Army and Air Force sweep out DEI-coded programs
Army officials were instructed to remove diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility communications and trainings. The Air Force shuttered groups that targeted professional barriers faced by Black and Native airmen, women, and others.
Patty Nieberg
Posted on Jan 23, 2025
Army and Air Force officials were instructed to shutter working groups and offices and even scrub websites with DEI-related language. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Daniel Ter Haar
The new leaders of the Army and Air Force ordered forces worldwide to sweep out offices, programs, committees and even press releases posted on websites that appear to relate to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion initiatives, widely known as DEI programs.
The memos, signed by the acting Army and Air Force secretaries, echo President Donald Trump’s executive order issued Monday that repealed all ‘DEI’ policies, communications and references across the federal government.
Army officials were instructed to remove all outward-facing media of diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility, or DEIA, initiatives as of 5 p.m. Jan. 23 and cancel related trainings “immediately.” Officials were also asked to report actions taken to comply with the memo.
On Thursday, the Army’s website for its Equity and Inclusion Agency was taken offline.
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