Pentagon Purging 26,000 Images to Fight DEI

[jwinfield]

War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon's DEI purge

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and women and minorites are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content.

apnews.com

References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are among the tens of thousands of photos and online posts marked for deletion as the Defense Department works to purge diversity, equity and inclusion content, according to a database obtained by The Associated Press.

The database, which was confirmed by U.S. officials and published by AP, includes more than 26,000 images that have been flagged for removal across every military branch. But the eventual total could be much higher.

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.

The vast majority of the Pentagon purge targets women and minorities, including notable milestones made in the military. And it also removes a large number of posts that mention various commemorative months — such as those for Black and Hispanic people and women.

Several photos of an Army Corps of Engineers dredging project in California were marked for deletion, apparently because a local engineer in the photo had the last name Gay. And a photo of Army Corps biologists was on the list, seemingly because it mentioned they were recording data about fish — including their weight, size, hatchery and gender.

In addition, some photos of the Tuskegee Airmen, the nation’s first Black military pilotswho served in a segregated WWII unit, were listed on the database, but those may likely be protected due to historical content.

 

[get these nets]

Wait, so they removed the name of the Hiroshima aircraft because of the word Gay?

Is this real life or are we living in a simulation?

 

[get these nets]

'Shameful': Granddaughter of Enola Gay pilot reacts to Trump admin's plans to remove photos

The granddaughter of the man who flew the Enola Gay during World War 2 is speaking out.

www.dispatch.com

03/12/25

 

[Akae Beka]

It's crazy that I just took my kids to the Space museum in Nva this past Saturday. The Enola gay was one aircraft that stood out(pause) and we took pictures in front. I didn't think this was in the calling cards

 

[dontreadthis]

Wait, so they removed the name of the Hiroshima aircraft because of the word Gay?

Is this real life or are we living in a simulation?

yeah i think they’re running scripts that look for keywords indiscriminate of legal name, address, etc. values and just straight up removing it. because that’s efficient and what we need right now….

 

[RageKage]

This somehow reminded me of a story I saw out of Idaho yesterday. It's maddening




Going to need to follow this as the teacher is standing up

 

[feelosofer]

The dumbening

 

[levitate]

Firing accomplished Black military leaders, and openly saying they don’t value diversity.

Yet you have folks in here encouraging folks to join…

“But you can buy a Dodge Charger and travel the world!!! “

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

This is actually something I can agree with Only white men should be able to sign up for the military.

 

[Brolic]

yeah i think they’re running scripts that look for keywords indiscriminate of legal name, address, etc. values and just straight up removing it. because that’s efficient and what we need right now….

That’s exactly what they’re doing. I was on Reddit and people in academia said the gov is using AI to screen research papers and scholarly journals for certain words like inclusion, race, discrimination, disparity etc. to flag universities for have “DEI”.

 

[god shamgod]

Insulting any and every minority/women who ever served for this bytch ass racist country

Article says up to 100,000 images could be removed. They would remove the Tuskegee airmen if they could but it’s protected under historical content. These mf’s on some Jim Crow shyt in 2025

 

[The Prince of All Saiyans]

 

[br82186]

This is parody at this point, I'm convinced these special ed retards will nuke a rainbow.

 

[Seoul Gleou]

this is what will make BRICS quake in their boots

america got what it deserved

 

[LDC]

Insulting any and every minority/women who ever served for this bytch ass racist country

Article says up to 100,000 images could be removed. They would remove the Tuskegee airmen if they could but it’s protected under historical content. These mf’s on some Jim Crow shyt in 2025

They'd already removed them from training "by mistake" and put them back after backlash. Air Force reinstates course with Tuskegee Airmen video after outcry