Hegseth ordered military academy admission decisions to be based "exclusively on merit" with "no consideration of race, ...

Trump appointee writes that selecting anyone "but the best" for admission to the academies erodes "warfightiing readiness." ...

In a move that signals a significant shift in military academy admissions policy, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a ...

Military academies must pursue merit, not affirmative action in admissions, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.

With new directives, Trump’s Pentagon chief zeroes in on admission to the nation’s service academies and purging “divisive” ...

Hegseth's memo goes on to say that admission to the academies will be based "exclusively on merit," because "selecting ... Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said "policies like this enable the ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued a memo Friday barring military academies from considering race, sex, or ethnicity in ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered military academies to consider only merit during the admissions process, another blow to DEI.

The move is the latest denunciation by the Trump administration against anything related to diversity, equity and inclusion.

The Pentagon has ordered all military leaders and commands to pull and review all of their library books that address ...

"'Race, ethnicity, or sex' can NO LONGER BE CONSIDERED. Our officers will be the best of the best—full stop," he wrote on X.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth issued ... or ethnicity in their admissions process. The memo directs the secretaries of all the military departments to implement “merit-based” criteria for ...