President Trump’s newly confirmed Protection Secretary, Pete Hegseth, is critical about placing an finish to DEI. As we speak, a January 28 memo was leaked that mentioned a “pause” on celebrating “cultural consciousness months.”
Here’s a portion of a memo that was reportedly being circulated on the DoD:
“Going ahead, DoD Elements and Navy Departments is not going to use official assets, to incorporate man-hours, to host celebrations or occasions associated to cultural consciousness months, together with Nationwide African American/Black Historical past Month, Girls’s Historical past Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month, Nationwide Incapacity Employment Consciousness Month, and Nationwide American Indian Heritage Month.”
Unbiased journalist Ken Klingensmith shared a picture of the discover given to the Protection Intelligence Company staff he obtained from an inside supply.
The memo to the DIA workforce reads:
Pause on Particular Emphasis Packages and Associated Actions and Occasions
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- The Company is working internally and with the division to implement the Govt Orders, Ending Radical and Wasteful Authorities DEI Packages and Preferencing and Preliminary Rescissions of Dangerous Govt Orders and Actions, dated January 20, 2025. We’re receiving questions throughout the workforce on the best way ahead with Particular Emphasis Packages, Particular Observances, Company Useful resource Teams, Affinity Teams, and Worker Networking Teams.
- DIA will pause all actions and occasions associated to Company Particular Emphasis Packages efficient instantly and till additional discover. Moreover, Particular Observances hosted all year long by the Command Factor, Directorates, and Particular Workplaces are additionally paused. These embrace observances associated to the next:
January
Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday*
February
Black Historical past Month
March
Girls’s Historical past Month
Might
Holocaust Day/Days of Remembrance
Might
Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month
June
Delight
19 June
Juneteenth *
26 August
Girls’s Equality Day
15 September – 15 October
Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month
October
Nationwide Incapacity Employment Consciousness Month
November
Nationwide American Indian Heritage Month
*The pause is not going to have an effect on the federal holidays.
DIA can even pause Company Useful resource Teams, Affinity Teams, and Worker Networking Teams efficient instantly and till additional discover.
Intelligence officers are beginning to leak to me now too. Right here’s a memo Protection Intelligence Company personnel obtained instructing them to droop observances together with:
– Holocaust Remembrance Day
– MLK Day
– Juneteenth pic.twitter.com/wQvGFxVfMD— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 29, 2025
Mila Pleasure’s tweet received the day, nonetheless, as she reminded everybody that Individuals are actually simply going to rejoice Independence Day—One Nation—One Celebration—For ALL!
Individuals are actually going to simply rejoice the Fourth of July.
One nation. One celebration.
I like it!
BREAKING:
SECDEF Pete Hegseth has formally CANCELED Nationwide African American/Black Historical past Month, Girls’s Historical past Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month, Nationwide Incapacity Employment Consciousness Month, and Nationwide American…
— Mila Pleasure (@MilaLovesJoe) February 1, 2025
AP experiences – The directions had been printed Tuesday in a Protection Intelligence Company memo obtained by The Related Press and have an effect on 11 annual occasions, together with Black Historical past Month, which begins Saturday, and Nationwide Hispanic Heritage Month.
The memo’s authenticity was confirmed by a U.S. official who stated the pause was initiated by the DIA and seems to not be coverage throughout the Protection Division. The official spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate delicate issues.
“We’re receiving questions throughout the workforce on the best way ahead,” the memo stated. “DIA will pause all actions and occasions associated to Company Particular Emphasis Packages efficient instantly and till additional discover.”
It additionally famous a pause on “particular observances” hosted all year long. Whereas Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth had been included, the memo stated the change wouldn’t have an effect on these nationwide holidays.
Far-left Democrat Senator Maize Hirono (HI) learn a portion of the Division of Protection memo aloud throughout Kash Patel’s affirmation listening to in her try and disgrace him. Sorry, however most Individuals aren’t aligned with you and your divisive “id months.”
The Senate affirmation listening to for Kash Patel simply talked about the Protection Intelligence Company memo I printed yesterday. pic.twitter.com/BFrpQpJvPD
— Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) January 30, 2025
On Wednesday, Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth directed workers to create a DEI process pressure to make sure no DEI packages stay within the Pentagon.
“We’re not joking round,” Hegseth stated in an interview Wednesday with Fox Information. “There’s no altering of names or softly manipulating one thing. DEI is gone.”
