Hegseth ordered military academy admission decisions to be based "exclusively on merit" with "no consideration of race, ...

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. "The ...

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

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered all military service academies to no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for admissions, according to a memo released Friday. The move appears to not ...

Military academies must pursue merit, not affirmative action in admissions, according to Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. Secretary Hegseth ordered “Military Service Academies,” such as the Air ...

Hegseth argued that merit-based admissions will improve the military’s “lethality” and “warfighting readiness.” AFP via Getty Images “Selecting anyone but the best erodes lethality ...

With new directives, Trump’s Pentagon chief zeroes in on admission to the nation’s service academies and purging “divisive” library materials.

Pete Hegseth ordered military leaders to review and pull all library books related to diversity, anti-racism and gender issues.

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.