Officials at Langley Air Force Base in Hampton, Virginia, were forced to remove several posters that had been on display for at least six years after the National Organization for Women and the Military Religious Freedom Foundation argued they were overly religious and sexist.

The foundation first filed a complaint pertaining to just two posters that contained language from a 1955 Air Force manual that references “faith,” according to The Virginian-Pilot.

“The display does not endorse, disapprove of, or extend preferential treatment for any faith, belief, or absence of belief.”

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On one of the posters deemed “too religious,” a quote highlights the inseparable role of faith in sacrifice.

“Men cannot live without faith except for brief moments of anarchy or despair,” the poster reads. “Faith leads to conviction – and convictions lead to actions. It is only a man of deep convictions, a man of deep faith, who will make the sacrifices needed to save his manhood.”

The Air Force dismissed the first complaint about religion. “The display does not endorse, disapprove of, or extend preferential treatment for any faith, belief, or absence of belief,” said a statement from Air Combat Command.

After the first complaint was dismissed, the National Organization for Women filed a second complaint. The organization alleged using the word “man” on the poster was inherently sexist.

“What message does that send to young women who currently serve, or want to serve, in the military?” NOW President Terry O’Neill wrote in a prepared statement. “What do you say to the women in your command who make the same sacrifices to protect their country as do men?”

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“The posters, which were the subject of a February 7, 2017 Air Force Times article, contain sexist, male supremacist language from a 1955 Air Force Manual, written at the height of the Red Scare hysteria,” O’Neill continued.

Following the second complaint, the Air Force caved and chose to remove the seven posters hanging at Langley Air Force Base.

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“With additional time to review all seven posters outside the narrower, primarily religious context of the original complaint about two of them,” Air Combat Command spokeswoman Maj. Malinda Singleton told The Pilot, “we concluded the gendered language used in the display interfered with intended messages about personal integrity.”

“We’ve chosen to update the display with something that reflects the diverse and inclusive force we are today,” Singleton said, adding, “it’s not yet clear when the new display will be put up.”