The purge could delete as many as 100,000 images or posts in total, when considering social media pages and other websites that are also being culled for DEI content, an official said.

The Pentagon is removing more than 26,000 military images under Trump’s executive order banning DEI programs. Some removals include historic milestones, sparking questions about what is being erased.

In some cases, photos seemed to be flagged for removal simply because their file included the word ”gay,” including service members with that last name and an image of the B-29 aircraft Enola Gay, which dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima,