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STARRS Podcasts
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
Ever wonder what it takes to fly one of the Navy’s most iconic jets? Join STARRS & Stripes podcast with host CDR...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
DEI’s Impact on Military Unity, Readiness and Historical Lessons for Today
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
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Matt Lohmeier: Navigating Ideological Shifts in the Military
Matt Lohmeier, Executive Vice President of STARRS, author of the book “Irresistible Revolution” and a public speaker, gave the keynote talk at STARRS Rally for Our Republic in September 2024 in Arizona. His presentation starts with a video...
Ray Semko: Patriotism, Sacrifice, and the Call to Civic Action
Security Educator and Public Speaker Ray Semko: The D*I*C*E Man, who served as the STARRS Rally for Our Republic emcee, also...
Timothy Sandefur on Frederick Douglass and the American Dream
Timothy Sandefur of the Goldwater Institute gave a talk at STARRS Rally for Our Republic in September 2024 in Arizona. Rally...
Free Speech Under Fire: Ann Atkinson’s Stand Against Academic Censorship
Whistleblower Ann Atkinson, a staunch defender of free speech, gave a talk at the STARRS Rally for Our Republic in September...
Kim Miller: What Happens When Women Wake Up!
Kim Miller, President & CEO of Arizona Women of Action, spoke at the STARRS “Rally for Our Republic” in...
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
Echoes of Tyranny: The Forgotten Lessons from History
Introductory comments to the article by Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 The below-linked article from Brownstone Institute...
“…Nowhere else to go.”
By Chaplain, Major General, Charles C. Baldwin (USAF, Retired) Chaplain, Colonel, Alexander F. C. Webster (USA, Retired)...
Gen. Bishop: Isn’t this what America should be about?
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman The Lorraine American Cemetery is one my wife Mary and...
Communism In America
By CDR Breck Henderson, US Navy veteran Communism should be dead and buried. It’s been 33 years since the USSR officially...
The Growing DEI Threat to Intelligence Agencies
NSA, DIA and the intelligence arms of the military services are part of the US Intelligence Community. By John Gentry | ...
Trump Video Slams Wokeness in the Military
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Former President Donald Trump’s campaign played a video at a rally earlier this week in...
“DOD now sees combating climate change as CENTRAL to its mission.”
What??? From Andrew Follett in the National Review: With the World in Turmoil, Biden and Harris Focus the Defense Department...
Honor Is Sine Qua Non
By pyrene In the article in Military Review Online Exclusive (September 2024) “West Point 2050: How the U.S. Military...
Thoughts on West Point 2050
By pyrene (1) The article in Military Review Online Exclusive (September 2024) “West Point 2050: How the U.S. Military...
How Woke Politics are Endangering the U.S. Military
Newt Gingrich talks with Captain Tom Burbage about his new book with the Calvert Task Group, “Don’t Give Up the Ship.” How...
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Defense for Records on U.S. Air Force Academy’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plans
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Stand...
Postponing This Partisan Lecture Isn’t Enough
By Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Radical political historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to speak at...
Capt. Hung Cao: The military is actually exclusive, not inclusive
Capt. Hung Cao, US Navy ret, USNA ’96 recently spoke about DEI in the military: Transcript: Anyone who’s gone to...
Trump Pledges New Task Force To Gut DEI Racism From The U.S. Military
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist On Friday, President Donald Trump agreed to create a new task force aimed at keeping...
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‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers
By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a...
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy has postponed a previously scheduled lecture featuring a New...
Navy Whistleblower Rips Leftist Woke Military in Retirement Speech
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart . . . Whistleblower Ted Macie served as first class petty officer for 11 years as a seabee...
Task Force to Rid DOD of the DEI Industry and Agenda
Matt Lohmeier was interviewed on OAN’s Real America with Dan Ball about Trump saying he would create a task force to...
Military Whistleblower Shares his Motivation for Releasing the Explosive “The Remdesivir Papers” Report
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit The military whistleblower who helped provide the explosive data behind the 5,400-word...
Ex-Green Beret Forced Out Over Vax Mandate Asks Trump How He’ll ‘Hold Military Leaders Accountable?’
At his campaign town hall on 4 October in Fayetteville, North Carolina, former President Trump was asked about how...
China’s Financial Strategies to Undermine America
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors China owns a lot of U.S. debt. A Congressional Research Service...
Rally For Our Republic – Arizona
STARRS held a “Rally For Our Republic” event in September 2024 in Arizona. Here is a video of the full event...
Congressman Keith Self Denounces U.S. Naval Academy’s Decision to Invite Partisan Speaker to Historic Bancroft Lecture
(Press Release) Congressman Keith Self led a letter to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Yvette M. Davids condemning the...
At NC Town Hall, Matt Lohmeier asks President Trump to remove divisive DEI from the military
STARRS Executive Vice President Matthew Lohmeier, a US Air Force Academy graduate and former Lt. Colonel in the US Air...
Naval Academy Invites Outspoken Anti-Trump Guest To Give Keynote Speech At High-Level Lecture
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy has reportedly invited an outspoken anti-Trump...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 23 Oct 2024
A USAFA Board of Visitors meeting will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm Eastern Time (7 am to 11 am...
Report: The Military’s Obsession With DEI Politics Is Hampering Its Readiness
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The main mission of the U.S. military is to protect American lives and interests...
On the brink of war but Tinker Air Force Base celebrates National Coming Out Day
The world’s on fire and on the brink of war but Tinker Air Force Base thought it would be a good idea to post a tweet...
Senate candidate Capt Hung Cao rails against drag queens in US military
From the New York Post: The Republican US Senate candidate for Virginia went off during a Wednesday night debate about drag...
Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By Hans von Spakovsky and Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, USN ret Daily Signal By inviting a speaker, history...
162 Members of Congress Push for LGBTQ+ Radicalism in the Military
Odd letter that shows the thinking on the other side: Getting rid of the alphabet agenda in the military will ”...
Push back against the purge
By Col. Phil Williams, US Army ret STARRS Board of Advisors The great woke purge of U.S. history continues. In a never...
Marines Surpass Enlisted Recruitment Goal by 1, Officers over a Dozen in Sharp Drop from 2023
From Military.com: Amid a military-wide recruiting crisis, the Marine Corps said Friday that it surpassed its recruiting...
Naval Academy Allows Bancroft Lecture Series to Become Politicized
Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Anti-Trump historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is scheduled to lecture midshipmen on...
More Than 200 Retired Admirals And Generals Endorse Trump
By M.D. Kittle | The Federalist With the United States facing arguably the “most important election since our Nation was...
Live by the Sword, Die by the Sword
By Lani Kass, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors Pearl-clutching leaders, biased media, and delusional demonstrators are outraged...
The Power Elite
By Ronald J. Scott in his personal capacity On September 22, 2024, an organization named National Security Leaders for...
Army Hit With Lawsuit After Stonewalling Inquiries Into West Point’s Removal Of Iconic Mission Statement
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Army was hit with a lawsuit on Friday after ignoring transparency...
Your Mother Wears Combat Boots
By William Thibeau | Claremont Institute The American military is widely seen as the last bastion of institutional...
Lawyers offer closing arguments in trial over whether Naval Academy can consider race in admissions
By Alex Mann | The Baltimore Sun The question of whether the Naval Academy can continue to consider an applicant’s race in...
America’s Military Can’t Endure Another Four Years Of Democrat Rule
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist (STARRS does not advocate for any candidate or party) Nobody understood the concept of...
Months After Biden’s Promise to Pardon Thousands of LGBTQ Veterans, Only 8 Have Applied
From Military.com: The White House claimed that “thousands” of veterans could benefit when President Biden announced this...
U.S. Army Drops Diversity Requirement For Selecting High-Level Non-Commissioned Officers
By Ashe Schow | Daily Wire The top enlisted leader of the U.S. Army has issued guidance removing the requirement for...
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
His Army Air Corps grandfather received his pilot license in 1906 from Orville Wright and knew aviation legends like Charles...
Rep. Banks Launches Probe Into Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks
By Jake Smith | Daily Caller News Foundation Republican Indiana Rep. Jim Banks is probing the Air Force regarding...
U.S. Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (The Legal Arguments: Part 1 of 3)
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret | Daily Signal Can the United States Naval...
Book Review of “Lies My Liberal Teacher Told Me” by Dr. Wilfred Reilly
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors Not surprising to those familiar with his previous work, Dr...
Is Our Military Prepared?
Letter to the Editor published in the Ozaukee County News Graphic: By Lt Col Phil Bail, USAF ret STARRS Wisconsin State...
White Males Need Not Apply, USAF Ditched Merit for Diversity
By Dave Patterson, retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam Former Principal Deputy Under...
Are You Racist?–Movie Review of “Am I Racist?”
By Lt Col Eric M. Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 “The demand for racism far exceeds the supply.”–Thomas Sowell Matt...
A Serious Pentagon Must Hold a ‘Plucking Board’
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian On 1 September 1939 – the day Hitler...
A Call From STARRS Leadership for Volunteers
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, September 24, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The President and CEO of STARRS, Dr. Ron...
Army’s Top Enlisted Leader Removed Diversity Consideration for Top Enlisted Roles
By Steve Beynon | Military.com The Army’s top enlisted leader has removed key guidance that required diversity to be...
Naval Academy Defends Race in Admissions
So they are racist? Here is another stunningly bizarre headline: US Naval Academy says considering race in admissions helps...
Air Force seeking those willing to DEI for their country?
West Point Needs a Reset, Part 2: In Their Own Words
Why Scott Perry, Brigadier General, ultimately resigned: the Army’s woke agenda betrayed his core values
Nat Sec Watchdog Urges Army To Investigate Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’
DEI: A Cancer on the Armed Forces
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
New Docs Shed Light On Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks
Helping to Correct DoD Vaccine Mandate
DoD Schools Are a Potemkin Village
A Visit to the US Air Force Academy
The Navy’s Latest ‘Woke’ Stunt Is Beyond Embarrassing
Reps Skewer Army Official For Saying Trainer Who Labeled Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’ Wasn’t Fired
Hearing on Army Extremism Policies
Congressman Keith Self, West Point Class of 1975: Barack Obama Does Not Embody Duty, Honor, Country
Navy CNO’s Vision for the Fleet
West Point grad who wrote ‘Communism will Win’ under military cap is now a Ph.D. candidate at UT Austin
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
What would they say?
Affirmative action trial against Naval Academy begins in Baltimore
BOOK REVIEW: “Social Justice Fallacies” by Thomas Sowell
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
The US Air Force Failed To Hit A Single Recruitment Goal This Year
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Air Force failed to meet its recruiting targets for enlisted...
Former Air Force Academy Professor: Stop Teaching Cadets Anti-American Racial Marxism
By Jeffrey H. Anderson In a recent Washington Post op-ed, United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) political science...
Army / West Point
A Letter to the Dean of the Academic Board, U.S. Military Academy
By Bill Prince, USMA 1970 Office of the Dean Attn: BG Shane Reeves Greeting BG Reeves, Col. (Ret.) Bill Prince here. USMA...
Today’s Generals and Admirals: Children of a Lesser God
By Col. Gary Anderson, USMC ret It was 2012 when I first realized that our current group of four star military leaders are...
Navy / Naval Academy
Jim Banks To Grill Military Academy Heads On Race-Based Admissions
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation House lawmakers plan to grill leaders of the military service academies...
How CRT made its way into military academies
Lt Gen Rod Bishop, STARRS President and BOD Chairman, appeared on Debbie Georgatos’ Vimeo program America, Can We Talk? Gen...
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard announces Return to Service Team initiative
Affirmative Action Must End at Military-Service Academies
US Coast Guard Apparently Had Pre-Written Denials For Vaccine Exemption Requests, Docs Show
Bill to Protect Air Force Cadets, Midshipmen From Being Punished for Not Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine
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STARRS Releases Weekly Newsletter
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DACODAI: A Little-Known Cultural Agent Pushing the CRT/DEI Agenda in the Military