The Air Force announced its "validation plan" this week in response to the Restoring America's Fighting Force task force established following the release of the Secretary of Defense guidance memo in January.
The task force requires military departments to validate the execution of all President Donald Trump's executive orders related to diversity, equity and inclusion, critical race theory, and gender ideology with an emphasis on five elements:
- Promotion, selection, and assignment policy and/or processes that require consideration of sex, race or ethnicity
- Quotas, objectives, and goals
- Prohibition on instruction on critical race theory, gender ideology, and diversity, equity and inclusion
- Instruction to promote a lethal force
- Boards, councils, or working groups that incorporate critical race theory, gender ideology, and diversity, equity and Inclusion
The validation team will travel to nine locations from March 17 to March 28.
This process will include in-depth document reviews, comprehensive program and data analyses, interviews, focus groups with military and civilian members representative of the Air Force, and classroom audits.
After the validation phase, the Air Force will continue to monitor the execution of all Trump executive orders related to critical race theory, gender ideology and diversity, equity and inclusion through in-progress reviews.
According to the Air Force Times, the validation team will visit the following bases from March 17 to March 28:
- Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado
- U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado
- Buckley Space Force Base, Colorado
- Randolph Air Force Base, Texas
- Joint Base San Antonio, Texas
- Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi
- Hurlburt Field Air Force Base, Florida
- Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery
- Robins Air Force Base, Georgia
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