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Pentagon Orders Military Academies to Ditch Diversity Initiatives

5/10/2025

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The Pentagon is taking a bold stance against diversity initiatives, ordering military academies to eliminate all race, gender, and diversity-related materials by May 21. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's directive emphasizes merit-based admissions, aiming for a "colorblind" military culture that disregards race and gender in the pursuit of equality.

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The Pentagon is taking a bold stance against diversity initiatives, ordering military academies to eliminate all race, gender, and diversity-related materials by May 21. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's directive emphasizes merit-based admissions, aiming for a "colorblind" military culture that disregards race and gender in the pursuit of equality.