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

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

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

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

The Pentagon has ordered senior leaders to pull and review all library books at military educational institutions that ...

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U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen urged the Naval Academy Board of Visitors to replace the books removed from its library amid a ...

Whether the DOD memos will cause more books to be removed or result in further adjustments to admissions policy remains unclear. The Naval Academy did not respond to a request for comment.