In addition to the nearly 400 books from the U.S. Naval Academy, there are several more Delete from the library Because they deal with anti-racism and gender issues, they are back on the shelves after the latest Pentagon order reviews, the latest effort to eliminate material related to the diversity, equity and inclusion program.

Defense officials told the Associated Press that according to new comments, about 20 books from the college library are being pulled aside for inspection, but that number includes some books not identified or deleted from the original 381 books last month.

Officials said that as the process is still in progress, the Air Force Library, including dozens of books, were also withdrawn from review.

The round-trip removal reflects an ongoing problem in the early days of the Trump administration, as preliminary orders and requirements for a series of policy changes were forced to be redesigned, fine-tuned and reissued because they were blurred, poorly defined or problematic.

Comments and changes in military libraries and websites, social media accounts, etc. are part of the Trump administration’s far-reaching efforts to clear out what federal agencies call DEI content.

Pentagon Released earlier this month Detailed directives and orders to all military leaders to pull and review all library books to address Wednesday’s diversity, anti-racism or gender issues. The order contains more specific search terms than previous guidance and verbal orders from the Defense Department leaders, which officials said is much less than initially thought.

In a statement Wednesday, the Navy said it reviewed the library’s collections in all its educational institutions to ensure compliance with the directives, noting that the material has been “determined and quarantined.” The Army and Air Force also reviewed their collections.

All serving libraries must provide Pentagon leaders with a new list of books. Now additional guidance on how to collect these lists if needed and determine what should be permanently deleted. The review will also “determine appropriate final disposal” for these materials, according to the Department of Defense memorandum.

The May 9 memorandum was signed by Timothy Dill, who is performing his duties as deputy defense, deputy secretary of the person in charge, and did not say what would happen to the books or whether they would be stored or destroyed.

The memo said that the libraries of the Military Academy, as well as other schools and orders, must remove educational materials that “promote concepts of separatism and gender ideology” because they are incompatible with the core mission of the Department of Defense.

The interim academic library committee formed by the department is overseeing the process and provides a list of search terms for determining which books to pull out.

These search terms include: affirmative action, anti-racism, critical racial theory, discrimination, diversity, gender irritability, gender identity and transition, transgender and white privilege.

The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, deleted 381 books from its library in early April after the office of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was told to get rid of those who promoted Dei.

The removal of books that led to the removal of the Holocaust, feminist history, civil rights and racism, and Maya Angelou's famous autobiography I Know Why Cage Birds Sing.

Others include “Memorial of the Holocaust,” involving the Holocaust Memorial; “half Americans” about African-Americans in World War II; “respected women” about the public role of African-American women in 19th-century New York; and “Pursuing Trayvon Martin,” which recounts a 2012 shooting of a 17-year-old black man in Florida that raised questions about the racial profile.

The Navy was unable to confirm on Wednesday which books had been returned to the library, or that Angelou's or other books would remain on hold.

About two weeks after the Naval Academy was cleared, the Army and Air Force libraries were told to find and delete books related to Dei through the stack.

Throughout the process, leaders of the military sector sought more detailed guidance to which books were conducted on which ones, as the initial orders to the Naval Academy were verbal and vague. Deere's memo provides additional guidance.

Likewise, over time, it is necessary to clarify that the re-granting of the troops is forced to refuse to refuse COVID-19-19-19-19 and to evacuate trans service personnel from the military.

Defense leaders have to provide additional guidance and wording to address issues in services regarding how to execute orders legally and accurately. In some cases, orders must be refined and reissued.