{"id":167613,"date":"2025-03-17T16:52:25","date_gmt":"2025-03-17T20:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=167613"},"modified":"2025-03-17T16:52:25","modified_gmt":"2025-03-17T20:52:25","slug":"pentagons-dei-purge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=167613","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon’s DEI Purge"},"content":{"rendered":"

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SECDEF Hegseth’s memo \u201cRestoring America\u2019s Fighting Force Task Force,\u201d was scribed to ensure that DOD works \u201cto provide merit-based, color-blind, equal opportunities to Service members but will not guarantee or strive for equal outcomes.\u201d<\/p>\n

All well and good. However, the implementation of the policy has unsurprisingly invoked the laws of unintended consequences.<\/p>\n

Restoring America’s Fighting Force<\/a><\/p>\n

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon\u2019s DEI purge<\/h3>\n

WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to\u00a0purge diversity, equity and inclusion content<\/a><\/span>, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.<\/p>\n

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.<\/p>\n

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Aircraft and fish projects are flagged<\/h3>\n

In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word \u201dgay,\u201d including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II.<\/p>\n

Several photos of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were marked for deletion, apparently because a local engineer in the photo had the last name Gay. And a photo of Army Corps biologists was on the list, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish \u2014 including their weight, size, hatchery and gender.<\/p>\n

In addition, some photos of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation\u2019s first Black military pilots who served in a segregated WWII unit, were listed on the database, but those may likely be protected due to historical content.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

AP News<\/a><\/p>\n

A global word search may identify candidates for inclusion in the DEI database, but a much stricter review must be conducted before anyone or -thing is deleted for the taint of DEI. The first rush to comply appears to be that just that- a rushed job with little thought but for results. This is not acceptable and opens up the DOD for well-deserved criticism if not addressed. The left is already cherry-picking examples of the clumsy approach.<\/p>\n

The vast majority of the Pentagon purge targets women and minorities…<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The beneficiaries of riding the DEI pony to rank by virtue of race\/gender over merit? Well no shit. As for the SECDEF? Take the time to do this right. Hat tip to a Usual Suspect for the inspiration.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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