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Pentagon’s Liberal Agenda Is Already Taking A Massive Beating

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Left-wing initiatives and programs that were once a crown jewel of the Biden Pentagon are rapidly being thrown overboard as the Trump administration moves to aggressively revamp America’s defense capabilities.

In the span of a few weeks, former President Joe Biden’s push for Pentagon-subsidized sex-change surgeries was effectively rendered dead while deeply embedded diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives have begun to be systematically rooted out. The new administration also reversed military discharges for service members who objected to the COVID-19 vaccine.

President Donald Trump’s commitment to breathing new life into the Pentagon comes as the armed forces grapple with recruiting challenges and low morale.

“The United States military has a clear mission: to protect the American people and our homeland as the world’s most lethal and effective fighting force,” the White House said in a Jan. 27 statement announcing an executive order on “restoring” the military. “Success in this existential mission requires a singular focus on developing the requisite warrior ethos, and the pursuit of military excellence cannot be diluted to accommodate political agendas or other ideologies harmful to unit cohesion.”

On Feb. 7, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth halted all sex change operations for service members, directing senior Pentagon officials to enforce compliance with Trump’s executive order forbidding personnel with a “‘gender identity’ divergent from an individual’s sex.” (Read more from “Pentagon’s Liberal Agenda Is Already Taking A Massive Beating” HERE)

Pentagon Boots NBC, NPR, NYT, and Politico from Offices

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The Department of Defense ordered a handful of news media outlets to vacate their offices inside the Pentagon so that they may be replaced by some conservative press organizations.

In a memo issued on Friday, Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense John Ullyot said the Pentagon wanted to “broaden access to the limited space of the Correspondents Corridor to outlets that have not previously enjoyed the privilege and journalistic value of working from physical office space in the Pentagon.”

It was not clear what if any role Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth played in the decision.

The department’s “new Annual Media Rotation Program” will begin on Feb. 14, and will require The New York Times, NBC News, National Public Radio, and Politico to vacate “their physical office space effective” on that date. (Read more from “Pentagon Boots NBC, NPR, NYT, and Politico from Offices” HERE)

General Milley Portrait Removed From Pentagon Hours After Trump Sworn In

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A recently unveiled portrait of retired General Mark Milley was taken down at the Pentagon just two hours after President Donald Trump was sworn into office for the second time, according to reporters.

Milley, who was preemptively pardoned by former President Joe Biden just hours before his presidential term came to an end on Monday, apparently had his recently unveiled portrait removed at the Pentagon.

The portrait of the former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and retired general had been unveiled at the Pentagon just ten days earlier, during the Biden administration.

A U.S. official said “the White House” ordered the removal of the portrait but declined to provide any further details, according to a report by the New York Times.

As Breitbart News reported, Milley left behind a military that is less trusted than when he first became the chairman and facing a historic recruitment crisis. (Read more from “General Milley Portrait Removed From Pentagon Hours After Trump Sworn In” HERE)

Nobody In The Biden Admin Wants To Explain How 1,100 More US Troops Appeared In Syria — Or If The President Knew

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The increased force presence has “been going on for a while,” with Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder estimating that the troops have been there “at a minimum, months.” But he stressed the extra troops are supporting the counter-ISIS mission and were unrelated to the fall of Syrian dictator Bashar Assad’s regime two weeks ago.

The new figures are particularly notable as the Pentagon in recent days and weeks has been asked repeatedly about its troop presence in Syria, with the stark increase never disclosed.

A “core 900” U.S. service members are in the country as part of an official nine to 12 month deployment, with another 1,100 troops there on a temporary basis for 30 to 90 days “to address shifting mission requirements,” Ryder told reporters. He added that Army conventional and special operations troops make up most of the extra forces.

Pressed on why the Pentagon did not reveal the updated numbers until now, Ryder said he had only learned of the new figure earlier Thursday and cited “sensitivity from a diplomatic and operational security standpoint.” . . .

It’s also unclear as to whether President Biden was aware of the extra forces, as Ryder said he would not speak for the White House. (Read more from “Nobody In The Biden Admin Wants To Explain How 1,100 More US Troops Appeared In Syria — Or If The President Knew” HERE)

Pentagon: Mysterious Drones Spotted Near Key U.S. Military Sites in England

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Mysterious drones were spotted last week near three military bases in England that are used by American forces, Pentagon officials said Sunday, the latest in a string of troubling incidents involving unidentified craft flying around sensitive U.S. military sites.

U.S. Air Forces Europe said the drones were seen last week near the bases RAF Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall and RAF Feltwell. U.S. Air Force personnel operate out of each location and the American detachments there are a key piece of U.S. combat capabilities in Europe.

The revelations come just days after the Defense Department revealed in a major report that strange drones were seen flying over U.S. nuclear infrastructure, weapons and launch sites at least 18 times between May 2023 and June 1 of this year. Earlier this year, an unexplained drone swarm also flew over Langley Air Force Base in Virginia.

Pentagon officials offered little detail on the nature of the drones seen in England last week. The U.S. military monitored the objects after they were spotted, officials said, though they offered no explanation of who may have been behind the incursions or what their intentions were.

“To protect operational security, we do not discuss our specific force protection measures but retain the right to protect the installation,” the Air Force said in its statement. “We continue to monitor our airspace and are working with host-nation authorities and mission partners to ensure the safety of base personnel, facilities and assets.” (Read more from “Pentagon: Mysterious Drones Spotted Near Key U.S. Military Sites in England” HERE)

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Pentagon ‘Scrambling,’ Wiping Evidence of DEI as Trump Readies to Fire Woke Generals

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The Pentagon is in “absolute disarray” with “generals scrambling” due to the incoming Trump administration’s plans to fire woke senior military leaders who prioritized diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) over combat readiness, according to sources.

One source compared it to a hornet’s nest being kicked over and that “DEI pages are starting to disappear off the main websites.”

“They’re being archived as we speak. They are full-bore focused on cleaning up anything DEI-related,” the source said.

Another source said people are trying to find out if they are on the list to be cut. “They are in panic mode,” the source said.

The scramble to hide evidence comes as President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team has begun gathering names of senior officers who pushed DEI.

One source familiar with the plan told Breitbart News that an executive order has been drafted to create a panel to recommend those senior officers for elimination and that the EO is “definitely” going to Trump’s desk. (Read more from “Pentagon ‘Scrambling,’ Wiping Evidence of DEI as Trump Readies to Fire Woke Generals” HERE)

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TREASON: Pentagon Officials Discussed Scenarios to Countermand Controversial Orders From Incoming Commander-In-Chief

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By Daily Caller. Pentagon officials have been discussing how to counter potential orders from President-elect Donald Trump, CNN reported, citing defense sources.

The officials are “gaming out” various scenarios, including the possibility Trump will deploy military troops to assist in mass deportations and a potential reclassification of federal employees to make them easier to fire, CNN reported Friday.

“We are all preparing and planning for the worst-case scenario, but the reality is that we don’t know how this is going to play out yet,” a defense official said, according to CNN.

Republican CNN contributor Scott Jennings criticized the reports Friday, suggesting the disgruntled officials should speak to Trump directly.

“What’s Donald Trump supposed to think?” Jennings asked “Anderson Cooper 360⁰” host Anderson Cooper. “He’s gotta read in the newspaper tonight that the unelected bureaucracy of the federal government is having meetings, at some level, about how to thwart or counterman the Commander in Chief.”

(Read more from “Treason: Pentagon Officials Discussed Scenarios to Countermand Controversial Orders From Incoming Commander-In-Chief” HERE)

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How a Trump Presidency Could Lead To a Purge at the Pentagon

By Reuters. During his campaign for re-election, Donald Trump vowed to purge the military of so-called “woke” generals. Now that he is president-elect, the question in the halls of the Pentagon is whether he would go much further. . .

Current and former U.S. officials say Trump will prioritize loyalty in his second term and root out military officers and career civil servants he perceives to be disloyal. . .

Trump was asked by Fox News in June whether he would fire generals described as “woke.” . . .

“I would fire them. You can’t have (a) woke military,” Trump said. (Read more from “How a Trump Presidency Could Lead To a Purge at the Pentagon” HERE)

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U.S. Service Members Complain of Lack of Absentee Ballots

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Active-duty U.S. service members are complaining that the Pentagon has not given them enough absentee ballots to vote in time for Election Day, prompting three Republican congressmen to demand answers from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.

Reps. Brian Mast, (R-FL), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), and Mike Waltz (R-FL) sent a letter to Austin on Wednesday, saying they have “grave concern over deficiencies in the Defense Department’s protocols” when service members claimed absentee ballots had not been made available to them because their base’s stockpile was “depleted and had not been replenished.”

The service members, who were not named in the letter, also complained there has been “inadequate education” on how they are meant to vote while deployed on active duty, and with just four days until Election Day.

“Our nation’s brave men and women in uniform brought to our attention that there has been inadequate education at the administrative level on how to register to vote, request an absentee ballot, and fill in a federal write-in absentee ballot if their state-issued ballot does not arrive in time,” the lawmakers wrote.

“Other service members also stated that when a request for a federal write-in absentee ballot was made, they were told the base’s stockpile of such ballots was depleted and had not been replenished.” (Read more from “U.S. Service Members Complain of Lack of Absentee Ballots” HERE)

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Pentagon’s Trillion Dollar Fighter Jet Program Hasn’t Had Mission-Ready Plane in Six Years, Watchdog Says

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The Pentagon’s premier F-35 fighter jet program has fallen below mission-ready standards for six years, a government watchdog said on Monday.

The F-35 often costs close to $100 million per unit, and the Pentagon expects to spend roughly $2 trillion on the program over the coming decades. But even as one of the Pentagon’s most expensive weapons, all variations of the fighter jet have missed their mission-capable rate goal since fiscal year 2018, according to a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report released Monday.

Mission capable rate goals are defined as “the percentage of total time when the aircraft can fly and perform at least one mission,” and are used to gauge the readiness of various military assets, according to the GAO report. There’s a variety of factors contributing to the F-35’s lackluster performance, many of which have been publicly reported, but the Pentagon still hasn’t taken some of the proper steps needed to address the problems.

“In September 2023, we reported that several maintenance challenges negatively affected F-35 readiness and the ability of the aircraft to achieve mission-capable goals,” the report reads.

Part of the problem stems from a lack of needed parts, lengthy maintenance backlogs and “challenges with depot and organizational maintenance,” according to the report. The Pentagon also heavily relies on defense contractors for the F-35 program — even though it doesn’t want to — but hasn’t taken any steps to try and take back control of the program. (Read more from “Pentagon’s Trillion Dollar Fighter Jet Program Hasn’t Had Mission-Ready Plane in Six Years, Watchdog Says” HERE)

More U.S. Troops to Deploy Amid Rising Tensions in the Middle East

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In a significant move amidst escalating violence, the Pentagon has announced the deployment of additional U.S. troops to the Middle East. This decision comes as fighting intensifies between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon, raising concerns about a potential wider regional war.

Pentagon press secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder refrained from providing specifics about the number of troops or their intended missions. Currently, approximately 40,000 U.S. service members are stationed in the region. Recently, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin expedited the deployment of a guided missile submarine and the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier strike group to the area, underscoring the urgency of the situation.

The situation in Lebanon has dramatically deteriorated, with Israel preparing for further military operations against Hezbollah. This escalation follows a series of airstrikes that targeted hundreds of Hezbollah positions, resulting in at least 274 casualties—marking one of the deadliest days in the ongoing conflict.

In light of the escalating violence, the U.S. State Department has issued urgent warnings for American citizens to evacuate Lebanon. The embassy highlighted the unpredictable nature of the conflict and recent explosions in cities, including Beirut, stating, “Due to the ongoing conflict, we urge U.S. citizens to depart Lebanon while commercial options still remain available.”

The increase in U.S. military presence signals a commitment to stabilizing the region, but it also raises questions about the potential for American forces to become more deeply involved in the conflict. Analysts warn that further military escalation could lead to unintended consequences, drawing the U.S. into a complex web of alliances and hostilities.

The backdrop of this conflict is shaped by long-standing tensions between Israel and Hezbollah, as well as the wider geopolitical dynamics involving Iran, which supports Hezbollah and has been vocally critical of U.S. involvement in the region. As the situation evolves, international diplomatic efforts are likely to intensify, aiming to de-escalate hostilities and prevent a broader war.

As both the U.S. and Israel prepare for possible further action, the risk of a wider confrontation remains high.