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Pentagon Disbands Women’s Advisory Committee, Citing ‘Divisive Feminist Agenda’

The move reflects Hegseth’s push for sex‑neutral standards under a revived warrior ethos.

Female Marine recruits fire on the rifle range during boot camp February 25, 2013 at MCRD Parris Island, South Carolina. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Overview

  • Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said Secretary Pete Hegseth decided to terminate the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services, asserting the panel advanced a divisive feminist agenda that hurt readiness.
  • A Sept. 17 memo ordered the committee’s formal disestablishment just nine days after a separate memo had directed its phased return from a broader advisory-panel pause.
  • The disestablishment memo instructs officials to comply with the Federal Advisory Committee Act by reassigning personnel, concluding contracts, and archiving the committee’s records.
  • Founded in 1951, the committee submitted more than 1,100 recommendations over its history, with roughly 94% fully or partially adopted, according to historical records and lawmakers.
  • Bipartisan lawmakers previously urged the Pentagon to keep the panel, warning that eliminating it could deepen gaps in data on policies affecting servicewomen, including recruitment, retention, equipment fit, health, and reintegration after childbirth.