Months after the Pentagon decried the U.S. military newspaper Stars and Stripes as “woke” and said it would be overhauled, the Defense Department fired the publication’s ombudsman, a role charged with safeguarding the paper’s editorial independence.

Pentagon fires ombudsman overseeing military newspaper after calling it ‘woke’ Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith said the Defense Department dismissed her without giving a reason, according to an email reviewed by The Post.

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