Building Lethality (Causing Death) in the Military, may be the Buzzword for the New Trump (R) Administration, but Busywork and Paperwork, have become the Reality at the Pentagon, as Service Members and Civilian Workers are facing a Broad Mandate to Purge All of the Department's Social Media Sites and untangle Confusing Personnel Reduction moves.
On Wednesday, the Department's Top Public Affairs Official Signed and Sent out a New Memo requiring All the Military Services to spend poring over years of website Postings, Photos, Nnews articles, and Videos, to Remove any mentions that “promote diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).” If they can't do that by March 5th, they have been Ordered to “temporarily remove from public display" All Content published during the Biden (D) Administration’s Four years in Office.
The New Directive comes as the Military Services also are Scrambling to Identify Probationary Workers the Administration has Targeted for Firing under its Campaign to Slash the Government Workforce. They are also trying to figure out how many Civilian Workers have agreed to Leave, under the Government-wide Buyouts and whether they have been Approved. Among the Firings were 12 Senior Military Leaders late last week
The latest Social Media Directive, hits just days after the Department, issued a separate Memo to the Services reminding Forces to remain Apolitical and Focused on “the non-partisan execution of their duties.” “Given the intense focus on recent changes within the department, maintaining the public trust is more important than ever,” said the Memo, signed Feb. 19th, by Darin Selnick (R), who is Temporarily working as the Undersecretary for Personnel. The move to Purge Content on Diversity, is part of Trump's broader Executive Order Ending the Federal Government’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion programs.
U.S. Officials said this week, that Military Leaders were initially told they would have just days to scour their websites going back Decades for Stories on Gains in the Military by Women and Minorities or Stories celebrating Cultural Heritage. When the Leaders said they didn't have the Manpower to meet the Deadline, they got the Option to simply Wipe-Away All Posts from the last Four years.
Employees would then go through All that Ccontent to determine what must be Publicly Removed and Archived and what can be Reposted. But Officials said that given the Expanse of the Task, many may just Remove All Content from the last Four years and Start over with New Sites, essentially Erasing the Biden Tenure from the Department's Online History.
Signed by Sean Parnell (R), the Department's Nnew Chief Spokesman, the Memo provides a bit more Detail on the DEI Purge that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has Ordered. But it also has left the Services and Department Sections scrambling to find Wworkers to Devote Substantial time to the Detail-Intensive Task.
Such Overreach caused Problems early on, following Trump's Initial Order to Purge DEI from Social Media. the Air Force quickly took down New Recruit Training Courses that included Videos of the Tuskegee Airmen.
That Mistake drew the White House’s ire and left the Service Open to Criticism that it was engaging in “Malicious Compliance.” The Air Force quickly Reversed the Removal of the Videos.
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