Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday sent a memo to West Point, the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy, saying that all future admissions will be based solely on merit.

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for ...

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

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ... going forward admissions to military academies will be based exclusively on merit and race ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on ... saying that all future admissions will be based solely on merit. “ ...

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