Members of academy boards of visitors are appointed variously by the president, vice president and members of Congress.

President Trump said Monday he had ordered the "immediate dismissal" of four military Boards of Visitors, claiming the advisory bodies had been "infiltrated by Woke Leftist Ideologues." The big picture: Trump's sweeping actions have impacted the military since he returned to the White House,

President Trump claimed the boards of visitors at four U.S. service academies had been “infiltrated by woke leftist ideologies.”