A three-minute video from a military academy lit the fuse for a bigger question: how did ideas tied to Marxism and collectivism become so normal inside American culture, education, and even the armed services? STARRS & Stripes podcast host CDR Al...
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A Different Generation
Four-minute video to the music “Jungle Fire” of a different generation of Men who fought in the jungles of...
USAFA Updates Core Values Ramp
(USAFA Press Release) As a primary commissioning source for two military branches, the U.S. Air Force Academy is updating...
Stop Pretending This is Normal
Marine vet and host of “Jamesons Travels” channel on YouTube wants to know why he’s still seeing fat and...
America’s Warriors Are Rising Again with Marine vet Chad Robichaux
America’s military is showing signs of a remarkable turnaround, and many believe there’s a reason why. In this...
Commanders Call: Casey Fleming, author of “The Red Tsunami: The Silent Storm Killing Your Freedom”
At the MacArthur Society’s June Commanders Call, the guest speaker was T. Casey Fleming, a top keynote and two-time...
STARRS New Position Papers for Capitol Hill and Pentagon
STARRS leaders were part of a successful joint delegation with leaders of the MacArthur Society to visit elected officials...
Fauci Funded Wuhan Lab Research That Sparked COVID
New evidence Fauci manipulated intelligence and LIED to Congress. And as a result, the military lost thousands of good...
Senate Republican pushes merit-based military promotions, targets Biden-era DEI policies
By Alex Miller | Fox News Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has made it his priority to carve out “woke” policies...
They Were Forced Out Of The Military. Now What? With Guest Colonel Kevin Bouren
For many American service members, the battle didn’t happen overseas. It happened at home. In this episode of Allen...
Communism at America 250
Dr. Paul Kengor gave a lecture at the Heritage Foundation on how communism is antithetical to the principles of the American...
Movie Review: “Revolutionary America”
By Lt. Col. Eric Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 “The 4th of July has been celebrated in Philadelphia in the manner I...
Civilian Judges Playing General: Activist Courts vs. Military Readiness
By Jay Rogers Last week, a divided D.C. Circuit panel issued a 2-1 ruling finding that the Pentagon’s policy...
Counsel To Power: How Judge Advocates Turn Command Intent Into ‘Justice’
By Mark W. Castillon, Army National Guard Veteran The Instrument of Power In today’s military, particularly within the...
VA Eliminating DEI Programs, ‘Gender Ideology’ Services for LGBTQ+ Veterans
By Nick Mordowanec | Military.com A new memorandum issued by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) calls for changes to...
New Bill Targets Medal of Honor for Air Force Pilot Killed 50 Years Ago
By Haley Fuller | Military.com More than 50 years after U.S. Air Force Maj. Robert “Bob” Lodge was killed over...
Congress Warned the Pentagon About VMI
By Mike Staso, VMI ’79 and Aric Southworth, VMI ’94 A New Lawsuit Alleges Its Board Was Already Governing in...
Former CDC Director Robert Redfield Slams Biden-Era Military COVID Vaccine Mandates as Having “No Scientific Justification”
On Los Angeles Times Studios’ Straight to the Point, Catherine Herridge sat down with former CDC Director Dr. Robert...
How the Trump Admin Is Dismantling the Legal Basis for Government-Endorsed Discrimination
This race disparate impact theory was used in the military justice system. By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal The...
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28-Year Women’s Veterans Ceremony Canceled After Military Branches Decline Participation
For 28 years, a Congressional women’s caucus has held a wreath-laying ceremony at the “Women in Military Service...
Former SecAF Kendall exposes the base problem of the DEI agenda
STARRS The Biden Administration’s Secretary of the Air Force, Frank Kendall (a West Point graduate whom a classmate...
Mace Amendments Cover Military Readiness, Accountability, “cut through the DEI nonsense”
(Press Release) Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC-01) secured 29 amendments during the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act...
Hegseth and the Future of Professional Military Education
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) What should constitute the proper education of U.S. military officers? Who should be...
Pentagon drops 180 faiths from military’s recognized religions list
By Anders Hagstrom | Fox News The Department of War has officially removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions...
MGen Joe Arbuckle on America’s Frontlines
Lt Colonel Denny Gillem, USA, ret, USMA ’64, interviewed STARRS Vice Chairman Emeritus Major General Joe Arbuckle on...
Restoring Honor Culture in the U.S. Military
By Army Officer Peter Mitchell The next time one hears of virtue, honor, and “the profession of arms” in the U.S. military...
Military Service is a Privilege, not a Constitutional Right
By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret STARRS Board of Advisors Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union...
Military Blocked From Expunging ‘Transgenders’
By Thomas Gallatin | Patriot Post Gender-confused troops in the U.S. military are a problem, and the Trump administration...
Citizen Sues Virginia Military Institute and Its Board, Alleging Secret “Group Text” Meetings, Withheld and Altered Public Records
By Bob Morris, VMI grad A new lawsuit accuses the governing board of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) — one of the...
One Department, Two Standards: How the Marine Corps Purges What the Navy Accommodates
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Absent any intervention, May 21, 2026, has marked the forced conclusion of a 13-year...
Underlying strength of Secretary Hegseth’s USMA speech is its dismissal of Cultural Marxism
By Major Donald E. Vandergriff, USA ret | From his Substack I watched Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s May 23, 2026...
WHY VOTE? Seth Keshel’s Veteran Perspective
By Seth Keshel, Army Veteran I am not only a proud Army veteran who served in Afghanistan during the 2010-11 troop surge...
Matt Lohmeier Documentary Now on Amazon Prime, Apple TV
Now available to rent or buy on Amazon Prime: “Call Sign Courage: The Matt Lohmeier Story”. Click here to view...
ALCOAST: Reinstating Service Members Discharged Under the Military’s COVID-19 Mandate
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New DEI order for contractors is already being enforced as a legal challenge unfolds
On The Federal Drive with Terry Gerton podcast, she interviews Dan Ramish, a Partner with Haynes Boone. The administration’s...
Harmful Ideologies: USAF Doc Reassured Colleagues They Can’t Be Sued-Sex Changes on Minor
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors Host of the Rob Maness Show Today we’re exposing a jaw-dropping...
Judge blocks West Point from enforcing faculty speech restrictions
By Zach Schonfeld | The Hill A federal judge on Tuesday blocked restrictions imposed by the Trump administration that...
‘Woke’ Isn’t Dead, or Even Resting
By Matthew Continetti | Wall Street Journal Opinion New York University social psychologist Jonathan Haidt is no firebrand...
Coast Guard ending race-based admissions for officer commissioning program under Trump DEI crackdown
By Brie Stimson | Fox News The U.S. Coast Guard will be ending admissions that take race into consideration for college...
Chairman Pfluger Welcomes Newest Members to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
(Press Release) Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) – a U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) graduate, retired Air Force Colonel...
Pete Hegseth’s anti-DEI speech at West Point is a template to save American lives
By Douglas MacKinnon | Fox News Op-Ed If you have not read, watched, or listened to Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s recent...
Conservatives Must Reclaim American Education Now
By Brig. General Mick Zais, PhD, USA ret, USMA ’69 Vice Chairman of STARRS Board of Directors For years, Americans...
How the Chinese Communists Target American Freedom
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes podcast, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with cybersecurity leader Casey Fleming...
Reflecting On Those Who Gave The Last Full Measure
By Lt. Col. Darin Gaub, USA ret Today, we gather not for celebration, but for remembrance. We gather beneath the flag of the...
The DEI Business Case Is Falling Apart
Studies increasingly link diversity quotas to weaker performance, lower morale, and operational decline. By Lipton Matthews...
God, Duty and the Return of Moral Clarity at West Point
Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis, USA ret, USMA ’73 | Fox News Op-Ed On Saturday morning, I sat watching the rain fall over...
Pete Hegseth tears into DEI, ‘woke military’ in fiery West Point graduation speech
By Geoff Earle | New York Post Secretary of War Pete Hegseth tore into leaders who’ve tried to turn the military into “woke...
The Art of War, Not the Deal
By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret STARRS Board of Advisors Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union...
Unmasked: Vaccine Safety Signals
Email from Dr. Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72: Ron, several weeks ago you distributed an email regarding VAERS, where one of...
How the Digital Switchboard Turns Conformity into Evil
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors History’s worst crimes are not usually carried out by cartoon villains. They...
SERE, the USAF, and the Iran Rescue
By Kit Bobko USAFA ’91 USAF veteran The Schwarzenegger-movie heroics and flat-out audacity the Air Force and her sister...
SecWar Hegseth Commencement Speech at West Point
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth gave the commencement speech at West Point and railed against the radical Marxist ideology...
SECNAV signs USNA son’s commission on graduation day
Great story from the Acting Secretary of Navy Hung Cao, USNA ’96, who said on X: “Thirty years after I...
Summaries of Political Candidates Views on DEI, Vax, Immigration
Here are summaries from the questions we asked political candidates in our STARRS “Candidates Survey” on DEI, Vax and more:...
STARRS “Candidates Survey” on DEI, Vax and more
STARRS sent a survey to political candidates running for office across America asking for their positions on DEI, the Covid...
Why Is My Alma Mater USAFA Allowing Professors Who Undermine The Commander-In-Chief?
By L. Todd Wood, USAFA ’86 Dr. Ryan Burke is a Professor of Military & Strategic Studies (MSS) at the U.S. Air...
What It Really Means to Be a Man
STARRS President Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, highly recommends this video: From the video description: What does it mean...
A Plea from a Former Green Beret: Wake Up, America
By Lt. Colonel Stephen D. Cook, USA ret I served 25 years in the United States Army, much of it as a Green Beret, training...
VMI Grad: What hills do we press upon now?
By Bret R. Wilhite, VMI ‘07 What are we preserving – and what are we trading away? Not long ago, there was a time when the...
To the VMI Family: VMI’s Single Sanction Honor System – Not Ordinary
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Deal Team Six: Finally, the Pentagon Makes Defense Contractors an Offer They Can’t Refuse
Air Force updates religious accommodation process, eliminates Religious Resolution Teams
Children’s Health Defense and STARRS Support National Release of Duty to Disobey Documentary
Secretary Hegseth Announces Department-Wide Review of the Military Legal System
CIA Whistleblower Accuses Anthony Fauci of Covid Cover-Up at Bombshell Hearing
‘Duty, Honor, Country’: The Class of 2026 and MacArthur’s enduring mandate
How the Soviet Union, Russia, and China Have Systematically Subverted the United States — And What the Results Look Like
BOB WOODSON: Wake up, black America. Excellence is our inheritance
Rebuttal by Mike Rose to Legal Opinion by Skip Morgan
Mike Rose Statement to USAFA AOG: Amending AOG Bylaw
Kim Monson Radio Show interview with MGen Joe Arbuckle
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman on New Memos: “Establishment of the Dept of War C19 Reinstatement & Reconciliation Task Force” and “Reinstating Service Members Unjustly Discharged Under the C19 Vax Mandate”
USAFA ’80 Female Grad Responds To ‘Affinity Group’ Incident In Letter To AOG
Air Force Doc Appeared To Reassure Medical Staff They Couldn’t Be Sued For Sex Changes On Minors
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STARRS Podcasts
Interview with retired Air Force Colonel and author Tracey Meck
STARRS President, Dr Ron Scott interviews retired Air Force Colonel and author Tracey Meck (STARRS VP Digital Media, USAFA...
Interview with STARRS Board of Advisors Chairman Col. Bill Connor, USA ret
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with the Chairman of the STARRS Board of...
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...
Interview With Dr. Carol Swain
Dr. Ron Scott interviews Dr. Carol Swain. Dr. Swain is a former tenured professor of political science at both Princeton...
DEI’s Impact on Military Unity, Readiness and Historical Lessons for Today
Are our military forces less prepared today than they were after World War II? Join us as Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, and...
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...
Major General Joe Arbuckle on Meritocracy, Accountability and Military Reform
What does it take to rise from a private to a Major General in the U.S. Army? Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army ret, joins...
What it’s REALLY like living in a Communist country under Marxist ideology
A voice that lived through Marxism can strip away illusions in seconds. STARRS & Stripes host Commander Al Palmer, USN...
Reviving Warfighter Culture by Removing Divisive DEI – With Brig. General Chris Petty, USA ret
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, interviews STARRS Board of Directors member retired...
Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
STARRS & Stripes host Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, leads a thought-provoking discussion that challenges current...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
Meet STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, interviewed by STARRS & Stripes...
STARRS Town Hall with Guest Speaker Rick Addante: DEI is NOT Dead at the Department of War
At a STARRS Town Hall held on 18 September 2025, Dr. Rick Adante, a former tenured professor, reveals how universities...
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
STARRS & STRIPES Interviews: Meet STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 — his...
The Hoax of Critical Race Theory: Interview with Dr. Wilfred Reilly
STARRS Ron Scott talks with Dr. Wilfred Reilly about the hoax of Critical Race Theory. See his books: BOOK REVIEW: Hate...
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
STARRS & Stripes podcast host Al Palmer and guest Ron Olds, two veteran F-4 Phantom pilots during the Vietnam War...
Interview with Scott McQuarrie and Larry Purdy: Raced-based admissions in military service academies
On this STARRS podcast, STARRS President Ron Scott speaks with lawyers Scott McQuarrie, USMA 1972, and Larry Purdy, USNA...
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
STARRS recently held a Joint Town Hall with the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates and the Calvert Task Group. The...
Interview with Author Rebecca Friedrichs on the Far Left Control of our Schools
Dr. Ron Scott, Col, USAF (Ret), STARRS Board of Directors Vice Chairman, interviews Rebecca Friedrichs, author of Standing...
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...
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Is the U.S. military compromising its unity and readiness for the sake of progressive ideologies? Join STARRS & Stripes...
Military Members Fighting Vaccine Mandate
Intellectuals podcast host Dr. Ron Scott speaks with military members John Bowes, Rob Green, and Dana Lyon about their fight...
Interview with Charles Love
Dr. Ron Scott, STARRS VP and Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, interviews Charles Love. Mr. Love is the Executive Director...
Exposing DEI: Understanding the Strategy Behind Institutional Indoctrination
A lot of important, eye-opening information in STARRS July Town Hall with guest speaker Dr. Stanley Ridgley, a former Army...
Interview with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser
Dr. Ron Scott hosted an interview with Dr. Zuhdi Jasser on CD Media’s series, “The Intellectuals.” Dr. Jasser is a first...
Interview with Dr. John Hughes
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with West Point graduate Dr. John Hughes on ethical leadership. Open Letter To 61st Superintendent Of...
Interview with Maj. General Bentley Rayburn, STARRS Chairman of the Board
A fighter pilot’s logbook tells one story; the culture that shaped the pilot tells the rest. STARRS & Stripes host CDR...
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...
Interview with Matthew Lohmeier
Air Force Academy graduate and former US Space Force Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his squadron command for...
Freedom’s Last Stand: Understanding Marxist Strategies in America
Alexander Markovsky, a Soviet immigrant who grew up as the son of a high-ranking Communist Party member, brings his rare and...
Journey to Chief: Rod McKinley on Military Service, Standards, Families and Leadership Values
STARRS & Stripes host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, interviews STARRS Board of Directors member Rodney McKinley, who served as...
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Air Force / Air Force Academy
Air Force Academy Graduates Call It Quits Before Their Careers Begin
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors During their final year at the Air Force Academy (AFA), cadets...
Inside a Pentagon’s DEI Office
Brig. General Chris “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, and on the STARRS Board of Advisors was recently...
End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies
US military academies should not use race in admissions, Trump’s Pentagon pick says
Congressman rips Air Force over ‘microaggressions’ document warning airmen not to tell someone to ‘toughen up’
Supreme Court Excludes Military Academies From Ruling Striking Down Race-Based Admissions
Army / West Point
West Point Grad, a DEI Specialist and Army intel officer . . . well, no words
What a mess how much things have gotten off the rails. How many West Pointers in the Long Gray Line are spinning in their...
Military academies stonewall demands for transparency of CRT curriculum
As concern grows nationally over the teaching of Critical Race Theory and related Marxist ideology at our military...
Navy / Naval Academy
Will the Military Academies Comply on Admissions?
By CDR J.A. Cauthen, US Navy ret, USNA ’02 After years of obfuscation and denial, the U.S. Naval Academy, in a suit brought...
Survey reveals why surface warfare officers want to leave the fleet
Let’s cut to the chase about lack of merit: “About 83 percent of surveyed junior officers “do not believe that...
CG/Coast Guard Academy
The Woke Military: Recent Examples
US Coast Guard Apparently Had Pre-Written Denials For Vaccine Exemption Requests, Docs Show
Coast Guard Reinstates 56 Members Who Were Dismissed for Refusing COVID Vaccines Under Biden Administration
Retirement from Coast Guard offers time to reflect on wrongs, hope for better times under Trump
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