Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced early Sunday that he was already hard at work in stripping Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies and infrastructure from the service academies, saying that under his direction they would return to their primary focus: graduating warriors.
Hegseth made the announcement in a post via X, adding a photo of a meeting with the heads of the three service academies: the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, New York; the Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland; and the Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Last week, I met with the leadership of @westpoint_USMA, @navalacademy and @af_academy. My message was simple: stick to leadership, standards, excellence, war fighting, and readiness. These are MILITARY ACADEMIES, not civilian universities. I was impressed by the changes already… pic.twitter.com/BPV0GkW4YX
— Secretary of Defense…
