President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has dismissed the Board of Visitors for various military academies due to their focus on indoctrinating future service members with “woke” ideology.
In a post on Truth Social, the president argued that America’s “Service Academies have been infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues over the last four years” and that he has “ordered the immediate dismissal of the Board of Visitors for the Army, Air Force, Navy, and Coast Guard.”
Boards of visitors advise the president on the overall health of military academies and ensure that they are properly educating and training future military leaders. The boards provide advice on curriculum and other aspects of military academia. These groups are required to report to Congress each year on their findings and recommendations.
The military has come under fire under former President Joe Biden’s administration for infusing hard leftist ideology into its ranks. The Navy Professional Reading Program, in particular, has been criticized for including books written by high-profile left-wing authors in their reading lists. This includes “How to Be Antiracist” by Ibram X. Kendi and “The New Jim Crow” by Michelle Alexander.
