“PENTAGON FLAGS WWII PLANE THAT NUKED JAPAN AS WOKE: The Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber “Enola Gay,” which dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, was not, in fact, gay”. (The Rolling Stone)
Col. Paul Tibbets’ Boeing B-29, the ‘Enola Gay,’ is the same plane he piloted when his bombadier dropped the first atom bomb over Hiroshima
The AP reports: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given the military until Wednesday to remove content that highlights diversity efforts in its ranks following President Donald Trump’s executive order ending those programs across the federal government.
NBC reports: “On Feb. 26, the Pentagon ordered all the military services to spend countless hours poring over years of website postings, photos, news articles and videos to remove any mentions that “promote diversity, equity and inclusion.” If they do that by Wednesday, they were told to “temporarily remove from public display” all content published during the Biden administration’s four years in office.
In some cases, the removal was partial. The main page in a post titled “Women’s History Month: All-female crew supports warfighters” was removed. But at least one of the photos in that collection about an all-female C-17 crew could still be accessed. A shot from the Army Corps of Engineers titled “Engineering pioneer remembered during Black History Month” was deleted.
Among the targeted materials: photos of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots; an all-female C-17 crew during Women’s History Month; and images of Medal of Honor recipient Pfc. Harold Gonsalves. Even a routine Army Corps of Engineers project was flagged — apparently because an engineer in the photo had the last name “Gay.” The Pentagon’s scramble to comply has led to widespread confusion, according to the Associated Press.
Some photos of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilots who served in a segregated WWII unit, were listed on the database, but those may likely be protected due to historical content.
Some images appear to be deleted at random, while others remain publicly accessible. It’s unclear whether deleted content will be archived or permanently erased, raising concerns about the historical record. Mediaite
It was unclear why some other images were removed, such as a Marine Corps photo titled “Deadlift contenders raise the bar pound by pound” or a National Guard website image called “Minnesota brothers reunite in Kuwait.”.
Hegseth has declared that “DEI is dead” and that efforts to put one group ahead of another through DEI programs erodes camaraderie and threatens mission execution.
