(Dept. of Air Force) Today, the Department of the Air Force announced its validation plan in response to the Restoring...
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Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
DAF announces Restoring America’s Fighting Force Task Force validation plan
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...
Senate Hearing on Status of Military Service Academies – March 26, 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee will be holding a hearing, “To conduct oversight and receive testimony on the...
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
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness We are witnessing in our military a major paradigm shift toward...
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George Orders a Review of All COVID Vax Mandate Related GOMORs
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George has ordered the Army to review all general officer...
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Coast Guard Academy Removes References to ‘Climate Change’ from Its Curriculum
By Brian Hallenbeck | The Day, New London, Conn. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security order banning “climate change...
Air Force Academy Reverses Decision, Allows Muslim Cadets to Forgo Physical Training During Ramadan
The Air Force Academy recently held a new more rigorous “cumulative exercise” which is “an essential...
Secretary Hegseth says the DOD does not do ‘climate change crap’
By Greg Wehner | Fox News U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that his department...
SECDEF: Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards
(Pentagon) Today Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a department-wide review of existing standards set by U.S...
‘Smartest Guy In The Room’: Meet The Man Trump Just Tapped To Head America’s Highest Military Office
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation President Donald Trump’s new nominee for the highest military officer...
USAFA Cadets test warfighter readiness in spring CULEX
(USAFA) U.S. Air Force Academy cadets took on the rigorous Spring 2025 Culminating Exercise (CULEX), an essential training...
A Premature Death Sentence for DEI at the U.S. Naval Academy?
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 During a tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) as a Company Officer in...
President names allies to Naval Academy Board of Visitors
By Ali Bianco | Politico President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S...
West Point Must Come Clean
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 On Spring Break in 2022, five West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl...
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...
Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies for Future Battlefield
(Pentagon/DOD News) The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is scrapping its...
DoD eliminates leftism as military recruitment bounce signals surge in Gen Z patriotism
By Emily Sturge | Campus Reform Senior at University of Florida Young people are experiencing a revival in American values...
Unity Slate wins seats on USAFA AOG Board of Directors
STARRS recommended five Unity Slate candidates to run for the Board of Directors of the Air Force Academy’s...
SECDEF Hegseth: “The warfighters are back in charge.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was recently interview by Laura Ingraham during their visit to GITMO and as part of that...
Update on DEI and Vax Remedy Issues in the Military
STARRS Vice Chairman Maj Gen Joe Arbuckle, USA ret, was interviewed about DEI and the vax remedy issue in the military by...
Ever wonder why there are no statues of a post-WW2 West Point General?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Several factors go into demand for immortalization of a West Point graduate in the form...
Military Watchdog Sues Air Force For Records Of Experiment Aimed To Boost Women, Minority Graduation Rates
By Wallace White | Daily Caller News Foundation A military watchdog sued the Air Force Monday seeking records pertaining...
Army TRADOC using AI to purge DEI from training materials
First there was this from a General at TRADOC in 2020: “Diversity and inclusion must be infused into Army training and...
Response to Five Former SECDEFs “Open Letter” Criticizing Trump
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Joining Rhode Island Democratic Senator Jack Reed’s partisan handwringing over President...
Military Service JAGs Fired by Secretary Hegseth For a Reason
STARRS Board of Advisor member Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, discussed the recent firings of JAGS with Commander Rob Green...
President Says Military Recruiting Up, So Too Will be American Shipbuilding, ‘Golden Dome’
(Pentagon/DOD News) During his first address to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump said...
Of “Independence” and “Guardrails”: The Military Left’s Lamentable Response to SecDef’s Firing of Service TJAGS
By Judge Bruce Tucker Smith Retired Department of Homeland Security ALJ and retired USAF Judge Advocate On February 24...
Lethality in Education: Athenian Scholarship, Roman Virtus, Maccabean Grit, & Muscular Christianity
By Lt. Col. Chuck Duray, PhD, USA ret, USMA ’92 STARRS Volunteer For many years, the U.S. military possessed...
Air Force Sees Historic Numbers of Airmen Waiting to Go to Boot Camp in 2025
Just saying . . . in October 2024, candidate Donald Trump said he would name Space Force veteran Matt Lohmeier, who said he...
The Animus of Ignorance: Contextualizing Hatred from “Brothers-In-Arms”
By Grant Smith, Army veteran A fellow Army field grade officer, LTC Dan Wagner, recently took to social media to express his...
DOD IG: Termination of the Oversight Projects Related to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
(DOD IG) On January 20, 2025, the President issued Executive Orders, “Ending Radical and Wasteful Government Diversity...
Why identity politics has no place in national defense
By Michelle Thibeau, USMA 2014 grad The Defense Department’s decision to eliminate identity-based observances such as Pride...
Air Force aims to instill Warrior Ethos, increase lethality
(AF/DOD News) The Air Force is making progress toward Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s priorities, which will ultimately...
DAF: No more non-essential travel to things like DEI events at Pentagon
We recall this story from June 2023: Air Force uses taxpayer money for personnel to travel to pride events in DC where a...
DAF releases additional guidance for Executive Order 14183, Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness
(Dept of the Air Force) The Department of Defense released the memorandum Additional Guidance for Executive Order 14183...
DOGE initial findings on Defense Department DEI spending could save $80M, agency says
By Louis Casiano | Fox News The Department of Defense could save up to $80 million in wasteful spending by cutting loose a...
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth Renames Fort Moore to Fort Benning
(Pentagon) Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum renaming Fort Moore in Georgia to Fort Benning. The new...
Who Really Politicized the Pentagon?
By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness Five former Secretaries of Defense—William Perry, Leon Panetta, Chuck Hagel...
VMI won’t extend superintendent’s contract, following increase in DEI efforts
Here is AP’s actual headline which focuses on his race thus continuing the divisive CRT/DEI agenda pitting people...
STARRS Presentation: The American Creed Threatened by Radical Indoctrination
STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Mike Rose gave a new STARRS presentation recently to a group in South...
“He was found guilty.”
What do you make of this? It’s rather disturbing. Came across this TikTok channel during a search. It’s by an...
DOD: Gender Dysphoria Incompatible With Military, Service Members Must Serve in Accordance With Sex
(Pentagon) Service members diagnosed with gender dysphoria will soon be processed for separation by their respective...
President Trump Was Right to Fire C.Q. Brown
By Will Thibeau, US Army Ranger veteran In removing General Charles Q. Brown, Jr. as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff...
CJCS, CNO Fired over DEI, Is the Marine Commandant Next?
By Col. Gary Anderson, USMC ret February 21st was a bad day for DEI at the Pentagon. The top military commander (CJCS) and...
Military merit: Hegseth doubles down
By Mike McDaniel, USAF Veteran I remember the first day of basic training in the USAF in the early 70s. We were shuffled...
Whistleblower: There’s a Trans Cult Inside the NSA
Pentagon spent millions injecting DEI into science and medicine
Air Force Academy Investigating Nearly 100 Cadets for Cheating, Honor Code Violations
Congressman reveals after F-16 ride why Trump’s leadership is already paying off for military
USNA ’96 Grad Capt. Hung Cao named Under Secretary of the Navy
ALNAV Message: Department of Navy Implementation of Executive Order 14168 – Gender Ideology
On the Woke Mind Virus
DOD SITREP: “DEI is dead at the DOD”
Did a woke West Point professor mock then Rep. Michael Waltz?
Developments at the Pentagon
Joint Position Papers and Submissions for NDAA
Pentagon Releases Digital Content Refresh Memorandum
Pentagon says transgender troops are disqualified from service without an exemption
Senate confirms Daniel Driscoll as new Army secretary
To Achieve Unity, DEI Must End
President Trump ends discriminatory DEI and LGBT programs at King’s Point.
U.S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs still insists on COVID vax mandate
“DACODAI was injecting a harmful Marxist ideology into our military, causing divisiveness”
DEI Wall Crumbles Under Pressure from New Commander-in-Chief
Military Academy Alters Historic Painting to Appease Anti-Christian Zealot
STARRS Podcasts
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
Journey to Chief: Rod McKinley on Military Service, Standards, Families and Leadership Values
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Defense Dept. Records Show U.S. Air Force Hosted ‘Drag Story Time’ and Other ‘Drag’ Events
Judicial Watch announced today it received 25 pages of records regarding drag shows, drag story hours and other pride events...
RIP: U.S. Air Force Brigadier General Bob “Earthquake” Titus
By Bill Scott | Substack A dear friend and great American patriot “flew West” on 8 September 2024. U.S. Air Force...
Miss America Tours Alma Mater USAFA with 27 Other State Delegates
The military isn’t the place for woke social experiments
USAFA Stops ’02 Grad From Wearing ‘Keep Women’s Sports Female’ Shirt During Match Against SJSU
‘For The Sake Of Our National Security:’ GOP Congressman Demands End Of CRT At Military Academies In Letter Calling For Professor’s Removal
Army / West Point
Everything is Wonderful at West Point
By pyrene, a USMA grad On 11 March 2024, the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY sent a...
Testimony – Kendall Qualls
Testimony from member of the Military Readiness and Merit Coalition, Kendall Qualls, former US Army Captain and President of...
Navy / Naval Academy
The Navy and Diversity
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy In recent years, the Navy has put a lot of emphasis on “Diversity”. If you visit the Navy’s...
Senators introduce bill to ban racial discrimination in college admissions
The service academies are put on alert: (Press Release) Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN-03) have...
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
Service Academy Admissions Examining Eliminating Standardized Test Scores
Senate candidate Capt Hung Cao rails against drag queens in US military
Jim Banks To Grill Military Academy Heads On Race-Based Admissions
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Using vaccines as a political weapon, U.S. military leaders have wrecked the force’s combat readiness and morale
Around the Naval Academy
Coast Guard Chief Who Supervised Trans Recruit: It ‘100%’ Hurts Readiness
Retired vice admiral speaks out for Coast Guard members in ongoing vaccine mandate lawsuit
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