What Happened When DEI Came to the Military?
“Diversity is great, but you can’t sacrifice meritocracy,” retired Air Force Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker, photographed on January 24, 2025 in Denver, Colorado, told The Free Press. (Rachel Woolf for The Free Press).
A Free Press investigation reveals the extraordinary extent to which our armed forces put diversity over readiness. Pete Hegseth tells us that’s about to change.
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Retired Air Force Brigadier General Christopher Walker, 59, spent almost two years as a senior adviser to the Air Force’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion at the Pentagon, attending dozens of meetings about implementing DEI initiatives. This was an unusual role given Walker’s career path: He had over 400 hours of combat flights and, most recently, had …
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