Pentagon says it's cutting ties with 'woke' Harvard, discontinuing military training, fellowships

"The Pentagon said Friday it is cutting ties with Harvard University, ending all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the Ivy League institution. The announcement marks the latest development in the Trump administration's prolonged standoff with Harvard over the White House's demands for reforms at the Ivy League school. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said in a statement Friday that Harvard no longer meets the needs of the War Department or the military services."

"For too long, this department has sent our best and brightest officers to Harvard, hoping the university would better understand and appreciate our warrior class, Hegseth said. Instead, too many of our officers came back looking too much like Harvard heads full of globalist and radical ideologies that do not improve our fighting ranks. In a separate post on X, Hegseth wrote, Harvard is woke; The War Department is not."

"Starting with the 2026-27 academic year, the Pentagon will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs, the statement said. Personnel currently attending classes at Harvard will be able to finish those courses. Similar programs at other Ivy League universities will be evaluated in coming weeks, Hegseth said. Hegseth earned a master's degree from Harvard but symbolically returned his diploma in a 2022 Fox News segment."

The Pentagon announced it will cut ties with Harvard University and end all military training, fellowships and certificate programs with the institution. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Harvard no longer meets War Department needs and criticized officers returning with globalist and radical ideologies. The Pentagon will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships and certificate programs beginning in the 2026-27 academic year, while current personnel can finish courses. Similar programs at other Ivy League universities will be evaluated. Hegseth previously earned a master's from Harvard and symbolically returned his diploma in 2022; his office resurfaced that clip.

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