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Former Space Force Officer Once Relieved over Marxism Remarks Confirmed as Air Force’s No. 2 Civilian
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES, JUL 24 – The Senate confirmed Lohmeier in a 52-46 party-line vote after his removal from the Space Force for criticizing military diversity programs and alleged Marxist influence.
- On July 24, 2025, the U.S. Senate confirmed Matthew Lohmeier, elevating the former Space Force lieutenant colonel in a 52-46 vote to the Air Force Department’s No. 2 civilian post.
- Earlier, Lohmeier was removed from the Space Force in May 2021 after self-publishing a book alleging Marxist influence in the military.
- After a May review by the Senate Armed Services Committee, Republicans supported his nomination while Democrats opposed it, and Lohmeier pledged during his hearing to keep politics out of Air Force decisions.
- As under secretary, Lohmeier will join Air Force Secretary Troy Meink in leading the department, overseeing nearly 700,000 Airmen, Guardians and families under a $200 billion budget, and upon swearing in, he will relieve Edwin Oshiba.
- Looking ahead, Lohmeier and Meink will helm modernization initiatives potentially including a reoptimization plan for competition with China, and their confirmations mark the first time since January both civilian leaders of the Air Force and Space Force have been Senate-approved.
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Former Space Command commander and F-16 pilot Matthew Lohmeier was confirmed today as Undersecretary of the Air Force by a vote in the U.S. Senate. Lohmeier was interview by CDM Founder L Todd Wood years ago in a podcast episode that highlighted Lohmeier's then recently-released book -- The Irresistible Revolution -- shining transparency on the Marxist push inside the U.S. armed forces. Lohmeier was fired from his position at Space Command short…
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