US EditionPentagon orders military leaders to pull library materials on diversity-related issues
- On May 9, 2025, the Pentagon instructed all military leaders to remove and evaluate library materials related to topics such as diversity, anti-racism, and gender by a deadline of May 21, 2025.
- This directive represents the most comprehensive order to date from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s effort to remove initiatives, guidelines, and educational content related to diversity and equity from the military.
- The order, signed by Timothy Dill, directs leaders to identify and sequester materials inconsistent with the Department's core mission using specified search terms like 'critical race theory' and 'gender dysphoria.'
- The memo states books should be sequestered by May 21 but does not specify whether they will be stored or destroyed; additional guidance will be provided by that date.
- Similar campaigns have already removed hundreds of books from military academy libraries, and a temporary Academic Libraries Committee will oversee the ongoing review and decisions.
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Pentagon orders military libraries to remove books about diversity, anti-racism, gender issues
The Pentagon has ordered senior military leaders to pull and review library books from educational institutions that address diversity, anti-racism or gender issues.
Pentagon Orders to Remove Books That Promote Gender Ideology From Its Library
The Pentagon issued a memo on May 9 directing Defense Department leaders to review library materials and remove books that promote “divisive concepts” or “gender ideology” from its educational institutions. The memo, signed by Timothy Dill, who is performing the duties of the defense deputy undersecretary for personnel, directs department leaders to identify books that conflict with the Pentagon’s core mission of ensuring national security and s…
Pentagon Orders Military to Remove All DEI Books
The Pentagon has ordered that all books at U.S. military institutions and libraries that relate to diversity, anti-racism, or gender issues be removed in the next two weeks. The latest directive, signed Friday by Timothy Dill, undersecretary of defense for personnel, states that instructional materials at the libraries “promoting divisive concepts and gender ideology are incompatible with the Department’s core mission,” and requests that departm…
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