Jackie Robinson
Army Service Story Again On Dept. of Protection Web site
… After Being Eliminated
Printed
A narrative highlighting Jackie Robinson‘s time in the USA Military is again up on the Division of Protection web site … lower than 24 hours after it was eliminated.
The story reappeared on the DoD’s authorities web site Wednesday afternoon … after a wave of public backlash over its removing.
It is unclear whether or not the preliminary takedown was intentional or unintended.
TMZ Sports activities, earlier than the Robinson story was republished, requested Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot for solutions … and he appeared to point that whereas the Secretary of Protection needs something DEI-related pulled, the Robinson story was taken down in error.
“As Secretary Hegseth has mentioned, DEI is lifeless on the Protection Division. Discriminatory Fairness Ideology is a type of Woke cultural Marxism that has no place in our navy. It Divides the power, Erodes unit cohesion and Interferes with the providers’ core warfighting mission. We’re happy by the speedy compliance throughout the Division with the directive eradicating DEI content material from all platforms.”
“Within the uncommon circumstances that content material is eliminated — both intentionally or by mistake — that’s out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct the elements they usually appropriate the content material accordingly.”
Ullyot, in a separate assertion, additionally praised Robinson’s navy service.
“Everyone at the Defense Department loves Jackie Robinson, as well as the Navajo Code Talkers, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others – we salute them for their strong and in many cases heroic service to our country, full stop.”
Shortly after, the article was again up and operating.
In fact, Robinson’s exploits on the diamond are extensively identified … however not everyone seems to be conscious of his service to the nation.
Jackie was drafted into the navy in 1942. In January 1943, JR was commissioned a second lieutenant, and was finally assigned to Fort Hood, Texas, the place he joined the 761st “Black Panthers” tank battalion, admirably serving for about two years.
As for the Commander-In-Chief’s take, President Donald Trump hasn’t weighed in on the controversy … but it surely’s secure to say he is an enormous fan of Jackie.
The truth is, POTUS introduced in February his plans to construct a Jackie Robinson statue within the Nationwide Backyard of American Heroes.
