Associated Press
Military leaders are rattled by a list of “woke” senior officers that a conservative group urged Pete Hegseth to dismiss for promoting diversity in the ranks if he is confirmed to lead the Pentagon.
The list compiled by the American Accountability Foundation includes 20 general officers or senior admirals and a disproportionate number of female officers. It has had a chilling effect on the Pentagon’s often frank discussions as leaders try to figure out how to address the potential firings and diversity issues under President-elect Donald Trump.
Those on the list in many cases seem to be targeted for public comments they made either in interviews or at events on diversity, and in some cases for retweeting posts that promote diversity.
Tom Jones, a former aide to Republican senators who leads the foundation, said Friday that those on the list are “pretty egregious” advocates for diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, policies, which he called problematic.
“The nominee has been pretty clear that that has no place in the military,” Jones said of Hegseth.
Hegseth has embraced Trump’s effort to end programs that promote diversity in the ranks and fire those who reflect those values. Other Trump picks, like Kash Patel for FBI director, have suggested targeting those in government who are not aligned with Trump.
The list, which was first reported by The New York Post, includes nine Air Force general officers, seven Navy admirals of different ranks and four Army general officers. Eight of those 20 are women even though only 17% of the military is female. None are Marines.
One female Navy officer was named because she gave a speech at a 2015 Women’s Equality Day event, where she noted that 80% of Congress is male, which affects what bills move forward. The officer also was targeted because she said “diversity is our strength.”
The phrase is a widely distributed talking point that officers across the Pentagon have used for years to talk about the importance of having a military that reflects different educational, geographic, economic, gender and racial backgrounds in the country.
An Air Force colonel, who is white, was called out for an opinion piece he wrote following the death of George Floyd, saying, “Dear white colonel, we must address our blind spots about race.”
A female Air Force officer was targeted because of “multiple woke posts” on her X feed, including a tweet about LGBTQ rights, one about “whiteness” and another about honoring the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on a stamp.
Another female Air Force officer was on the list because she “served as a panelist for a diversity, equity and inclusion” discussion in 2021.
The list names an Army officer who traveled to 14 historically Black colleges to expand the military’s intelligence recruitment efforts, and an Air Force officer partly because he co-chairs the Asian-Pacific Islander subgroup of the service’s diversity task force.
Karoline Leavitt, a spokeswoman for the Trump transition team, said in a statement that “No policy should be deemed official unless it comes directly from President Trump.”
A letter Jones sent to Hegseth containing the list, dated Tuesday, says “purging the woke from the military is imperative.” The letter points to tensions with Iran, Russia and China and says “we cannot afford to have a military distracted and demoralized by leftist ideology. Our nation’s security is at stake.”
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Republished with permission of the Associated Press.
24 comments
Cindy
December 7, 2024 at 12:38 pm
Seriously,, we all would have to leave America. Or just bring the draft and front line back. Shave everyone’s heads and boot camp it. Remembering your in there to die and defend.
Cindy
December 7, 2024 at 12:43 pm
I just say shave everyone’s head. And they all need to run a mile with a body on their back.
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Red Storm
December 7, 2024 at 2:04 pm
Start with the Chairman of the Joint Chief’s, Gen. Charles Brown USAF.
MH/Duuuval
December 7, 2024 at 10:09 pm
RS is color struck.
A Day without MAGA Rapist
December 8, 2024 at 6:17 am
Red storm want a White Spiteful Demon to be head of the military
Red Storm Rising
December 8, 2024 at 7:42 am
MH, I hate to disappoint you and Yrral but if Gen Millie was still the Chairman of The Joint Chief’s I would be calling for his firing as well. I have read and seen enough on Gen Brown that he needs to go.
KathrynA
December 7, 2024 at 3:56 pm
I think General Charles Brown has been a great example of a leader and much more than Hegseth ever will be. Everyone is basic does the mile with the weight on their back. Where do people get these weird beliefs.
A Day without Rapist
December 8, 2024 at 6:11 am
Redstorm knows nothing about anything,but running his mouth,Putin like a incompetent commander of sheep like Trump, Trump knows nothing but being triggered by made up enemies and American real enemies are Trump friends
White Losers
December 8, 2024 at 7:39 am
White inferiority is a cancer on our country.
Red Storm Rising
December 8, 2024 at 7:43 am
And here goes Yrral with his daily “white devil” racist rants.
Leroy Butler
December 11, 2024 at 10:12 pm
Aren’t you a white loser? Do you no longer have any mirrors at your residence?
White Losers
December 8, 2024 at 7:40 am
Putin lost 750,000 “soldiers” to gain 2 miles.
Loooooooser
Earl Pitts "THE BIG VOICE ON THE RIGHT" American
December 8, 2024 at 8:53 am
Good Morn ‘Ting Sage Patriots & Dook 4 Brains Leftys, 8th
NEVER FORGET, IT’S NOT “NEWS” UNTIL EARL “WEIGHS IN”:
Welp, America, there is always gonna be homertesticals whereever we may go. Back in the day, prior to “Woke, DEI, Trans, Child Genitle Mutalation” captians on our Navy Ships would always say, “A few *icks are gonna get *ucked on every cruise”. But it was allways kept on the “Down Low”.
Now, espically after the out-going POTUS administration threw it’s public support behind all the Woke DEI stuff all nations are laughing at our military. Yes we have passed the point of being even more g@y than the England’s military.
Pete’s mandate to put the Woke and DEI “Back In The Closet” is manditory for the security of our Great Nation.
I, Earl Pitts American, know that 99.999% of all Sage Patriots & Dook 4 Brains Leftys agree 100% on this manditory “Re-Closeting” of all Woke, DEI, and Homertestical Perversions in our Great Nation’s Sage Military Services.
Thank you, Sage Patriots & Dook 4 Brains Leftys, for following my, Earl Pitts American’s, Sage Wisdom and general good advice,
Earl Pitts American
J. Carvall
December 8, 2024 at 9:07 am
Thanks Earl for your guidance to the incoming admimistration. As Leftists its totally clear that we went too far with Woke. Please stand with Pete and advise him in the years to come.
In closing, with full disclosure, I voted for Trump.
James C.
Earl Pitts American
December 8, 2024 at 7:21 pm
Off Topic:
America please be on the look out for my mean, old, Dook 4 Brains Leftist Older Brother, Rick Whittaker. Rick was 100% convinced that “Scrumpy Rumpy Kammy” was going to get America’s POTUS vote … and/or the POTUS win by cheating.
When America stood up and put a swift kick in the Dook 4 Brains Lefty’s @ss … well Rick just lost his mind.
He’s making the rounds of the homeless camps around Nashville, Tennessee … so if you spot him on the side of the road with a cardboard sign please hit me up on my celly so I, Earl Pitts American, can go in and capture … err …. I mean Rescue Rick. I will take him home to his family and oversee getting him off the booze, drugs, and disgusting perverse (unspeakable) perversions of a sexual nature. We are hopefull to have him dryed out and shot up with mega-doses of penicellian in order to have Rick back home and dryed out by our Lord & Saviour’s Birthday [AKA Christian Christmas].
Just knock him over the head or taze him as he was a Green Beret back in the Viet Nam War and still may “Put Some Moves On You”.
So keep an eye out for Rick and there is a $337.76 reward for his capture …. Alive. We have a Go Fund Rick Page out there and are hopefull to increase the reward soon.
Thank you, Earl Pitts American
Ocean Joe
December 11, 2024 at 8:07 am
Earl misses Rick. Earl misses getting torn to shreds.
Boss of bosses
December 9, 2024 at 6:04 pm
Woke and be on alerts for injustices meanwhile we will raid and destroy personal property stores on the account we can do it..no morals so to speak.
I know the stakes are high because now we have other ways to cash in.
You all allowed to many wanna be gangs into your world.
KathrynA
December 11, 2024 at 6:57 pm
Look what our awesome military did in Syria this week! Proud of them and fighting against ISIS and Putin! Way to go!
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December 13, 2024 at 10:23 am
This is a critical moment that could shape the future of military culture, and I look forward to seeing how it plays out.
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