“Justice.” “Dignity.” “Respect.” Those words are now considered red flags by the Army as it does a wide-ranging scrub of the massive amount of digital content the service has created online over the years — a purge that is leading to the removal of images and videos featuring women and minority soldiers from official platforms. The deletion of photos, video and other content is part of an order by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that all the military services eliminate online material not allowed by the Trump administration. Hegseth has pushed to eliminate any trace of diversity efforts, which has included policies and programs — and now media — that recognizes women and troops with minority backgrounds. Read Next: Air Force Academy Investigating Nearly 100 Cadets for Cheating, Honor Code Violations Army public affairs officials, who shepherd the service’s media and coordinate communications with journalists, have been directed to take down online content that includes race, gender and affirmative action, as well as observances of Black History Month and Women’s History Month, according to an internal memo reviewed by Military.com. “The danger here is this stuff has never really been defined,” one senior Pentagon public affairs official told Military.com. “It’s going to get us thinking about race and gender in ways that are problematic, and it’s inevitably going to lead to exclusion.” Military.com spoke with nine public affairs officials, all of whom requested anonymity to speak candidly and to avoid retaliation. Even historic milestones have been targeted.
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