Restoration of America Urges 75% Warfighting Curriculum at U.S. Academies

1 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 16

A 12-page Restoration of America blueprint calls on Congress to lock Trump-era military education changes into law, recasting service academies and war colleges around a warfighting-first mission.
The proposal would ban race, ethnicity and sex in admissions, require at least 75% of coursework to focus on military competencies, replace most civilian professors with military officers and abolish tenure.
Doug Truax said executive orders are too easy to reverse and argued statutory changes are needed because anti-DEI steps taken so far have only pushed "woke" ideas out of sight.
Pentagon-directed reviews already prompted West Point to disband 12 identity-based clubs and cut two electives, while the Naval Academy canceled two courses and modified 18 others.
Critics say stripping civilian faculty and strategic studies would weaken preparation for senior command, arguing future generals need diplomacy and political judgment as well as combat focus.