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 Force Academy, Naval Academy, and West Point, to no longer use race and sex when deciding who to admit.
“The Military Service Academies (MSA) are elite warfighting institutions with long histories of producing world class military officers,” a memo states.
The Daily Wire published a copy of the memo in a recent story. “The Department owes it to our Nation, our Service members, and the young Americans applying to the MSAs to ensure admissions to these prestigious institutions are based exclusively on merit.”