The latest political information warfare campaign being carried out by the leftist media and the deep state/national security blob in their never-ending attempt to regain control over the Pentagon by trying to discredit/remove Secretary of War Pete Hegseth in any way they can. We’ve covered their previous intense gaslighting attempts (articles below).
Key statement by Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell: “Under Secretary Hegseth, military promotions are given to those who have earned them. Meritocracy, which reigns in this department, is apolitical and unbiased.”
Whatever color of skin or gender, it doesn’t matter. The leftwing media headlines, though, all focus only those characteristics. They remain stuck in miserable CRT/DEI identity thinking that nearly destroyed the military under the Biden administration:
- New York Times: Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
- NPR: Defense Secretary Hegseth intervened to stop promotions of Black and female officers
- New Republic: Hegseth Broke Protocol to Block Women’s and Black Officers’ Promotion
- Military Times: Hegseth reportedly removes 2 Black, 2 female Army officers from 1-star promotion list
- The Grio: Hegseth removes Black Army officers from overwhelmingly white promotion list
- MS NOW: Key Democrats probe report Hegseth blocked promotions for women, black officers
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News
War Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly removed multiple officers from a military promotion list — a decision that diverges from standard practice and is now under review at the White House, a U.S. official told Fox News Digital.
The list included candidates for dozens of senior roles, but four were removed after they had been approved by a promotions board.
The U.S. official said the officers were not under investigation and were not facing misconduct allegations, and that no formal explanation for the decision was provided to military leadership.
Fox News Digital has learned that Army Secretary Dan Driscoll initially declined to remove the officers from the promotion list before Hegseth ultimately intervened to strike their names. The disagreement caught the attention of the White House, an official said, which reviews the revised promotion list before it is sent to the Senate.
Initial New York Times reporting and congressional criticism have focused in part on claims that some of the officers removed were women and minorities, prompting military officials to question whether they were singled out on account of race or gender — an assertion Pentagon officials have strongly disputed.
Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in response:
“This story, like many others at the failing New York Times is full of fake news from anonymous sources who have no idea what they’re talking about and are far removed from actual decision-makers within the Pentagon.”
“Under Secretary Hegseth, military promotions are given to those who have earned them,” he went on. “Meritocracy, which reigns in this department, is apolitical and unbiased.”
Pentagon chief of staff Ricky Buria added:
“This is completely false. Whoever placed this made up story is clearly trying to sow division among our ranks and within the department and the administration. It’s not going to work, and it never will work when this department is led by clear-eyed, mission driven leaders unfazed by Washington gossip.”
The Pentagon has not publicly detailed the specific rationale behind the reported removals.
The reported move has drawn scrutiny on Capitol Hill, where senior military promotions require Senate confirmation. Individual lawmakers can delay or block nominations through procedural holds.
Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., the top Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, said that if the reports are accurate, removing officers after a promotion board already has selected them based on merit and performance would be “outrageous” and potentially unlawful.
Military promotions to senior ranks typically are vetted through formal boards and approved as a group, with limited intervention at the individual level.
According to multiple reports, one of the officers removed from the list served in a logistics role during the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, while another had previously authored academic work examining why Black service members are more likely to serve in support roles.
The U.S. official said those explanations had not been formally communicated as justification for the decision.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said: “Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth have launched an unprecedented politicization of the military promotion process, most recently, reportedly blocking promotions for Black and female officers,” Wyden said.
Wyden on Wednesday placed holds on the promotions of Marine Lt. Col. Vincent Noble, Col. Thomas Siverts and Navy Lt. Cmdr. Thomas MacNeil, citing past wartime controversies and concerns about judgment.
Also, we don’t call them “black” or “female” or “white” officers. They’re just officers.
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) March 27, 2026
These Marxist incantations don’t work on us anymore. Try a different spell. https://t.co/keHSX1h7Ck
— InfantryDort (@infantrydort) March 28, 2026
Diversity, in the form of racial and sex labels, divides the force. It always has it always will.
— 🇺🇲 FJHalle 🇺🇲 (@FJHalle) March 27, 2026
Note that there’s no discussion of the actual qualifications of those 4 people, just their physical attributes.
It’s DEI in it’s purest, uncut form.
— dave (@klkdave) March 27, 2026
I read the stories that say Hegseth blocked a Black female officer because Trump “wouldn’t want to stand next to” her at military events.
This story is jam-packed with hoax techniques.
I’ll break it all down here with Hoaxology and teach you how it was made.
First, the entire… pic.twitter.com/OwjLmMmWsE
— American Debunk (@AmericanDebunk) March 27, 2026
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