnel decisions was the product of a rigorous policy review involving senior military officials and an evidence-based examination of the likely impact of the proposed change. in sharp contrast, on the morning of july