On Friday, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a return to merit at all military service academies ordering that the instittutions no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex for admissions. The DOD memo, the “Certification of Merit-Based Military Service Academy Admissions,” notes, “The Military Service Academies (MSA) are elite warfighting institutions with long histories of producing world class military officers.” “The Department owes it to our Nation, our Service members, and the young Americans applying to the MSAs to ensure admissions to these prestigious institutions are based exclusively on merit. This ensures only the most qualified candidates are admitted, trained, and ultimately commissioned to lead the finest fighting force in history.” “Selecting anyone but the best erodes lethality, our warfighting readiness, and undercuts the culture…
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