() — The superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy is suggesting a reduction in civilian faculty positions to increase the number of uniformed military members in those roles, according to a published report.

The Colorado Springs Gazette, referencing internal communications at the Air Force Academy, reported that Superintendent Tony Bauernfeind has proposed that military members comprise 80% of the academy’s faculty. This would result in a reduction of civilian positions from 37% to 20%, the report indicated.

This change would involve eliminating approximately 105 civilian positions from the current academy faculty, which consists of 491 members, the Gazette reported. Presently, there are 308 uniformed faculty (62.7%) and 183 civilian faculty members at the Colorado Springs service academy.

An internal piece of communication reviewed by the newspaper said that reducing the Air Force Academy’s faculty to under 400 members would force the academy to cut some majors and “cease many opportunities for cadets”.

Some cadets have criticized on a social media platform that allows them to post anonymously, the report said.

The proposal would require approval from the U.S. Air Force. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for more uniformed military members to teach at U.S. service academies during his confirmation hearings.

“We need more uniformed members going back into West Point, the Air Force Academy and the Naval Academy, as a tour-to-teach, with their wisdom of what they have learned in uniform, instead of just more civilian professors that came from the same left-wing, woke universities that they left, and then try to push that into service academies,” Hegseth said during the hearings.

President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the U.S. Air Force, Troy Meink, has not yet been confirmed.

The Gazette report stated that uniformed military members make up 74% of the faculty at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and about 50% of the faculty at the U.S. Naval Academy.