"In a memo drafted to Congress, Hegseth writes that he wants to cut the military's support for Scouting America, the 115-year-old organization teaching kids survival and outdoor skills. In the draft leaked to NPR, Hegseth condemns the Scouts for being "genderless" and promoting "gender confusion" and DEI initiatives. (The group changed its name from the Boy Scouts in February and formally began letting girls join in 2018.)"
"The Pentagon's main support of the Scouts is to provide logistical and medical resources at a 10-day event called the National Jamboree, where tens of thousands of kids gather each July in West Virginia. But because of woke, Hegseth wants to cut that aid. In the memo, he cites needing to put other "national security" priorities first. The memo also kills any programs where Scout troops meet at military installation in the U.S. or at any bases abroad where Scouts have active programs."
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is moving to end military support for Scouting America, citing the organization's gender-inclusive policies and DEI initiatives. The proposed cuts would end logistical and medical assistance at the National Jamboree and prohibit Scout troops from meeting on domestic and overseas military installations. Scouting America, formerly the Boy Scouts, changed its name and began formally admitting girls in 2018 and serves over one million youth. Hegseth frames the action as a reallocation of resources to other national security priorities. The Defense Department declined to comment on leaked, potentially pre-decisional documents.
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