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STARRS Podcasts
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
Major General Joe Arbuckle on Meritocracy, Accountability and Military Reform
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
DEI’s Impact on Military Unity, Readiness and Historical Lessons for Today
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
USNA dodged the bullet by uninviting this unhinged speaker
Biden Promotes DEI-Pushing Air Force Officials On His Way Out The Door
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist As his disastrous presidency comes to a close, Joe Biden promoted several Air Force...
Air Force Academy official forms refer to Fathers and Mothers as “Non-Birthing Parents”
By STARRS Utah’s Senator Mike Lee posted on X that he had recently spoken with the father of a U.S. Air Force Academy...
Pete Hegseth will de-woke the Pentagon and restore the military’s mission
By Andrew Cherkasky and Katie Cherkasky Authors of the book, “Woke Warriors: How the Left Is Destroying America’s...
Labarbera: In Support of Major Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense
By Joe Labarbera Former infantry major in the U.S. Army and served in the U.S. Marine Corps The mission of the Infantry is...
Huckabee to Newsmax: Hegseth Will Boot Woke From Military
By Mark Swanson | Newsmax Mike Huckabee, who was recently chosen to be ambassador to Israel by President-elect Donald Trump...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop
By Luke Parker | Catonsville Times A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime Saturday after a tattoo shop in...
John Frankman, who was forced out of Army over COVID vaccine, wants to fill Gaetz’s seat
STARRS has many articles about former Green Beret Army Captain John Frankman due to his stand-up position about not taking...
Military Leadership Indoctrinated by DEI?
Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch talks about the military, including Judicial Watch’s recent FOIAs of the service...
The DEI industrial complex is about to be destroyed
By Jim Breslo | World Net Daily President-elect Donald Trump has promised the “largest deportation operation in...
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with retired Air Force Brigadier General...
Modern Warriors Veterans Panel with Hegseth and Lohmeier
STARRS Executive Vice President Matt Lohmeier was on Pete Hegseth’s Modern Warriors live show on Veteran’s Day...
Where Americans Stand on NDAA 2025 issues: DEI, Climate Change and Foreign Aid
Another signal. Resonate, an AI platform tracking public sentiment provides this report showing most Americans want to get...
USAFA Grad Congressman Pfluger Demands DOD Re-Affirm First Amendment After USAFA-SJSU Shirt Controversy
By Dan Zaksheske | Outkick Last month, OutKick exclusively reported that an Air Force Academy graduate was denied entry...
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How Did the Military Go Woke?
STARRS Executive Vice President Matthew Lohmeier was interviewed by Restoration of America, which is dedicated to...
The ‘Defense World’ Freakout Over Pete Hegseth Is Epic, and It Tells Us Everything We Need to Know
By Bonchie | Red State Of all the cabinet picks Donald Trump unveiled over the last few days, none has caused more...
Trump urged to hold Pentagon accountable for anti-mandate troops shown the door
By J.M. Phelps | American Family News As President-elect Trump draws in on Inauguration Day, his transition team readies...
Gov’t accused of ‘propping up’ deadly COVID treatment in military trials
By J.M. Phelps | American Family News American Family News spoke to Brad Miller, a former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who...
What Trump Can Do for the Military
By Col. Gary Anderson, USMC ret Donald Trump correctly realized that this election was about domestic ‘kitchen...
Firing Incompetent and Woke Generals Is Necessary, Not ‘Fascism’
By Jarrett Stepman | Daily Signal Firing incompetent generals is a good thing. In fact, it might be what the military needs...
Pentagon ‘Scrambling,’ Wiping Evidence of DEI as Trump Readies to Fire Woke Generals
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News The Pentagon is in “absolute disarray” with “generals scrambling” due to the incoming...
Notice of the Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors – Dec 2, 2024
From the Federal Register. Attend or submit a statement. SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the...
West Point Grad Congressman: “We got our country back”; “Identity politics is dead.”
Texas Congressman Wesley Hunt, USMA ’04 and wearing a West Point jacket, recently had this to say on the Benny Johnson...
Top Military Officers on Trump’s Review Board: It Could Be Very Hard to Do Our Job (pushing the DEI agenda)
Let’s break down this stunningly tone-deaf article from Military.com by Steven Benyon: ‘It Could Be Very Hard to...
‘A Tremendous Boon’: Trump’s Sec Def Pick Will Give Pentagon Its First Real Wake Up Call In Decades
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation President-elect Donald Trump’s decision to tap Pete Hegseth for secretary...
New Poll Reveals Growing Number Of Veterans Choosing Not To Recommend Military Service Under Biden
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation A growing number of veterans are opting to not recommend others join the...
How Pete Hegseth’s book on ‘woke’ Pentagon helped him land secretary of defense nomination
By Anna Young | New York Post Fox News personality and Army National Guard member Pete Hegseth’s latest book slamming the...
Pete Hegseth interview on Shawn Ryan Show
Former Navy Seal Shawn Ryan interviewed Pete Hegseth–now the nominee to be the Secretary of Defense–in an...
Trump selects Mike Waltz as National Security Adviser
By Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Idrees Ali | Reuters President-elect Donald Trump has picked Republican Representative...
Securing America interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop
Securing American host Frank Gaffney interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop, USAF re, on the divisive DEI agenda...
DEI Damages Intelligence Agencies
By John Gentry, USAR ret Former CIA Analyst The damage that “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) policies are doing to...
Trump Draft Executive Order Would Create Board to Purge Generals
By Vivian Salama, Nancy A. Youssef and Lara Seligman | Wall Street Journal The Trump transition team is considering a...
Days of DEI in the Pentagon Should Be Numbered
By Dave Patterson | Liberty Nation News Retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam and a former...
Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Rebranding of West Point’s DEI Office
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S...
President Trump: “No Marxism Allowed” in America’s Armed Forces
Excerpt from a longer video where President Trump talks about rebuilding the US military: _ President Trump: “…...
Listen to the People
By STARRS We The People have spoken during this historic election. Despite the constant media propaganda, it turns out the...
Beginning of the End of “Peak Wokeness”?
By Michael Shellenberger on X Across the United States, people who voted for Kamala Harris are reacting with shock, sadness...
Questions Raised About VMI Professor Supporting Radical Causes
This billboard truck showed up at the Virginia Military Institute today, parked in front of the alumni hall and in full view...
The Basics of Cultural Marxism
Cultural Marxism is a challenging term that refers to a broad Leftist social phenomenon that took place in the West through...
What Makes A Marxist? | Dr. Paul Kengor
Ben Shapiro interview Dr. Paul Kengor, a distinguished political scientist, author, and expert on communism and Ronald...
Coastie Wants Back in, But the Coast Guard Continues to Force Preferred Pronouns Amid an Ongoing Recruiting and Retention Crisis
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit The U.S. Coast Guard is unduly burdening the rights of a Coast Guard veteran by dragging...
Trump’s expected military reset: Culture war counteroffensive
By Brad Dress | The Hill President-elect Trump is expected to transform the U.S. military from the Pentagon, with promises...
Mandate for Leadership: Department of Defense
Relevant excerpts from the chapter (page 91) by Christopher Miller, former SECDEF, in Heritage Foundation’s Mandate...
The next POTUS must place a mission-based focus on our Military and Veterans
By US Navy veteran Tommy Marquez, The Pipe Hitter Foundation The American people have been through almost an entire...
Biden-Harris Admin Focused On Diversity At The VA As Veterans Faced Massive Claims Backlog
By Robert Schmad | Daily Caller News Foundation The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) expanded its diversity, equity and...
Supreme Court turns away Trump military board appointees’ fight against Biden firings
By Zach Schonfeld | The Hill The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from several allies of former President Trump...
Reviewing ‘We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red’
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Larry Purdy has written a lengthy article titled “We All Wear Green...
Restoring the Warrior Ethos to the Trump Military
By Cynical Publius, a retired US Army Colonel | American Greatness As a second Trump term becomes possible (or even...
20 Congress Members Try to Safeguard DEI Initiatives in FY25 NDAA
(Press Release) Congresswoman Jennifer McClellan (VA-04)led a group of 20 Members in sending a letter to Senate Armed...
Wokeness Is Responsible for the Military Recruitment Crisis
By Col. Gary Anderson, USMC ret | American Spectator If our nation’s top military and civilian leaders want to understand...
Now-Retired Navy Whistleblower is Ready to Come Clean About the COVID Shot, and He’s Demanding Accountability
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Two years ago, active-duty Navy Medical Service Corps officer Lt. Ted Macie became a...
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
This important episode of STARRS & Stripes looks at the radical and dangerous left-wing ideological influences and...
Two Disturbing Stories Regarding the Academies
These two similar stories were recently seen in comment sections on two different articles on different websites: “A...
New Intelligence Rules Let The U.S. Military Help Kill Americans, But Not Directly
By Cynical Publius (on X @CynicalPublius), ret US Army Colonel | The Federalist American politics has turned into a...
New Department of Defense Directive: A License To Kill American Citizens?
“Our military will take years to recover from this leadership-generated lack of trust”
Boeing Dismantles DEI Department!
Internal CIA documents, presentation show effort to mandate DEI at the center of the intel agency
Equity Everywhere: 500 Ways the Biden-Harris Administration Infused DEI Into the Federal Government
Election Results Will Determine if Military Can Be Salvaged
4 Years of Biden-Harris ‘Woke’ Military Policies Have Left America Dangerously Weak, Vulnerable, Unprepared
Forging a National Security Agenda: An Open Letter to the Presidential Candidates
Want To Thank Vets for Their Military Service? Vote Like You Mean It
How Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation
Documentary Exposes the DEI Scam and Race Hustlers
Hoping for a Red Sky at Night Soon
Misinformation About the Military and Climate Change
Republicans Spent Years Slamming ‘Woke’ Military Policies. The Election Could Give Them the Chance to Act.
The 2024 Survey of Military Veterans
Comments on “DEI is Crushing Military Recruitment”
Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
DEI Is Crushing Military Recruitment
A University spent millions on DEI efforts. They failed miserably.
Unmasking the Marxist Agenda in the Military
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
USAFA Mandates Radical Leftist Gender Training
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret Chairman of the Board Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc...
Air Force Celebrates ‘Pride Month’ Amidst ‘Worst’ Recruiting Crisis In Modern History
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist As Joe Biden’s reckless foreign policy puts the world on the edge of catastrophe with...
Army / West Point
US Army spending big on hybrid-electric Abrams tank
By Stephen Byren | AsiaTimes The Army is funding two competitors to build a new, lighter, Abrams tank, dubbed Abrams X...
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
STARRS & Stripes host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret interviews retired Army Special Forces Major Drew Dix, Medal of Honor...
Navy / Naval Academy
What They Learn at Annapolis is Brought to the Fleet
By CDR Salamander | Substack Having checked my notes, in Annapolis we have the United States Naval Academy. Sure, there is...
Politics and the Academy Boards of Visitors
An Open Letter to STARRS Members Regarding Service Academy Board of Visitor (BOV) Firings By Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)...
CG/Coast Guard Academy
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