As library staff at service academies and war colleges review books for removal under a Department of Defense directive, a new group is starting to push back on what they perceive as censorship at libraries serving military members and their families.

Castle Rock resident Kelly Wilson said she is helping found the Committee of Military Families for Free Expression because she wants to ensure service members have the same rights that they fight to protect abroad.

She said that service members take an oath to “support and defend the Constitution,” the document that protects free speech. While at the same time, military leaders are limiting the rights of service members and their families protected by the Constitution.

"How is this irony lost on anyone?" she said.

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