Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit

[AStern]

The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic display ahead of a visit to the school by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday.

The Military Religious Freedom Foundation, or MRFF, a nonprofit group that advocates for religious freedom, first reported on the move after its members noticed the removal of the items on display at the Commodore Uriah P. Levy Center and Jewish Chapel.

Cmdr. Ashley Hockycko confirmed late Tuesday that the historical items honoring the Jewish graduates had been removed but said that it was done so "mistakenly." "U.S. Naval Academy leadership is immediately taking steps to review and correct the unauthorized removal," she added.

The removal appears to be the latest example of military and defense officials removing displays, websites and other materials honoring the achievements of women and minorities within the military, often with the presumption of acting on Hegseth's orders or reacting to his preferences and beliefs.

https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/04/02/naval-academy-staff-removed-display-female-jewish-graduates-hegseth-visit.html

[elleng]

1. ;-(

[Prairie Gates]

2. At this point, I have just one question to ask: What the fuck is wrong with people?

[CincyDem]

3. The "mistakenly" part is they got caught. n/t

[bronxiteforever]

4. Kick for visibility

[BOSSHOG]

5. Commemorating Female Jewish Graduates at the Naval Academy

Is what America was all about and will be again. Trump is a hate filled monster. He is incapable of good.

[Skittles]

6. have to make sure the drunken rapist is not offended

[electric_blue68]

7. Aiding an effing, "Christian" bigot! 👎

The liberal Christian Church I know of Episcopal St John The Divine welcomes the good in all religions (has had all manner of them [rabbis, imans, priests, etc] speaking from their pulpit, and Humanists, too.

People of kindness, empathy, generosity. 👍 🩷

[SheltieLover]

8. Sickening

[cbabe]

9. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the

persecution of Columbia University was to protect Jewish students and defeat antisemitism.

[Meowmee]

10. No mistake

Also, please explain how you remove a display by mistake...

[Paladin]

11. I never would have dreamed this country's proudest institutions...

...could fall this far, this fast. Absolutely nauseating.

[MagickMuffin]

12. Removing the Jews to satisfy an American Nazi, sounds about right

It appears that this has happened before not that long ago.

[marble falls]

13. Swabie here. Just plain WTF?

[Solly Mack]

14. Mistakenly my ass.