Jackie Robinson story deleted on accident, DOD says
Jackie Robinson made the headline earlier this week when a webpage celebrating Major League Baseball was removed from the Department of Defense website dedicated to athletes who served in the military. Media has hit the scene as an example of Donald Trump's anti-DEI policy implementing Amok. For example, some ESPN personalities quickly attacked removal, assuming […]
Hegseth signs memo to cut over $580M in ‘wasteful spending’ at DoD
US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegses said the unnecessary spending was over. “We've returned with another simple update on our efforts to reduce wasteful spending and quickly reduce it at the Department of Defense,” Heggs announced in a post on X. “Today, I am signing a memo directing the termination of a DOD contract of […]
DOD Sec. Pete Hegseth Cuts Over $580M in Wasteful Contracts, Grants
Defense Secretary Pete Hegses on Thursday – in Penn's Stroke – cut more than $580 million with wasted contracts and grants funded with US taxpayer money. Hegseth said in a video statement: Today I am signing a memo directing the termination of a DOD contract of more than $580 million with grants that do not […]
DOD restores Jackie Robinson article after removal as part of DEI purge
An article about Jackie Robinson's service in the Army was scrubbed from the Department of Defense website on Wednesday and recovered after DOD officials later told ABC News that it was “erroneously deleted.” Officials told the outlet Being caught up in other material removed in search terms used to identify diversity, fairness and inclusive content […]
DOD to slash up to 60,000 jobs: Report
The Department of Defense is preparing to cut down jobs for around 50,000 to 60,000 civilians, senior officials said. ABC News on tuesday. Officials say the Pentagon intends to cut its private workforce by 5% to 8%. With 878,000 employees, we plan to achieve this in part by not filling the vacancy left by approximately […]
DOD closes office of net acquisition allegedly involved in Trump-Russia probe
The Pentagon has dissolved the Pure Acquisition Bureau, a pentagonal think tank-like arm that Republicans claimed were involved in the Trump Russia investigation. Sean Parnell, the Pentagon's chief spokesman, said civilian employees in the office would be “reassigned to mission-critical roles” as DOD has “established plans to rebuild the office in collaboration with the department's […]
DOD launches fitness review, calls Mark Milley ‘corpulent’ amid push for stricter standards
Pentagon spokesman John Ulley lobbed a shot of Mark Millie, former chairman of joint chief Mark Millie. “Unfortunately, in recent years, the US military's high standards of body composition and other metrics on body composition and other metrics have set a bad example from the top through his own personal organization. Secretary Hegses promises a […]
Secretary Hegseth says the DOD does not do ‘climate change crap’
US Department of Defense (DOD) Director Pete Hegses said on Sunday that his division “doesn't do climate crap” but instead focuses on combat and training. The secretary was responding to a post from CNN by Hailey Briticky, who shared stories about the Pentagon's DOD and the Government Efficiency Office (DOGE) cutting programme to address climate […]
Hegseth says the DOD does not do ‘climate change crap’
U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Director Pete Hegses said on Sunday that his division “doesn't do climate crap” but instead focuses on combat and training. The secretary was responding to a post from CNN by Hailey Briticky, who shared stories about the Pentagon's DOD and the Government Efficiency Office (DOGE) cutting programme to address climate […]
Thousands of DOD employees expected to be axed
This week, around 4,000 Pentagon (DOD) employees received cancellation notices as the Trump administration moves forward with plans to reduce the federal government. ABC News reported that 3.5% of the total workforce of DOD private workers, plus 31,000 private employees, have submitted requests for resignation for each office in personnel management emails sent to employees. […]