Since early 2024, DOD has cut nearly 200 DEI-related jobs: Report
By Stephen Losey
Thursday, Apr 17, 2025
Since early 2024, the Defense Department has cut or restructured 188 jobs that once managed its diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility efforts — including under President Trump’s 2025 push to dismantle federal DEI efforts — according to a Government Accountability Office report released Thursday.
No DEI-related jobs are expected to remain in the U.S. military after the end of April, the congressional watchdog said in a letter to the top Republicans and Democrats on Congress’s armed services committees.
According to GAO, the cuts to DEI-related jobs occurred in two waves: The first in 2024, as part of a provision included in that year’s National Defense Authorization Act, and then this year as a result of the Trump administration’s crackdown on DEI in the military.
GAO found that the NDAA-driven cuts in 2024 resulted in 32 jobs being completely eliminated, with another 115 positions being restructured to reduce or eliminate their DEI-driven duties. Those findings were reported to the armed services committees’ staffs during a briefing in late January.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/04/17/since-early-2024-dod-has-cut-nearly-200-dei-related-jobs-report/
