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Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s war on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) policies will reportedly result in the Pentagon turning its back on Scouting America, once known as the Boy Scouts or Scouting
According to a leaked proposal obtained by NPR, Hegseth is unhappy with the organization and wants his Department of War to end a 100-year relationship, which would leave officials running the annual National Jamboree scrambling to fill the void.
NPR reported that Hegseth believes the organization, “once endorsed by President Theodore Roosevelt, no longer supports the future of American boys,” and is currently designed to "attack boy-friendly spaces.”
The leaked document, which was prepared for members of Congress, proposes ”the Pentagon no longer provide medical and logistical aid to the National Jamboree, which brings in as many as 20,000 scouts to a remote site in West Virginia. It also states that the military will no longer allow Scout troops to meet at military installations in the U.S. and abroad.”
According to NPR, a congressional law has long authorized lending “trucks, ambulances and medical teams,” to the Jamboree, considering it a ”training exercise and an opportunity to recruit highly motivated, civic-minded kids" — however the law does allow the defense secretary to deny support if they feel it would be “detrimental to national security."