Air force leaders group in the United States Air Force has instructed Non-Commissioned Officers to avoid using gendered pronouns in favour of more neutral terminology.

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Attached instructions in an email to Osan Air Base, South Korea, commanders states, “Do NOT use names or gender specific pronouns in your narratives.” Instead, they should use terms like “Airman,” “Member,” and “Individual” when referring to the awardee.

The instructions say to “look to replace he/she his/hers with – they (this one may be both single and plural).”

The base’s 5/6 leadership group issued hundreds of Air Force officers at Osan Air Base new criteria for granting Airmen monthly and quarterly awards to “recognise their time, hard work, and devotion.”

The 5/6 leadership group is a non-DoD organisation comprising Air Force NCOs in the E5 and E6 pay grades. It is present on every Air Force base. The organisations promote “the service’s basic ideals while building a network of motivated NCOs.”

Osan 5/6 did not immediately react on the instruction. Fox News asked Osan Air Base and the Air Force whether the instruction was in compliance with protocol. Neither agency immediately responded.

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The Department of Defense has been criticised in recent years for switching to a “woke agenda,” with the Air Force changing the Air Force anthem, issuing films on “unconscious prejudices,” and even contemplating deleting the “man” from “Airman.”