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STARRS Podcasts
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
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...
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
Watch/Listen to STARRS Rally Speeches
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
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...
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...
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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...
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?
By Chad Groening | American Family News The Daily Caller News Foundation has obtained documents that it says reflect the...
West Point Needs a Reset, Part 2: In Their Own Words
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 See West Point Needs a Reset, Part 1 On Sept. 12, Real Clear Defense published my...
Why Scott Perry, Brigadier General, ultimately resigned: the Army’s woke agenda betrayed his core values
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News After nearly four decades of military service, it was one small task that pushed Rep. Scott...
Nat Sec Watchdog Urges Army To Investigate Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation A national security organization filed a request on Sept. 19 for the Army...
DEI: A Cancer on the Armed Forces
By Maj. General John Deyermond, US Army ret STARRS New Hampshire State Leader Today our military services face growing...
New Docs Shed Light On Air Force’s ‘Goal’ To Reduce ‘White Male Population’ Joining Officer Ranks
By Jake Smith | Daily Caller News Foundation The Air Force finally handed over a trove of documents pertaining to its...
Helping to Correct DoD Vaccine Mandate
In this article, the author recommends that Matthew Lohmeier be named the SECAF. Good idea. By John Frankman, former U.S...
DoD Schools Are a Potemkin Village
By Amy Haywood First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website with his note: Our constitutional order is being replaced...
A Visit to the US Air Force Academy
Late 1950s video when USAFA was brand new. Show talks about the new traditions that will be made there. But first, this...
The Navy’s Latest ‘Woke’ Stunt Is Beyond Embarrassing
Matt Walsh talks about the Navy bragging about their latest innovation: a gender-neutral submarine. Watch the Navy’s...
Reps Skewer Army Official For Saying Trainer Who Labeled Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorist Groups’ Wasn’t Fired
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation Lawmakers scolded an Army official on Thursday for suggesting a garrison...
Hearing on Army Extremism Policies
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, delivered the...
Congressman Keith Self, West Point Class of 1975: Barack Obama Does Not Embody Duty, Honor, Country
By Lt Col. Keith Self, US Army ret, USMA ’75 Current Member of Congress serving the Texas 3rd District The Colonel...
Navy CNO’s Vision for the Fleet
The Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Lisa Franchetti has released a new document providing strategic guidance to the Navy:...
West Point grad who wrote ‘Communism will Win’ under military cap is now a Ph.D. candidate at UT Austin
By Emma Dayton | Campus Reform A West Point graduate who first made headlines for his “Communism will win” message written...
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
This is what happened to the West Point DEI office, they renamed it to the “Office of Engagement and Retention.”...
What would they say?
By Edwin R. Jonas III STARRS North Dakota State Leader For more than 40 years, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has stood as a...
Affirmative action trial against Naval Academy begins in Baltimore
By Ian Round | Maryland Daily Record A retired Air Force general testified that racial diversity mattered “not one bit” to...
BOOK REVIEW: “Social Justice Fallacies” by Thomas Sowell
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors Dr. Thomas Sowell is a national treasure. The reason most people...
Proposed Amendments to the USAFA AOG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 In response to a retired USAF Colonel who stated he was a “Past...
‘Don’t Give Up the Ship!’ New Book from Calvert Task Group Available Today
In honor of Constitution Day, Calvert Task Group proudly announces the launch of their latest book, DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP...
Short Takes
Various articles seen this week too short for an entire post: Wonder why they don’t have enough sailors or pilots...
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...
Army officials to face House grilling on training slides that designated pro-life groups as terrorists
Identity in the Trenches: The Fatal Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on U.S. Military Readiness
Admiral’s past report on diversity draws questions from GOP senator during confirmation hearing
U.S. Naval Academy, affirmative action foe square off at Baltimore trial
Unwinding The Dangerous Politicization Currently Gripping Our Military
West Point Needs a Reset
And Not A Shot Fired: An Insider’s Account of a Communist Takeover
The Reflexive Alchemy of George Soros
Electing the Next Commander-in-Chief
4-Star General: Reject the Marxist march to insanity and thus the destruction of the United States
Senator: The Left has hijacked DEI to pit Americans of different races, religions, and genders against each other
Some Military Leaders Support a ‘Highly Partisan and Leftist Ideology’ Culture
Full Cadet Wing Attendance No Longer Required for Air Force Football Games, Marking the End of a Tradition
DEI Is Sinking the U.S. Navy
Goldwater Teams Up with Prof. Richard Epstein to Challenge Biden Admin’s Military Academy Power Grab
Demographic Diversity Is Not Our Strength
The U.S. Military is in CRISIS – The culture is TRASH and no one is joining
Don’t Give Up the Ship book: CTG President Tom Burbage on the Ike Wingate Show
BOOK REVIEW: The Perilous Fight by Dr. Ben Carson
STARRS President Interviewed on KOA Radio
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Air Force base warns service members to avoid ‘patriot’ rally with speaker from pro-Trump group
The leadership at an Air Force base in North Dakota sent a text message to service members to warn them of the dangers of...
Woke supporters try to defend USAF Colonel in promotion limbo
A real puff piece was written in Military.com about Senator Schmitt’s hold on promotion of USAF Col. Ben Jonsson...
Army / West Point
Former Green Beret Says Pentagon Punished Him for Opposing Vaccine Mandate
John Frankman formerly served as a captain in the U.S. Army as a Green Beret. But after a years-long struggle to stand up...
Army Soldier Tells World the Military Paid for His Transgender Surgery
A US Army Staff Sergeant’s disturbing TikTok video went viral and seen by over 5 million people after he underwent...
Navy / Naval Academy
Waltz Presses U.S. Military Service Academy Superintendents on CRT
(Press Release) On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Superintendents Lieutenant General Steven W...
If you oppose their opinion, you are no longer welcome!?
By Rear Admiral William D. Rodriguez, US Navy, ret STARRS Board of Advisors Past Board Member, Hispanic Veterans Leadership...