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STARRS Podcasts
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
DEI’s Impact on Military Unity, Readiness and Historical Lessons for Today
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
The rot in the Army culture is far worse than imagined
STARRS routinely collects comments to see the sentiment of what military people are thinking about the woke agenda. Comments...
When a Judge Incorrectly Rules Race as Legit in Naval Academy Admissions (Part 3 of 3)
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in...
Lohmeier and Gray: Fighting for a Military That Has Found Itself Bursting with Marxist Ideology and Sitting at a Dangerous Juncture
By J. M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit On Jan. 20, 2025, President-elect Donald Trump will inherit a U.S. military plagued with...
The Coming Fight to Abolish DEI
By Christopher Rufo There is a great clanging and clamoring around the offices in Washington, D.C. and Mar-a-Lago in Florida...
Oops, He (LTG Gilland) Did It Again! Another West Point Scandal!
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Here we go again… Last week national news outlets reported that ProPublica tried to...
Femininity in the Air Force (Actual USAF Headline)
The world’s ablaze, we’re this close to World War III but the US Air Force puts out this article on their...
USAFA’s NCLS 2025: “Examining Warrior Ethos”
By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications The upcoming National Character and Leadership...
The Military’s ‘Alpha’ Personalities like Pete Hegseth are What Makes It Effective
By Col. Laurie Buckholt, US Army, ret Throughout my 26 years in the U.S. Army and a year in combat, never once did I ask any...
The Bolduc Brief: The Crisis in Military Leadership – A Call for Reform in the US Armed Forces
By BG Don Bolduc, US Army ret The United States military has long been regarded as one of the most formidable fighting...
West Point Graduates: We Endorse Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
(Posted on American Military News) As graduates of the United States Military Academy at West Point, we are guided by the...
Feds Look To Hire Up To 1,200 New DEI Bureaucrats Before Trump Takes Office
Their research found many of the jobs were in DOD, Air Force, Navy, etc By Luke Rosiak | The Daily Wire The federal...
Interview with MGen Joe Arbuckle on the Flag Officers 4 America letter to support Hegseth for SECDEF
On Securing America TV, host Frank Gaffney interviews retired Army Major General Joe Arbuckle, who led an effort with Flag...
DEI and the Death of Effective Military Command
By retired Army Colonel Cynical Publius ( @CynicalPublius) As Pete Hegseth’s nomination for Secretary of Defense moves...
DEI contractors will be first fired at Pentagon
By Paul Bedard | Washington Examiner The incoming Trump administration already has plans to kill President Joe Biden’s...
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House Moves To Block Taxpayer-Funded Trans Surgeries For Military Dependents
By Mary Margaret Olohan | Daily Wire The House of Representatives is moving to intervene in a case centered on the use of...
Biden Admin Dumped Hundreds Of Thousands Into Ensuring Military Parents Affirm Their Child’s Gender Identity
By Katelynn Richardson | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Biden-Harris administration awarded a federal grant to...
Politico Horrified Defense Nominee Hegseth Might Make Military Schools ‘Patriotic’
By Logan Washburn | The Federalist Pete Hegseth, incoming President Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary, will revamp...
The Military Is Not Inclusive, It Is Exclusive
By Capt. Hung Cao, USN ret, USNA ’96 It is estimated that fewer than 23% of Americans between 17 and 22 are qualified...
A New Spirit: No More Living the Lies of Wokeism
By CDR Breck Henderson, US Navy veteran When I woke up on the morning of November 6, I felt that America was changed. A new...
West Point Professor: “You don’t want certain groups too far overrepresented leading the ranks”
West Point professor Morten Ender was interviewed for this Military.com article, “The Air Force’s Faltering...
The Air Force’s Faltering Effort to Get More Diversity Among Officers May Be Out of Time
Good, time’s up! Get rid of race and gender quotas and focus on merit. By Thomas Novelly | Military.com An Air Force...
More than Half of Senior Army Officers Are Turning Down Command Consideration
This is very troubling. The reasons listed are valid but not listed is the PC command climate coming from DEI/wokeism which...
The Full Spectrum of 5th Gen War
On this episode of Survival Dispatch, special guests General Paul Vallely and Captain Matthew Newgent of the MacArthur...
Letter from an Army Ranger veteran/parent: West Point’s DEI Question; Women Rangers
Letter received by an Army veteran and parent. Some details removed to protect the author’s son. I am a 6-year U.S...
Military may be ground zero for the war on woke
By Casey Harper | The Center Square President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Defense, though not yet...
Biden DOD Sued After Stonewalling Records Request Into ‘Radical’ General’s Nomination
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation A national security watchdog is suing the Department of Defense (DOD)...
Air Force Academy sued over race-conscious admission practices
By Haylee May | Colorado Public Radio News The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is being sued over its...
Pete Hegseth says he hasn’t heard from West Point since employee ‘error’ denying his acceptance
Crickets. The small, sterile PR statement claiming it was a “administrative” mistake only AFTER Hegseth showed...
Over 120 Retired Flag Officers Endorse Pete Hegseth for Secretary of Defense
Includes 8 retired 4-stars and 2 Medal of Honor recipients. (Press Release, 16 DEC 24) Over 120 retired Generals and...
How to End Wokism in the Military: Trump White House and Congress Should Work Together to Strengthen Our Military
By Elaine Donnelly, President Center for Military Readiness The outgoing 118th Congress has voted for solid steps in favor...
The Daniel Penny Verdict is a Turning Point
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors Calling Jordan Neely a serial criminal seems like an understatement. With 42...
Women in Combat: Reality wins over DEI, as it must.
By @CynicalPublius on X Retired US Army Colonel I’ve seen some great articles about how Trump’s election is causing a...
Senator Presses Pentagon on Transgender Housing Incident at Missouri Military Barracks: ‘Military readiness is suffering because of your progressive social agenda’
(Press Release) Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin following a whistleblower report...
‘Incompetence’ ‘Bad Judgment’: Banks, Cotton Letters rip West Point
Letters from Congressman Jim Banks (Navy Veteran) and Senator Tom Cotton (Army veteran) to West Point’s...
The “Deep State” at West Point. Say it Ain’t So!
By Col. Bill Prince, USA ret, USMA ’70 MacArthur Society President Comments on West Point’s Involvement in Providing...
Go Big: Fixing Professional Military Education
By John Noonan, USAF veteran Former staffer on defense and armed-service committees in the House and Senate The Wall Street...
DEI Is Unconstitutional
By Max Eden and Josh Hammer | Newsweek Close observers expect that on Day 1, President Donald Trump will reissue his...
Emails, Phone Logs Reveal How Botched Pete Hegseth West Point Story Imploded
More evidenced on the planned hit job on Pete Hegseth by ProPublica and West Point’s complicity: By Reagan Reese | ...
New Defense Spending Bill Puts Slew Of Left-Wing Initiatives On Chopping Block
By Wallace White | Daily Caller News Foundation Congress’ latest defense spending bill unveiled Saturday would deal a...
ProPublica’s botched Pete Hegseth smear proves the need to purge the military of partisanship
By New York Post Editorial Board | New York Post A botched smear of Secretary of Defense-designate Pete Hegseth just...
Affirmative Action Opponents Sue US Air Force Academy
By Nate Raymond | Reuters The group that successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to ban race-conscious admissions at...
Johnson Wows with Anti-Woke Wins in NDAA Compromise
By Suzanne Bowdey | Washington Stand At 1,813 pages, the latest version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)...
Heritage Foundation Letter in Support of Pete Hegseth’s Military Record
Letter for military veterans to sign: (Heritage Foundation) As military veterans and patriotic Americans, we are pleased to...
Military leaders are rattled by a list of ‘woke’ officers that a group urges Hegseth to fire
By TARA COPP Associated Press and LOLITA C. BALDOR | Associated Press Military leaders are rattled by a list of “woke”...
Congressman: “I agree with Pete Hegseth…Woke-ism is destroying the United States military”
(Press Release) On Thursday, Representative Chip Roy (TX-21) delivered remarks on the House floor to urge Republicans to...
Trump’s Top Priority: End Wokeness in the Military, including USMMA
By Daniel Bissell | Restoration News He can start by firing Superintendent Joanna Nunan at the U.S. Merchant Marine...
Merchant Marine Academy Superintendent Pushes DEI Agenda
All the service academies unfortunately have caught the woke mind virus. Here’s a post on X about the problems: The...
Potential cadet prep meeting with USMA and USAFA: “You’re going to have to act super woke in order to pass this”
The woke agenda starts off potential academy cadets lying from the very beginning. And then if they do get in, they still...
Comparing West Point Acceptance Letters
While on the topic of Pete Hegseth’s West Point acceptance letter from 1999, let’s see how it compares to the...
West Point Trying to Derail Their Next Boss, Pete Hegseth
STARRS Concerning stories about West Point don’t happen often, but when they do, they’re always a doozy and USMA really...
The 2024 Election Was A Referendum On Reality
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors As the fog of battle from the 2024 presidential race is lifting, it is...
The narcissistic DC Swamp is gaslighting Americans again
STARRS For a long time, Americans have been gaslit by the narcissistic snob establishment “elites” in DC running...
What the Trump nominees Have Not Done—And Will Not Do
By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness Deflated by the resounding November defeat, the left now believes it can...
Incoming National Security Adviser Michael Waltz: Trump Is ‘Absolutely’ Standing by Pete Hegseth
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Incoming National Security Adviser Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said Thursday that President...
‘Get This Woke Garbage Out’: GOP Senators Push Back on Effort to ‘Force’ Women into Service
Forgive, But Don’t Forget
Senator: “One of my top priorities has been removing divisive DEI policies from our nation’s military”
Senator: “We need a military that is 100% focused on protecting our country and enhancing national security.”
Pete Hegseth Speaks Out, On Media Smears, Responding to Accusations, and How He’d Reform Military
Judge upholds U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program
How many transgenders are REALLY in the military?
Pete Hegseth Will Make The Pentagon Great Again
Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst Endorsed Transgender Military Service
Conservative watchdog compiles list of ‘woke ideologues’ in military for Pete Hegseth to purge
Diversity Whack-a-Mole: Controversial DOD Employee Pops Back Up at Education Department
‘Shell Game’: The Feds Said Anti-White Activist’s DOD DEI Unit Was Disbanded. She Was Actually Promoted.
‘Celebrating Diversity’: Biden’s Army, Navy Nominees Pushed DEI Ideology While In Uniform
Don’t Give Up The Ship … Coronadan Contributes Essay To New Book
The ‘Woke’ Awakening
Free Hillsdale Course: Marxism, Socialism, and Communism
Weakness, Not Wokeness, Plagues US Generals
“DEI Needs to Be Part of Air Force DNA” Lt General Kevin Schneider
Pete Hegseth’s War on the Woke: Can He Fix America’s Broken Military?
Trump’s Defense Secretary nominee Hegseth gears up to target Pentagon DEI initiatives
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Inside the DEI Reading Room at the Air Force Academy
In the Soviet Army, each company had “political enlightenment dayrooms” (ie indoctrination rooms) which...
Many top colleges, including service academies, ‘training a cadre of political commissars’ through DEI certificate programs
Many American colleges and universities are offering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) certificates that are not only a...
Army / West Point
Nat Sec Watchdog Urges Army To Investigate Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation A national security organization filed a request on Sept. 19 for the Army...
West Point’s pronoun ‘play acting’ training exercise and CRT lecture
Congressmen Michael Waltz of Florida and Jim Banks of Indiana demanded answers from West Point regarding the school’s role...
Navy / Naval Academy
Undercover: Exposing DEI in the United States Military
Steven Crowder published exclusive undercover video exposing the radical Diversity, Equity & Inclusion theology embraced...
These military men have had enough
Two soldiers from The Old Guard and a Naval Aviator seem to be done with today’s progressive culture: 2 Fort Myer...
America First Legal Demands An IG Investigation of the “Navy Drag Queen” Joshua Kelley
US Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (Part 2 of 3): The Witnesses
Navy Seals on DEI Results: No merit, no accountability for failure, mission drift
Why is there a lack of ownership and responsibility among Navy Academy cadets?
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Help Academy Cadets Defend Themselves!
‘Heroic Work’: Biden Congratulates Coast Guard Hero He’s Trying to Fire
Racial Preferences At Our Service Academies Are Not Essential To National Security
Coastie Wants Back in, But the Coast Guard Continues to Force Preferred Pronouns Amid an Ongoing Recruiting and Retention Crisis
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