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

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

The Pentagon ordered the removal of race as a factor in admissions at the military service academies and directed them ...

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 ... of the military departments would ...

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

Hegseth's memo goes on to say that admission ... official told Military.com that Hegseth's office didn't have anything additional to add. Pentagon spokesman Sean Parnell said "policies like ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth continues his work in reversing the Biden regime’s discriminatory policies ... America’s military academies to only consider merit in admissions.

The Pentagon on Friday directed the nation’s prestigious military academies to end consideration of race, gender and ethnicity in their admissions ... Pete Hegseth wrote in one of two policy ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth commanded the nation’s military academies Friday to stop considering “race, ethnicity, or sex” in their admissions process, the latest blow by the Trump ...

Hegseth directed schools to rank applicants by an aggregate score factoring in athletic ability and past military experience, ...

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