The decision by War Secretary Pete Hegseth to dissolve the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services is a clear statement about the direction our military must go if it is to remain strong, mission-ready, and effective.

His recent speech railing against wokeness and manufactured, ill-conceived standards in front of our military’s top brass demonstrates his drive to eliminate this pernicious ideology from our armed forces. The focus on merit-based standards is both a policy choice and a necessary shift to ensure that our armed forces remain the world’s finest fighting force.

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