The Department of Defense (DoD) announced Wednesday that it is scrapping diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) policies implemented by the Biden administration because they are “incompatible” with the mission of the U.S. military.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said that President Donald Trump’s goal is to return the organization to being focused on winning wars and nothing else.
“Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEl) policies, as defined in the January 27, 2025, Executive Order, are incompatible with the values of DoD,” Hegseth wrote. “The DoD will strive to provide merit-based, color-blind, equal opportunities to Service members but will not guarantee or strive for equal outcomes.”
The DoD was tasked with establishing a new task force, dubbed “Restoring America’s Fighting Force Task Force,” that will oversee the Pentagon’s efforts to find and abolish DEI…
