{"id":2396064,"date":"2025-01-28T11:24:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:24:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-orders-restoring-integrity-lethality-to-the-military\/"},"modified":"2025-01-28T11:26:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:26:08","slug":"trump-signs-orders-restoring-integrity-lethality-to-the-military","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-signs-orders-restoring-integrity-lethality-to-the-military\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump Signs Orders Restoring Integrity, Lethality To The Military"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" 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buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>In a recent series of executive orders, President Donald Trump has directed the U.S. military to focus on combat effectiveness and abandon ideologies he considers harmful, such as neo-Marxism and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI). his orders\u2062 emphasize that the military&#8217;s primary mission is to protect \u2064American citizens and to ensure it remains the\u200d world&#8217;s most capable fighting force, promoting a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/boston-public-schools-will-suspend-advanced-classes-because-too-many-students-in-them-are-white-or-asian\/\" title=\"Boston Public Schools Will Suspend Advanced Classes Because Too Many Students In Them Are White Or Asian\">merit-based system<\/a> that prioritizes military readiness over political agendas.<\/p>\n<p>The directives include\u200b mandates\u200c to\u200c eliminate\u2064 DEI offices within the Pentagon and \u200drestrict the teaching of controversial theories, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/an-inside-look-at-californias-radical-new-k-12-curriculum\/\" title=\"An Inside Look At California\u2019s Radical New K-12 Curriculum\">including critical race theory<\/a> and gender\u200b ideology, in military academies.Additionally,\u2062 the orders aim to reverse policies from\u200d the Biden administration related to transgender service members, including\u2062 reassessing\u200d their eligibility \u2064to serve and instituting restrictions on facility access based on gender \u200bidentity.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s orders also call\u200c for the\u2063 development of a missile defense system akin to\u200b Israel&#8217;s iron Dome and allow for the reinstatement of\u2064 service members discharged\u200b due to the previous \u2064COVID-19 vaccine mandate, providing them with back pay and benefits.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read 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id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In a series of executive orders signed Monday evening, President Donald Trump mandated the military abandon its embrace of neo-Marxist ideology and prioritize the lethality and standards needed to win wars.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The United States military has a clear mission:<a>&nbsp;<\/a>to protect the American people and our homeland as the world&rsquo;s most lethal and effective fighting force,&rdquo; Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">wrote<\/a>. &ldquo;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.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-1263411099\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Under the Biden administration, warfighting took a back seat to the advancement of so-called &ldquo;diversity, equity, and inclusion&rdquo; (<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/dei\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DEI<\/a>) ideology, which military specialists and veterans <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/23\/how-trump-can-restore-integrity-and-lethality-to-americas-declining-military\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">have<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/10\/03\/report-the-militarys-obsession-with-dei-politics-is-hampering-its-readiness\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">argued<\/a> hampers the force&rsquo;s overall readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s orders seek to reverse this dynamic by placing meritocracy at the forefront of the Pentagon&rsquo;s decision-making. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/restoring-americas-fighting-force\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">One directive<\/a> requires &ldquo;every element of the Armed Forces [to] operate free from any preference based on race or sex&rdquo; and the total military-wide elimination of DEI offices, programs, initiatives, and elements within the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security &ldquo;with regard to the [U.S. Coast Guard].&rdquo; Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth must also initiate an internal review that is to be delivered to him within 90 days that &ldquo;documents&nbsp;actions taken in pursuit of DEI initiatives, including all instances of race and sex discrimination and activities designed to promote a race- or sex-based preferences system.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The edict also prohibits U.S. military academies and schools from teaching &ldquo;divisive&rdquo; and &ldquo;radical&rdquo; theories such as <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/critical-race-theory\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">critical race theory<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/gender-ideology\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">gender ideology<\/a>. The Defense Department and military are further barred from hiring &ldquo;employees, contractors, or consultants to teach [such] theories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of Homeland Security shall carefully review the leadership, curriculum, and instructors of the United States Service Academies and other defense academic institutions associated with their respective Departments to ensure alignment with this order,&rdquo; the directive reads.&nbsp;&ldquo;In addition, these institutions shall be required to teach that America and its founding documents remain the most powerful force for good in human history.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/prioritizing-military-excellence-and-readiness-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Another order<\/a> signed by Trump seeks to restore standards previously discarded by Biden regarding limitations on trans-identifying service members in the military. Much like with assessments of DEI use, military specialists have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/12\/05\/iowa-sen-joni-ernst-endorsed-transgender-military-service\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">long highlighted<\/a> the negative impact authorizing Americans who identify as &ldquo;transgender&rdquo; to serve has on military readiness.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s directive effectively requires Hegseth to revise the military&rsquo;s policy on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">gender dysphoric individuals serving<\/a> within 60 days the order&rsquo;s implementation. It also directs the defense secretary to &ldquo;promptly issue directives for DoD to end invented and identification-based pronoun usage &hellip;&rdquo; and specifies that, &ldquo;[a]bsent extraordinary operational necessity,&rdquo; service members are prohibited from &ldquo;us[ing] or shar[ing] sleeping, changing, or bathing facilities designated&rdquo; for the opposite sex. <\/p>\n<p>The president signed two additional orders Monday night, one of which <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/the-iron-dome-for-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">directs<\/a> the Pentagon to develop an &ldquo;Iron Dome&rdquo; missile defense system, similar to that used by Israel to protect its citizens from enemy attacks. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/presidential-actions\/2025\/01\/reinstating-service-members-discharged-under-the-militarys-covid-19-vaccination-mandate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">other<\/a> authorizes the reinstatement of service members who were kicked out or left the military due to the Biden DOD&rsquo;s Covid shot mandate. Those dismissed from the force as a result of the unscientific mandate are permitted to &ldquo;revert to their former rank and receive full back pay, benefits, bonus payments, or compensation.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Shawn Fleetwood is a staff writer for The Federalist and a graduate of the University of Mary Washington. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClearHealth, and Conservative Review. 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