The Senate Armed Services Committee has announced that the hearing to consider the nomination of Matthew Lohmeier to be the Under Secretary of the Air Force will be held on Thursday, 1 May 2025 at 9:30 am ET in room SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building.
Watch the hearing livestreamed on this page.
Also being considered at the same hearing is Justin P. Overbaugh, to be Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence and Security and Daniel L. Zimmerman to be Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs.
Thank you, Matthew Lohmeier, for answering the call to serve as the next Under Secretary of the Air Force. Your devotion to integrity and service will help keep the @usairforce and @SpaceForceDoD on mission, focused on projecting strength as our nation faces evolving, dynamic… pic.twitter.com/XPJNSt1UmJ
— Senator Kevin Cramer (@SenKevinCramer) April 3, 2025
Matthew Lohmeier’s background in the Space Force and his focus on military cohesion make him a great pick for Under Secretary of the Air Force. His experience and leadership are just what the department needs to tackle future challenges. pic.twitter.com/3wWu0esngn
— Senator John Hoeven (@SenJohnHoeven) April 7, 2025
Former Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, USAF/USSF is a military veteran, political and cultural thought leader, and author of the bestselling book Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military. For the past year and a half, he has been working with independent film producers on a feature-length documentary on the book and what happened to him that should come out this summer.
He is the Executive Vice President for STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services), a veterans organization which works to eliminate the CRT/DEI/Woke agenda in the US Military and promote the return to a warfighter ethos of meritocracy, lethality, readiness, accountability and excellence in the military. He has been on inactive status since he was nominated by President Trump to serve as the Under Secretary of the Air Force in order to focus on his upcoming hearing.
His book Irresistible Revolution was published in May 2021, at which time Matt was a respected active-duty commander in the newly formed US Space Force. The book’s primary aim was to invite senior military leaders to abandon the divisive politicization of the military workplace and to educate all members of the armed forces. For publishing and speaking about his book, then-Lieutenant Colonel Lohmeier was relieved of his command and subjected to an Inspector General investigation launched from the Pentagon.
He subsequently joined the nation’s biggest media personalities to discuss the proliferation of Marxist-rooted Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the military and its divisive impact on our military. His watershed work shaped the nation’s dialogue about the United States military. Matt separated from active duty on September 1, 2021. Since then, he has been an outspoken critic of the discriminatory practices of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) industry and is a public speaker and consultant on Marxist ideology and tactics, CRT, military culture, and the principles of liberty.
A 2006 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Matt began his active-duty military career as a fighter pilot, flying over 1,200 hours in the T-38 as an instructor pilot followed by flying the F-15C. After flying, he cross-trained into space operations and worked in space-based missile warning. Matt promoted two years below-the-zone to lieutenant colonel, graduated at the top of his classes earning him the distinguished graduate (DG) award at four different Air Force schools, and served as aide-de-camp for a four-star general for one year. In October 2020, he transferred into the United States Space Force and was placed in command of our nation’s space-based missile warning.
Matt has two master’s degrees—a master’s in military operational art and science, and a Master of Philosophy in military strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS).
