JAG FOIA Record
Sources

Public sources

S-series: public records on the Army and DoD rollback. B-series and C-series: other services and DoD-wide records. Army FOIA cites are in the document library.

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S012020-07/2021The Army Lawyer 2021 Issue 3 (JAGC DEI Council Established)
JAGC publication		live HTTP 200
S022021The Army Lawyer 2021 Issue 4 (ODEI interview)
JAGC publication		live HTTP 200
S032021-06-25EO 14035 DEIA in the Federal Workforce
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S042023-12-22FY2024 NDAA P.L. 118-31 (secs 529B 529C 1101)
statute		live HTTP 200
S052024-10-24DVIDS OPOD podcast audio
JAGC public audio		live HTTP 200
S062024-12-23FY2025 NDAA P.L. 118-159 sec 1115
statute		live HTTP 200
S072025-01-20EO 14148 Initial Rescissions
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S082025-01-20EO 14151 Ending Radical and Wasteful Government DEI Programs
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S092025-01-20EO 14168 Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S102025-01-21EO 14173 Ending Illegal Discrimination
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S112025-01-21OPM Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders
OPM memo		live HTTP 200
S122025-01-22SecArmy Immediate Actions to Implement Guidance on DEIA EOs · archived copy
Army memo		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S132025-01-24Army Directive 2025-01
Army directive		live HTTP 200
S142025-01-27EO 14185 Restoring America's Fighting Force
Federal Register		live HTTP 200
S152025-01-29AGO 2025-05 disestablishing Army Equity and Inclusion Agency
Army general order		live HTTP 200
S162025-01-29SecDef memo Restoring America's Fighting Force
DoD memo		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S172025-01-31Identity Months Dead at DoD
DoD release		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S182025-01-31JALS Pub 1-1 (DEI policy removed)
JAGC publication		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S192025-02-14@USArmy X post 1890489560137650586 ('This is an old memo. DEI is dead at #USArmy')
official X post		live HTTP 200
S202025-02-15Western Journal on Army X post · archived copy
news		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S212025-02-24Military.com on JAG firings
news		live HTTP 200
S222025-02-26DoD Digital Content Refresh release
DoD release		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S232025-02-27DefenseScoop on Digital Content Refresh
news		live HTTP 200
S242025-04-17GAO-25-107397 DoD DEI Workforce Reductions
GAO		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S252025-04-17Military Times on GAO report
news		live HTTP 200
S262025-05-22DoD News: Task Force Validates DEI Elimination
DoD news		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S272025-12-18FY2026 NDAA P.L. 119-60 sec 901
statute		live HTTP 200
S282021-01-0110 USC 656 Diversity in military leadership
statute		live HTTP 200
S292026-02STARRS on FOIA release
advocacy news		live HTTP 200
S302026-08-04Right Now Oregon FOIA coverage
advocacy news		live HTTP 200
S312024-12/2025-05GoArmyJAG Apply page (LAAB paragraph) live and Wayback 26 Dec 2024 / 4 Mar 2025 / 14 May 2025
JAGC website		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
S332025-01-27Stars and Stripes: Hegseth note 'No exceptions, name changes or delays'
news		live HTTP 200
S342025-01-27Military Times: Air Force reinstates BMT airmindedness course (AETC/SecDef/CSAF statements)
news		live HTTP 200
S352025-02-11Daily Signal: DoDEA 'resilience' rename (6 Jan 2025 meeting recording) · archived copy
news (advocacy-aligned)		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S362025-02-25DoD OIG Project Announcement: Termination of the Oversight Projects Related to DEI · archived copy
DoD OIG		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S372025-03-07AP: 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon DEI purge · archived copy
news		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S382025-03-26Stars and Stripes: academies cancel handful of classes (superintendents SASC testimony)
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S392025-04-04DoD News: DOD Task Force to Assess Progress of DEI Elimination · archived copy
DoD news		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S402025-04-07AP: Navy flag officer removed from NATO Military Committee post · archived copy
news		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
S412026-02-18STARRS repost of Open the Books: DoDEA SY25-26 teacher training and contractors
advocacy news		live HTTP 200
B012020-12-16DoDI 1320.14 DoD Commissioned Officer Promotion Program Procedures (para 3.4.a(5) board membership)
DoD issuance		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
B022025-03-01RAFF-TF Initial Report to SecDef (released under FOIA 25-F-3131)
DoD report (FOIA release; third-party host)		live HTTP 200
B032025-04-17GAO-25-107397 DoD DEI Workforce Reductions (slides 13 and 32 and Fig. 2)
GAO		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
B042023-12-22FY2024 NDAA P.L. 118-31 secs 529B 529C 1101
statute		live HTTP 200
B052023-10-03Navy FY-25 Administrative Selection Board Precept (BUPERS)
Navy board precept		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
B062024 (FY-25 cycle)Navy FY-25 Active-Duty and Reserve Officer and CWO Promotion Selection Board Precept (SECNAV)
Navy board precept (third-party mirror)		live HTTP 200
B082025-01-25NAVADMIN 016/25 Termination of DEIA Offices and Contracts (DTG 250206Z JAN 25)
Navy message (mirror)		live HTTP 200
B092025-06-16SFFA v. USNA 4th Cir. No. 24-2214 Joint Motion to Dismiss and Vacate
court filing		live HTTP 200
B102025-07-02SFFA v. USNA 4th Cir. docket (judgment: dismissed as moot vacated remanded)
court docket		live HTTP 200
B112025-01-22DAF Acting ASAF(M&RA) memo Implementation of EOs (DEIA media training contracts)
DAF memo		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
B122025-01-23Military.com: Air Force barrier analysis working groups disestablished
news		live HTTP 200
B132025-01Air & Space Forces Magazine: Air Force shuts down DEI programs
news		live HTTP 200
B142025-02-05Federal News Network: Air Force keeps EEO programs separate from DEIA
news		live HTTP 200
B152025-04-11SFFA v. USAFA D. Colo. 1:24-cv-03430 Consent Motion to Hold Case in Abeyance (Doc 23)
court filing (third-party host)		live HTTP 200
B162025-08-11SFFA v. USAFA docket (voluntary dismissal; case terminated)
court docket		live HTTP 200
B172025-01-23MARADMIN 034/25 Guidance on Termination of DEIA Offices and Contracts (DTG 232245Z JAN 25)
USMC message		archived copy (Wayback) HTTP 200
B182025-01-27EO 14185 Restoring America's Fighting Force (secs 2 4 7 name DHS for USCG)
executive order		live HTTP 200
B192025-01-24ALCOAST 026/25 Cancellation of DEIA-Related Programs and Activities (DTG 241545Z JAN 25)
USCG message		live HTTP 200
B202025-02-06ALCOAST 054/25 Pause of Coast Guard Special Emphasis Programs (DTG 061730Z FEB 25)
USCG message		live HTTP 200
B212025-01-22CNGBN 9651.01A Cancellation of CNGBI 9651.01A National Guard Diversity and Inclusion
NGB notice (state-site mirror)		live HTTP 200
B222026-02-06NADOHE v. Trump 4th Cir. No. 25-1189 published opinion (PI vacated and remanded)
court opinion (hosted by a plaintiff, AAUP)		live HTTP 200
B232025-02-21 to 2026-06NADOHE v. Trump D. Md. 1:25-cv-00333 case summary and docket list (PI 21 Feb 2025; clarified 10 Mar; 4th Cir stay 14 Mar 2025; dismissal 2026)
case database (secondary)		live HTTP 200
B242025-04-15Chicago Women in Trades v. Trump N.D. Ill. 1:25-cv-02005 Order on Motion for Preliminary Injunction (Doc 69)
court order		live HTTP 200
B252025-10-30Ogletree: N.D. Ill. denies motion to narrow CWIT injunction
law-firm summary		live HTTP 200
B262025-10-20E.K. v. DoDEA E.D. Va. 1:25-cv-00637 Order granting PI in part (Doc 59)
court order		live HTTP 200
B272025-12-22E.K. v. DoDEA docket (notice of appeal 18 Dec 2025; 4th Cir. No. 25-2497)
court docket		live HTTP 200
B282024-11-13Judicial Watch press release: FOIA suit (D.D.C. 1:24-cv-02941) over renaming of West Point diversity office
party press release		live HTTP 200
B292025-04-04HASC Ranking Member and MilPers Subcommittee Ranking Member letter to SECNAV re Naval Academy book removal
congressional letter		live HTTP 200
B302025-04-04Same senders, letter to SecArmy re West Point library review
congressional letter		live HTTP 200
B312025-04-04Same senders, letter to Acting SecAF re USAFA library review
congressional letter		live HTTP 200
B322025-04-07Roll Call: Democrats call for halt of military academy book purge (Navy list of 381 titles published 4 Apr)
news		live HTTP 200
B332025-05The 19th: Naval Academy reinstates hundreds of DEI books (about 20 sequestered; 9 May DoD memo narrowed search terms)
news		live HTTP 200
B342025-07-17Military.com: Naval Academy settles on 21 removed books; DoD Academic Libraries Committee to decide
news (unnamed official)		live HTTP 200
B352025-05-22ATSD(PA) response OSD003567-25 on behalf of SecDef to a House member's 4 Apr 2025 letter (Digital Content Refresh removals)
official response letter (posted by member office)		live HTTP 200
C012021-02-05SecDef memo: Stand-Down to Address Extremism in the Ranks · archived copy
SecDef memo		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C022022-09-23DoD release: New Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion (DACODAI) · archived copy
DoD release		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C032022-09-30DoD DEIA Strategic Plan FY2022-2023 · archived copy
DoD plan		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C042022-04DoD Equity Action Plan 2022 (under EO 13985) · archived copy
DoD plan		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C052023DoD Equity Action Plan 2023 (under EO 14091) · archived copy
DoD plan		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C062023-06-27House Report 118-121 DoD Appropriations Bill 2024
congressional committee report		live HTTP 200
C072022-08-09DAF memo: Officer Source of Commission Applicant Pool Goals · archived copy
DAF memo		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C082025-01-27DAF memo: Revocation of Officer Source of Commission Applicant Pool Goals Memo · archived copy
DAF memo		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C092022-09Air & Space Forces Magazine: Air Force sets new aspirational goals for diversity in officer applicants
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C102021-01-26Task Force One Navy Final Report · archived copy
Navy report		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C112020-06-30Navy release: Task Force One Navy established · archived copy
Navy release		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C122021-05-21Navy release: DON announces Diversity Equity and Inclusion Planning Actions · archived copy
Navy release		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C132021-05-21Navy Times: Navy diversity effort will review grooming policies selection boards and other areas
news		live HTTP 200
C142023-06-29SFFA v. Harvard 600 U.S. 181 (slip opinion)
court opinion		live HTTP 200
C152024-01-30Solicitor General opposition to stay application (SFFA v. USMA No. 23A696)
court filing		live HTTP 200
C162025DOJ release: Justice Department settles lawsuits challenging race-based admissions at West Point and Air Force Academy
DOJ release		live HTTP 200
C172023-09-19SFFA v. USMA 7:23-cv-08262 (S.D.N.Y.) case summary
case database (secondary)		live HTTP 200
C182022-08Naming Commission Final Report Part I: U.S. Army Bases
commission report		live HTTP 200
C192022-10-06SecDef directs implementation of the Naming Commission's recommendations · archived copy
DoD release		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C202021-01-01P.L. 116-283 FY2021 NDAA (sec. 370 Naming Commission)
statute		live HTTP 200
C212019-2023USCG Office of Diversity and Inclusion (CG-1D1) / D&I Action Plan page · archived copy
USCG web page		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C222021-08-11USCG: Coast Guard completes study of underrepresented minorities
USCG release		live HTTP 200
C232021-06Marine Corps Gazette (June 2021): Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Why this is important to the Corps as a warfighting organization (by the Deputy Commandant for Manpower and Reserve Affairs and the Director, Manpower Plans and Policy)
professional journal article		live HTTP 200
C242025-01-30CT Mirror: Trump orders shutter DEI programs at Coast Guard CT academy
news		live HTTP 200
C252021-02-03DoD News: Austin orders military stand down to address extremism · archived copy
DoD news		live HTTP 403 to scripts (bot block); Wayback capture HTTP 200
C262022-02-08Statement of the Chief of Naval Personnel before HASC Military Personnel Subcommittee (talent management)
congressional testimony		live HTTP 200
C272021-06DAF (USSF) Chief of Personnel written testimony for military personnel posture hearing FY22
congressional testimony		live HTTP 200
C282024House Armed Services hearing: Admissions Curriculum and Diversity of Thought at the Military Service Academies
congressional hearing		live HTTP 200
C292023Department of the Air Force DEIA Strategic Plan 2023 (copy on non-government host)
DAF plan (third-party host)		live HTTP 200
C302023-03-23HASC hearing: Diversity Equity and Inclusion: Impacts to the Department of Defense and the Armed Services
congressional hearing		live HTTP 200
C312021-01-20EO 13985 Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government
Federal Register		live HTTP 200

Legal authorities cited in the brief: U.S. Const. amend. V; SFFA v. Harvard, 600 U.S. 181 (2023) (C14); Jackson v. Modly, 949 F.3d 763 (D.C. Cir. 2020); AR 600-20 para 6-2a.