The U.S. Air Force said Thursday it will bar transgender service members with up to 18 years of experience from applying for early retirement — and will instead force them out of the military with only lump-sum separation payments. Shannon Minter of the National Center for LGBTQ Rights told Reuters, “This is just betrayal of a direct commitment made to these service members.”

Meanwhile, the Department of Veterans Affairs said Wednesday it’s canceling collective bargaining agreements for most of its 377,000 unionized workers, citing national security reasons.