The Warfighter ethos is back. Important memo from USMC Sergeant Major Troy Black, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman, Joint Staff: SEAC Memo, The Joint Non-Negotiables (5 Mar 25) pdf THE JOINT NON-NEGOTIABLES Who We Are. The Joint Force is the...
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“The President’s charge to me was to return the Defense Department to its warfighting mission at its core: warfighting, lethality, meritocracy, accountability and readiness."--Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth
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US NAVY IN EXTREMIS! Facing China’s Growing Maritime Threat with Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret.
America faces a maritime crisis that few citizens recognize but that threatens our national security at its core. In this...
Secretary of Defense Directed Review of Physical Fitness Standards for Combat Arms Occupations
(Pentagon) The strength of our military is rooted in its high standards – they are the foundation of our military’s...
Executive Order: Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History
(WHITE HOUSE) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America...
Trump Orders Return Of Removed Monuments Dismantled During Biden Era
By Thomas English | The Daily Caller News Foundation President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday directing...
Senators question Air Force Academy superintendent, others about civilian faculty
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette After the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for more service members to...
US Naval Academy ends race consideration in admissions
By Nate Raymond | Reuters In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump’s views, the U.S. Naval Academy...
FOIA: Biden’s Army Trained Soldiers to Believe Pro-Lifers Were Terrorists and Jews Invented Terrorism
By Jordan Sekulow | Townhall When President Trump fired several of the military’s top brass this past February, the...
DEOMI pausing military equal-opportunity training up to 6 months to review Trump executive orders
By Rick Neale | Florida Today The Defense Equal Opportunity Management Institute at Patrick Space Force Base is pausing...
Review of Department of Defense Advisory Committees
The SECDEF’s Chief of Staff is directing a review of all DOD advisory committees. Here’s the key portion of this...
Senator: “The Academies must always remember why they were created in the first place.”
(Press Release) Yesterday, as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel,U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville...
Problem of active-duty officers openly against the Commander-in-Chief
By retired Army Colonel Cynical Publius (@CynicalPublius on X) There is an enormous problem in our nation’s military, one...
VMI at War: Defiant Leadership vs. National Authority
The piece below summarizes four important, informative, and highly researched “must-read” articles written by Virginia...
The Joint Non-Negotiables
The Warfighter ethos is back. Important memo from USMC Sergeant Major Troy Black, the Senior Enlisted Advisor to the...
VP Vance speech at Marine Corps Base Quantico; Slams DEI
Marine Veteran and US Vice President JD Vance spoke about the military at his visit to Marine Corps Base Quantico. Around...
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Live Not By Lies Documentary
New from Angel Studios: LIVE NOT BY LIES is a four-part documentary series sharing the heroic stories of religious...
Capt. Brent Sadler named Commandant of the U.S. Merchant Marine
By John Konrad | gCaptain In a significant and long-awaited move that could reshape the trajectory of American maritime...
Defense Secretary begins reversing military wokeness by firing two JAGs
By Andre Perrard | San Antonio News Radio 1200 The American military has been on a backward slide into Leftist gender...
End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies
By David Kane | Minding the Campus Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on...
The Opposition complex is an extraordinarily powerful, technologically sophisticated, and overwhelmingly partisan machine
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors In a recent piece, the great Victor Davis Hanson apologized to his readers...
Senate Hearing on Status of Military Service Academies – March 26, 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing, “To conduct oversight and receive testimony on the status of the...
SECDEF Hegseth eliminates $580 million on wasteful ‘woke’ spending
By Bethany Blankley | The Center Square In an ongoing effort to identify and cut wasteful spending at the U.S. Department of...
Naval Academy will not remove DEI-related materials from library
This doesn’t make sense By James Matheson | Baltimore Sun The U.S. Naval Academy will not be forced to remove...
Military Should Be Defined by Effectiveness, Not Ideology
By Tony Perkins | The Washington Stand Last week, U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes, a Biden appointee, halted President...
The Role of Masculinity in Military Effectiveness and Lethality
By Dr. Meaghan Mobbs, USMA 2008, Former Army Captain Independent Women’s Center for Safety and Security Director Recently...
The Real Cold War with Drew Dix
STARRS Board of Advisor Drew Dix, a Medal of Honor Recipient, talks about his previously sensitive operational mission in...
The Constitution Comes First: How Our Military Legal System Lost Its Way – Judge Bruce Tucker Smith
On this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host Al Palmer talks with Judge Bruce Tucker Smith, a 21-year veteran JAG officer...
Mark Levin Gives Masterclass in Marxism–and its Meaning Today
In 20 minutes, Mark Levin explains Marxism from Hegel to Marx to Gramsci to Wilson and it’s implications for today...
Rangers Lead the Way – New Army Video
The US Army just dropped an impressive new 8- minute video called, “How DO you become a U.S. Army Ranger? | Army...
The Military’s Dangerous Double Standard for Women in Combat
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News It’s imperative to adopt American military policies that create the strongest...
Biologically female NCOs sue Air Force, say it’s ‘not possible’ for them ‘to serve as a woman’
March Madness. By Jamie Joseph | Fox News Two transgender military service members, both of whom have already undergone sex...
Gaslighting Headlines Regarding DEI Content Purge in DOD
STARRS On 26 February 2025, the Pentagon issued a memo entitled, “Digital Content Refresh” that said by March 5...
Habits of Honor, Faith, and Patriotism – Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai
One of the new appointees to the USAFA Board of Visitors is retired Air Force Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai, a 1989...
Read the Room: Kendall claims DEI purge will weaken military
Former Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall, a West Point grad who is “left of Marx” according to one of his...
Biden-Appointed Judge Blocks Trump Ban On Transgender Service Members
By Wallace White | Daily Caller News Foundation In a ruling Tuesday, a Biden-appointed federal judge blocked President...
Military Kids “Rebel” Against DEI Removal: Woke indoctrination at DODEA Schools
Observe the reactions and actions from teachers and kids at DODEA schools in response to the Commander-in-Chief’s and...
The Woke Military: A Question of Paternity
By Judge Bruce Tucker Smith Retired USAF Judge Advocate and DHS Administrative Law Judge The woke military is the bastard...
Biden Department Of Veterans Affairs Provided Transgender Procedures Despite Ban, Documents Show
By Luke Rosiak | The Daily Wire The Department of Veterans Affairs for years defied a rule barring “gender alterations” to...
Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall’s Claim that Trump is a “Rogue” President: Hypocrisy, Projection, or Both?
By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired In a Guest Opinion in the February 24, 2025, New York Times, former...
Sean Spicer: From the White House to the Naval Academy BoV
On Newt Gingrich’s podcast, Newt talks with Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary, about his recent...
USAFA DEI Chief’s Title Changes
A USAFA grad alerted us to the fact that USAFA’s Chief, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer had changed his...
Naval Academy: A “House Divided”
A former Naval Academy professor writes about his concerns that SECDEF Hegseth might remove some civilian professors at...
Unity Letter to USAFA AOG
The five STARRS-recommended Unity slate of candidates to be on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Association of...
Admiral Derek Trinque is Everything Wrong with the Woke Navy
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News President Trump has a new target: A Navy admiral who adores Anthony Fauci and...
DAF announces Restoring America’s Fighting Force Task Force validation plan
(Dept. of Air Force) Today, the Department of the Air Force announced its validation plan in response to the Restoring...
How DEI and Marxism Threaten U.S. Defense with Ronald Scott on The Truth & Liberty Show
STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 was interviewed on the Truth & Liberty show to...
VA to Phase Out Treatment for Gender Dysphoria
All savings from this change will go to helping paralyzed Veterans and amputees (VA Press Release) In response to President...
President Trump Is Not Weakening Our National Security or Our Military
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Thank you for allowing me to respond to retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair’s commentary...
President Trump Appoints New Members to Three Service Academy Board of Visitors
After removing members of USAFA, USMA and USNA Board of Visitors appointed by Biden, President Trump named their...
BGen Chris Walker on Glenn Beck Show
STARRS Board of Advisors member Brig. General Chris “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...
VMI Alumnus Nominated to Serve as Army Undersecretary
(VMI) Congratulations to VMI alumnus and retired Army colonel Michael Obadal ’96 who has been nominated to serve as Army...
Course Correction Required for Naval War College’s Women, Peace, and Security Program
By Rebecca Buis and Capt. Brent Sadler, USN ret, USNA ’94 | The Daily Signal At a February town hall, Secretary of...
West Point Grad: Fort Bragg returns and a legacy is restored
By Congressman Pat Harrigan, USMA ’09 Last Friday, I stood in Fayetteville with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll...
Department of the Navy Announces New Policy on Sailors with Gender Dysphoria
(US Navy) The Department of the Navy announced policy changes for Sailors with a current diagnosis or history of gender...
Getting Out of Forever Wars
By Major General Don McGregor, USAF, ret. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been mired in “forever...
Military Paradigm Swinging Away from Wokeism Toward Meritocracy
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George Orders a Review of All COVID Vax Mandate Related GOMORs
Coast Guard Academy Removes References to ‘Climate Change’ from Its Curriculum
Air Force Academy Reverses Decision, Allows Muslim Cadets to Forgo Physical Training During Ramadan
Secretary Hegseth says the DOD does not do ‘climate change crap’
SECDEF: Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards
‘Smartest Guy In The Room’: Meet The Man Trump Just Tapped To Head America’s Highest Military Office
USAFA Cadets test warfighter readiness in spring CULEX
A Premature Death Sentence for DEI at the U.S. Naval Academy?
President names allies to Naval Academy Board of Visitors
West Point Must Come Clean
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies for Future Battlefield
DoD eliminates leftism as military recruitment bounce signals surge in Gen Z patriotism
Unity Slate wins seats on USAFA AOG Board of Directors
SECDEF Hegseth: “The warfighters are back in charge.”
Update on DEI and Vax Remedy Issues in the Military
Ever wonder why there are no statues of a post-WW2 West Point General?
Military Watchdog Sues Air Force For Records Of Experiment Aimed To Boost Women, Minority Graduation Rates
Army TRADOC using AI to purge DEI from training materials
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Air Force / Air Force Academy
Recommending Brig. Gen. Schwalier for the Air Force ‘Plucking Board’
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian In the mid-1990s, Brig. Gen. Terryl J...
The Supreme Court won’t allow racial preferences at service academies, either
By Michael Ormsbee, professor of constitutional law topics and space law at the U.S. Air Force Academy The Supreme Court...
Army / West Point
Three Dozen Troops Killed in One Year of Military Aviation Mishaps — Pentagon Response Unclear
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News At least three dozen service members have been killed in military aviation mishaps in...
West Point Sued After Director of Admissions Brags About What Happens to White Applicants
When Ibram X. Kendi’s preposterous thesis that “the only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination” becomes...
Rep. Banks Passes Amendment to End Racial Discrimination at Military Academies
West Point Official Mission Statement eliminating Duty, Honor, Country
Nickaylah Sampson’s Experience at West Point was the Racism of Low Expectations
Reps Skewer Army Official For Saying Trainer Who Labeled Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’ Wasn’t Fired
Navy / Naval Academy
Biden’s Elevation of Woke Admiral to Top NATO Post Among Blocked Promotions
For a top position at NATO, President Joe Biden’s pick is an admiral who has been outspoken about increased opportunities...
5 Military Officials Whose Damaging Left-Wing Antics Must Be Accounted For
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist In a major step toward accountability at the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth...