The order requires all the military services to pore over years of website postings, photos, news articles and videos.

If the services can't remove DEI content from their platforms by March 5, they must temporarily remove all content published in the Biden administration.

Building lethality in the military may be the buzzword for the new Trump administration, but busywork and paperwork have become the reality at the Pentagon, as service members and civilian workers are facing a broad mandate to purge all of the department's social media sites and untangle confusing personnel reduction moves.