Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth on Sunday posted on social media that the removal of Tuskegee Airmen videos and curriculum about the Tuskegee Airmen from its military instruction curriculum “will not stand.” “We’re all over it,” Hegesth posted. Hegesth posted the comment in response to concerns from U.S. Sen. Katie Britt.

The Air Force has removed training courses with videos of its storied Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots, or WASPs — the female World War II pilots who were vital in ferrying warplanes for the military — to comply with the Trump administration's crackdown on diversity,

DEI throughout the U.S. government and the U.S. military. New Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was sworn in on Friday, has made eliminating DEI from the military a top priority. Reuters reported on Saturday that the video about the Tuskegee Airmen as well as another about civilian women pilots trained by the U.

Trump signed an Executive Order, titled “Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing."

In 2020, outrage over the murder of George Floyd, a Black man, by a White police officer, ushered in sweeping efforts to bring diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, to the federal workforce and corporate America.

JPMorgan and Costco say DEI efforts help drive innovation and success, though other companies like Meta and Walmart are scaling back policies.