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*The head of the service's San Antonio-based training command said a video about the famed Black aviators would remain in the Air Force basic training curriculum. The course had been shut down in response to President Trump's DEI ban.
The Air Force said Sunday that videos about the famed Tuskegee Airmen and a unit of pioneering female aviators would be restored to the basic training curriculum for new recruits beginning Monday.
A course that included the videos was shut down last week so officials could review it to make sure it complied with President Trump's executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, an Air Force official said. "DEI material" not permitted under Trump's order was removed from the course, but the historical videos will remain, the official said.'
orangecrush
(22,662 posts)Good news.
Honor.
calimary
(85,035 posts)NOTHING gets accomplished or approved or IMPROVED unless we get out 'n' push! Nobody's gonna do it for us.
I am NOT okay with this shit that we now see from the yellow-haired sap-spitter. And I'm gonna make use of my Indivisible group's weekly Call to Action email to help educate our readers about him and his ever-expanding list of lies and misdeeds.
We don't get ANYWHERE, or accomplish ANYTHING, by staying silent.
Hope22
(3,385 posts)Instead everyone else has to get emotionally involved to get the job done. Its either important or it just doesnt matter to them.
slightlv
(4,668 posts)deemed to be a white man warrior culture. Everything else has to be erased. They want to erase all of us who are not white, male, christian warriors for christ. (no capitalizations on purpose!).
My mother-in-law served in WWII (and not as a nurse)... she was also an oil wildcatter once the war was over with.
I served in the Air Force during Viet Nam.
They will not erase us!
Hope22
(3,385 posts)In addition to the erasure attempt is the time every concerned person spends protesting, calling and speaking out against when instead all of us could be working on ways to move forward together. This president is a one person wrecking ball and he has kept us distracted and distraught since the beginning of the birther bull! Desperate for relief from continual manipulation.
thinkingagain
(1,140 posts)Tuskegee airmen were long before any DEI thing came in effect. They are part of the history of the Air Force.
Someone someone tries to say they were moving it because the DEI has nothing to do with the DEI
Evolve Dammit
(19,607 posts)Prairie Gates
(3,796 posts)Cha
(306,528 posts)Mump 0.
orleans
(35,512 posts)should not walk away from this without consequences. it should, at least, be a mark on his (i'm assuming "his" ) record or whatever the fuck the air force does to wrist slap or make some douche go sit on the naughty bench
jeffreyi
(2,136 posts)But if it's the Women's Air Force....a pox on them for eliminating it. My aunt was one of the pilots. After the war, they were treated like s**t. No veteran's benefits, no recognition. Shame.
Ilsa
(62,416 posts)during WW2. I don't know anything about her post-service status or decorations.
niyad
(121,583 posts)You must be so proud of your aunt.
Let's keep it up!
calimary
(85,035 posts)Jack Valentino
(1,603 posts)Think our country needs to cancel that "DEI" program for felons in the presidential elections....
Hekate
(95,872 posts)J_William_Ryan
(2,374 posts)It seems the DEI program was ended, but videos about the Tuskegee Airmen will still be available.
The course was shut down last week so officials could review it to make sure it complied with President Donald Trump's executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion programs, an Air Force official said. "DEI material" not permitted under Trump's order was removed from the course, but the historical videos will remain, the official said.
https://www.expressnews.com/news/article/tuskegee-airmen-video-air-force-changes-course-20057246.php
Skittles
(161,204 posts)this ridiculous whitewashing of history needs to be challenged on every level, FUCK THIS NONSENSE
Norrrm
(114 posts)They will still keep trying.
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niyad
(121,583 posts)pulling the same shit, and they have not backed down yet. Frankly, I hope that my original Tuskegee Airman friend who is buried on AFA grounds haunts their asses.
LetMyPeopleVote
(157,107 posts)Link to tweet
https://www.tpr.org/military-veterans-issues/2025-01-26/u-s-air-force-resumes-teaching-about-tuskegee-airmen-and-wasp-following-outcry-over-dei-review
The Air Force paused that part of its basic training curriculum last week pending a review of its Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies.
On his first day in office, President Donald Trump issued executive orders prohibiting DEI in federal government agencies and the military. Newly confirmed Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised to make that a top priority.
By the end of the week, The San Antonio Express News first reported that videos about the Tuskegee Airmen and the Women Airforce Service Pilots or WASP were not being taught in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio Lackland......
In a statement, Lt. General Brian Robinson said that one group of trainees had missed this part of the curriculum due to the review, but no trainees will miss this block of instruction.
For years, conservatives have attacked DEI policies as being reverse discrimination. Historians point to the legacies of the Tuskegee Airmen and the WASP as examples of how diversity has made the U.S. military and the country stronger.