The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing, “To conduct oversight and receive testimony on the status of the Military Service Academies” on Wednesday, March 26th, 2025 at 2:30 pm in room SR-222 Russell Senate Office Building.

You can watch the hearing livestreamed on this SASC page or below:

Witnesses:

Lieutenant General Steven W. Gilland, USA
Superintendent of the United States Military Academy
United States Army
PREPARED TESTIMONY (pdf)

Vice Admiral Yvette M. Davids, USN
Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy
United States Navy
PREPARED TESTIMONY (pdf)

Lieutenant General Tony D. Bauernfeind, USAF
Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
United States Air Force
PREPARED TESTIMONY (pdf)

Transcript

PDF document: 2025 26 MAR Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Transcript

Word document: 2025 26 MAR Senate Armed Services Committee Hearing Transcript

Senator Tuberville released the following statement ahead of the hearing:

“Our Service Academies are responsible for educating and training the next generation of military leaders who will protect our interests at home and abroad. Unfortunately, under the Biden administration, woke propaganda made its way into our military, including our service academies.

The American people overwhelmingly rejected Democrats’ divisive DEI ideology on November 5th. Now with President Trump and Secretary Hegseth at the helm, our military is shifting its focus back to lethality and merit, not woke politics.

Tomorrow’s hearing is an opportunity for superintendents to show American taxpayers what they are doing to implement President Trump and Secretary Hegseth’s plan for our service academies.

At the end of the day, these institutions are taxpayer-funded and should be 100% focused on educating and training war fighters, not pushing a political agenda. I look forward to tomorrow’s hearing.”