The Department of the Air Force issued a directive to discontinue all awards related to diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and gender ideology. The memo, signed by Acting Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Manpower and Reserve Affairs Gwendolyn R. DeFilippi, instructs all offices to eliminate individual, team, and unit awards specifically recognizing achievements in DEI initiatives.
The memo states that accomplishments related to DEI or gender ideology should no longer be considered as justification for any Department of the Air Force awards, including those reflecting off-duty personal participation in non-federal entity programs. Additionally, the Air Force will restrict its formal participation in NFE awards to those directly related to a Air Force career field or mission and prohibit involvement in awards that favor a particular race, ethnicity, or sex, including sexual orientation.
The order lines up with the president’s directive to end federal involvement in what many see as a discriminatory program.
“This directive ensures that awards align with the Air Force’s core mission and federal guidelines,” the memo states. “Services must ensure that event content and materials are not contrary to the Department’s policy on DEI.”
While individual service members and civilian personnel will still be permitted to participate in external DEI-related award programs in their personal capacities, the Air Force will no longer recognize or support these initiatives at an institutional level. Subordinate units—including Major Commands (MAJCOMs), Field Commands (FLDCOMs), Direct Reporting Units (DRUs), Field Operating Agencies (FOAs), Numbered Air Forces (NAFs), Centers, Wings, Deltas, Installations, and Career Fields—have been directed to review their own award programs for compliance with the new federal guidance.
The policy also requires that all units submit a list of discontinued awards and related actions by Feb. 28.
Bringing back common sense, one step at a time.
Very hard to imagine the damage this freak ideology has done to all aspects of our society.
MAGA
Hope the military sues the Dunleavy Administration, Anchorage and Fairbanks and Delta School Districts for non-compliance with the law on this issue of DEI, and if the Air Force JAG has a public Affairs person, say something!!
More gays than I’ve ever met in the military now. It’s the #1 provider of sex reassignment surgery. Look it up.
It’s amazing to me that any military service would even think of presenting an award for this nonsense. Once again, we’re reminded how f_cked up Biden and Obama made our military.
The service academies need to be examined very carefully. ‘Woke doctrines’ have been in place for a long time. It will take a determined effort to root it out.
As Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits said in “Money for Nothing,” – “That’s the way you do it…” DEI is divisive. Always has been
The military is not about diversity, it’s about uniformity. Hell, they even wear a uniform.