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Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - SteveG - 03-18-2025
Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order
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Articles about the renowned Native American Code Talkers have disappeared from some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled "DEI."
Why it matters: From 1942 to 1945, the Navajo Code Talkers were instrumental in every major Marine Corps operation in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
They were critical to securing America's victory at Iwo Jima.
Driving the news: Axios identified at least 10 articles mentioning the Code Talkers that had disappeared from the U.S. Army and Department of Defense websites as of Monday.
How it works: The Defense department's URLs were amended with the letters DEI, suggesting they were removed following President Trump's executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
The Internet Archive shows the deleted Army pages were live as recently as November, with many visible until February or March. None are shown with error messages until Trump took office.
The other side: Asked about the missing pages, Pentagon Press Secretary John Ullyot replied in a statement: "As Secretary [Pete] Hegseth has said, DEI is dead at the Defense Department. ... We are pleased by the rapid compliance across the Department with the directive removing DEI content from all platforms."
"In the rare cases that content is removed that is out of the clearly outlined scope of the directive, we instruct components accordingly."
The statement did not address whether the Code Talkers are considered divisive DEI figures that "erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution."
Catch up quick: In both World Wars, the military deployed units that used Indigenous American languages to secretly transmit information in pivotal battles.
Choctaw soldiers flummoxed German troops during World War I's deadly Meuse-Argonne Offensive.
At Utah Beach, Comanche troops created terms that didn't exist in the language: Bombers were "pregnant airplanes," tanks were "turtles" and Adolf Hitler was "Po'sa taiboo" — "Crazy White Man."
Meskwaki Code Talkers were sent to North Africa after 16% of the tribe's Iowa population enlisted during World War II. As of Monday, the word "Meskwaki" no longer appeared on the DOD's website.
Zoom in: The Navajo Code Talkers rapidly and meticulously shared hundreds of messages in the complex Diné language — often during intense battles, making them exemplars of courage under fire.
At Iwo Jima, six Code Talkers sent more than 800 messages without any errors.
They likely saved countless American and Allied lives by using languages the U.S. government had tried for generations to eliminate.
Meanwhile, the Code Talkers' function was predicated on diversity in the military; languages with more widespread use couldn't have provided effective encryption.
Stunning stat: Indigenous Americans have enlisted in the U.S. military at a rate five times the national average, per Trump's own proclamation in 2018.
That proclamation has also been removed.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - Lux Interior - 03-18-2025
Looks like the second season of Picard was only a year off.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - GGD - 03-18-2025
"Po'sa taiboo" — "Crazy White Man."
Looks like a new nickname for 45/47.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - Lemon Drop - 03-18-2025
They have also removed all web pages for Arlington Cemetery's site that reference the contributions of women or people of color.
Erasing and rewriting history was huge for....colonial conquerors, Nazis, and now MAGA. A sign of deep narcissism, fear, and disrespect. What a horrible era we're in. History won't be kind, when it fixes these errors.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - GGD - 03-18-2025
Lemon Drop wrote:
They have also removed all web pages for Arlington Cemetery's site that reference the contributions of women or people of color.
I'm sure they're also looking into how to removed all references to our 44th president.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - pdq - 03-18-2025
DEI hires, all.
:RollingEyesSmiley5:
If it wasn’t clear that this was pure and simple racism before, it certainly is now.
Ethnic cleansing. - RAMd®d - 03-18-2025
Starts at heinous, and continues.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - kj - 03-19-2025
I was afraid of that. It’s a very cool part of history, and something I know Navajo people are rightfully proud of. Stupidity seems to be the rule here. No one i know, including trumpers wants this.
Re: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order - Speedy - 03-20-2025
kj wrote:
I was afraid of that. It’s a very cool part of history, and something I know Navajo people are rightfully proud of. Stupidity seems to be the rule here. No one i know, including trumpers wants this.
You obviously know a better class of trumpers than I do.