Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has issued a formal warning to Scouting America, giving the organization six months to address Pentagon concerns about recent policy changes.
In a video message shared on social media, Hegseth announced that the Defense Department will spend the next half-year evaluating its ongoing relationship with the youth organization, which was previously known as the Boy Scouts of America.
The warning comes after the Pentagon expressed dissatisfaction with the organization’s diversity and inclusion initiatives, as well as policies that center programming around female participants.
Hegseth’s announcement represents a temporary reprieve for the scouting organization, which had faced the possibility of losing its longstanding partnership with the military entirely.
The Defense Department’s review will determine whether the relationship between the Pentagon and Scouting America will continue beyond the six-month evaluation period.
