President Donald Trump signed two executive orders on Monday related to the military that will ban "radical gender ideology" and DEI initiatives from all branches and their academies. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
The order includes an internal review conducted by Hegseth within 90 days to document all instances of discrimination or promotion based on race or sex.
It also includes banning all "un-American, divisive, discriminatory, radical, extremist and irrational theories" from being taught in the Armed Forces and educational institutions operated or controlled by the military. Those theories include "gender ideology," divisive concepts surrounding race or sex stereotyping or scapegoating and the idea that "America's founding documents are racist or sexist."
Instructors hired to teach at military academies will also be carefully reviewed to ensure "alignment with this order."
"In addition, these institutions shall be required to teach that America and its founding documents remain the most powerful force for good in human history," the order states.
Progress related to this order must be submitted by Hegseth and the homeland security secretary to the Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy within 180 days to track implementation and to find recommendations, if any, to fulfill the order's objective.
The order "Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness" states that the U.S. military has one mission – "to protect the American people and our homeland as the world's most lethal and effective fighting force."
The two executive orders are aimed at returning the focus of all military branches and corresponding academies to "lethality and force readiness." (iStock)
Hegseth was already ordered to immediately end preferred pronoun usage within the DoD, and within 30 days, he must identify what is needed to implement the above order and submit a report summarizing the steps to the president.
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The orders are two of many things Trump promised to change during his 2024 campaign and fall in line with the hundreds of executive actions issued during his first week in office.
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