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

The four military academies affected by Trump’s directive each have a Board of Visitors made up of six appointees from the president, four designated by the Speaker of the House, three from the vice president, a designee (or the chair) from the House Armed Services Committee and a designee (or the chair) from the Senate Armed Services Committee.

President Donald Trump ordered the “immediate dismissal” of the boards of visitors for the United States service academies, including the Naval Academy, Monday.

President Donald Trump on Monday announced he was firing the boards for the military service academies, citing an infiltration of “woke” ideology. When President Joe Biden took office four years ago,

President Trump's administration is cutting membership at the Boards of Visitors for U.S. military academies this week.