Tuberville to focus on making sure our service academies are educating and training future military leaders, not indoctrinating them
WASHINGTON – As Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel,U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) will lead a hearing tomorrow, Wednesday, March 26, with the superintendents of the U.S. military academies. This is the first time in over 30 years that the service academy superintendents have testified before Congress. In his role as Personnel Chairman, Senator Tuberville is laser-focused on ensuring that military academies are aligned with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s vision of focusing on lethality, not woke politics.
Last week, President Trump announced he was appointing Senator Tuberville to serve on the Board of Visitors for the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Senator Tuberville released the following statement ahead of the hearing:
“Our Service Academies are responsible for educating and training the next generation of military leaders who will protect our interests at home and abroad. Unfortunately, under the Biden administration, woke propaganda made its way into our military, including our service academies. The American people overwhelmingly rejected Democrats’ divisive DEI ideology on November 5th. Now with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth at the helm, our military is shifting its focus back to lethality and merit, not woke politics.
Tomorrow’s hearing is an opportunity for superintendents to show American taxpayers what they are doing to implement President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s plan for our service academies. At the end of the day, these institutions are taxpayer-funded and should be 100% focused on educating and training war fighters, not pushing a political agenda. I look forward to tomorrow’s hearing.”
Witnesses include:
- Lieutenant General Steven Gilland, Superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy
- Vice Admiral Yvette Davids, Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Academy
- Lieutenant General Tony Bauernfeind, Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy
Livestream the hearing here at 2:30pm ET/1:30pm CT.
Senator Tommy Tuberville represents Alabama in the United States Senate and is a member of the Senate Armed Services, Agriculture, Veterans’ Affairs, HELP, and Aging Committees.
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