Pentagon’s intelligence arm has issued a memorandum that pauses any activity related to Martin Luther King Jr., month of black history, the month of history LBGTQ+ and the day of the memory of the Holocaust, among other “observances Specials, “according to a defense official who confirmed the authenticity of authenticity. From Memo.
The memorandum listed 11 such observances that employees should no longer recognize with office activities or events.
The Movement of the Defense Intelligence Agency is intended to comply with the executive actions of President Trump to end federal programs related to diversity, equity and inclusion in the army.
The content of the memo was First published In X by independent journalist Ken Klippenstein.
Trump signed a Executive order The day of the inauguration, asking for the “termination” of all “discriminatory programs, including the illegal mandates of DEI and diversity, equity, including accessibility (DEIA), policies, programs, preferences and activities in activities in activities the federal government “. A week later, on Monday, signed another Executive order It is specifically directed to the employees and activities of Dei in the Army.
Trump has emphasized the final recognition of Dei’s problems and observances as a key part of his agenda, and he He suggested Thursday that Dei It can give some guilt for the deadly collision between a commercial plane and a Black Hawk helicopter earlier this week, although when he was asked what evidence he had seen to support the claim, he replied: “It could simply have been. We have a high level of level. ”
Parts of the Pentagon have tried to comply with the Executive Order before a formal directive of the Department of Defense.
Last weekend, the Air Force reviewed a course In basic military training related to diversity that also included videos of the Tuskegee noticing and the pilots of the Air Force Service (wasps). The brief elimination of the videos caused a reaction when the videos were briefly removed from the training to review the course.
Lieutenant General Brian S. Robinson, Commander of Commands of Education and Air Education, said in a statement after the review that the course had been reviewed to focus “on the documented historical legacy and the decorated value with which these units and aviators They fought for our nation in World War II and beyond. “
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth In his first week at work, he established a “task force of the United States struggle force” to focus on eliminating Dei’s efforts in the Pentagon. In a memorandum, he directed to the task force to submit an initial report in March.
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