Jackie Robinson
Army Service Story Again On Dept. of Protection Website
… After Being Eliminated
Revealed
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 desires something DEI-related pulled, the Robinson story was taken down in error.
“As Secretary Hegseth has stated, DEI is useless 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 fast 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 parts they usually appropriate the content material accordingly.”
Ullyot, in a separate assertion, additionally praised Robinson’s navy service.
“Everybody on the Protection Division loves Jackie Robinson, in addition to the Navajo Code Talkers, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Marines at Iwo Jima and so many others – we salute them for his or her sturdy and in lots of circumstances heroic service to our nation, full cease.”
Shortly after, the article was again up and working.
In fact, Robinson’s exploits on the diamond are extensively recognized … 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 … nevertheless it’s protected to say he is an enormous fan of Jackie.
Actually, POTUS introduced in February his plans to construct a Jackie Robinson statue within the Nationwide Backyard of American Heroes.
