Religious waivers that have already been approved will be reevaluated within 90 days, the memo states.
The change came on the same day media outlets discovered that the Coast Guard had unveiled a policy calling the same symbols "potentially divisive."
The Pentagon expects it to take about two years to restore the monument to its original site at the cemetery, an official told The Associated Press.
The sculpture honoring Confederate fighters and the separatist movement was removed from the miltiary cemetery in 2023, but will be restored soon.
