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USAFA Superintendent Change of Command Full Ceremony
Video of the ceremony. STARRS Chairman Emeritus Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 was there in the bleachers...
Your Son Doesn’t Want You To Complain About His Deployment
By Chris Bray, PhD, veteran Army infantry sergeant Families do this. It’s normal. Also, it’s usually unnecessary and...
Culture War in the Ranks: How Biden’s Executive Orders Reshaped Defense Priorities
Note the date–the first thing he did once Democrats were back in power. By Zachary Patton | Washington Stand In early...
Implementation Guidance for the Reinstatement and Reintegration of Marines Affected by the Covid-19 Vaccination Mandate
(MARADMIN) This MARADMIN provides Marine Corps implementation guidance for the reinstatement, reintegration, and...
Leftwing USAFA Grad Gets Arrested Again
Update on the completely dishonorable Air Force Major Jason Watson—a 2009 US Air Force Academy graduate in the USAF for 17...
USecAF Lohmeier visits Tyndall AFB amid reconstruction
(USAF) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visited Tyndall Air Force Base, Aug. 13, to observe how the 325th...
Former SPLC exec who testified before Congress on “white supremacy in the military” indicted and arrested for fraud
(Via Grok) In February 2020, Southern Poverty Law executive Heidi Beirich testified before the House Armed Services...
Exhausted Hope And The Bureaucratic Behemoth
By Mark W. Castillon, Army National Guard Veteran The Department of War has already shown that administrative outcomes once...
Chaos at the Gates
By Lt. Col Darin Gaub, US Army ret On his Veritas Vincit Substack Five years ago, the world watched one of the most...
Unconventional Warfare, Unconventional Reading
By Maj. Joseph Miranda, US Army ret STARRS Ambassador From his Substack GamerCadre which runs articles on military...
It’s a Trap! When War College Auditors are the Problem
By @ZeroDEIUSA on X Former executive, business owner and conservative university professor The Foxes Are Guarding the...
About This “Red/Green Alliance”
By retired US Army Colonel @CynicalPublius on X If you follow American politics, you have likely recently heard about the...
Reagan understood the domestic threat
From STARRS Vice Chairman Emeritus, Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret: Highly recommend this remarkable 1979 interview of...
How Fear of the ‘Islamophobia’ Label Gave Islamism Room to Grow
By Mansoor Laghari, US Army veteran There is a sentence Americans have been trained to fear: “We need to investigate...
West Point Welcomes 62nd Superintendent
(USMA Press Release) Maj. Gen. James B. Bartholomees III was promoted to lieutenant general and officially took command of...
The Locust Effect
By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union STARRS Board of Advisor Some...
US military base schools put new emphasis on Western civilization and Christianity
By Annie Ma and Konstantin Toropin | Associated Press The Department of War is introducing a course centered on Western...
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Airman discharged under vaccine mandate returns to guide others back
(USAF PAO Article) Master Sgt. Jessica Meinert raised her right hand and took the oath of re-enlistment into the Air Force...
The Cognitive Weapon System: Under Secretary’s AFSA speech champions authentic leadership, Deliberate Learning
(USAF Press Release) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier implored Airmen to pursue continuous personal growth...
Unearthed Data Sheds Light On Military’s Transgenderism Explosion Under Biden
By Francis Kapper | The Daily Caller News Foundation Transgender care for U.S. service members and minor dependents exploded...
Pete Hegseth cuts the fat out of a bloated, politicized Pentagon
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors The Wall Street Journal wants you to shed a tear for Gen. Chris...
Air Force General Reinstated After COVID Vaccine Mandate Fight
Mike Rose (USAFA ’69), Executive Vice President and General Counsel of STARRS joins Jeanne Ives (USMA ’87) and...
MacArthur Society Commanders Call with Col. Bill Prince, US Army ret, USMA 1970
At the August 2026 MacArthur Society Commanders Call, guest speaker Colonel Bill Prince, US Army retired, USMA 1970, and...
DAF updates COVID-19 reinstatement process, reduces time for members returning to service
(USAF Press Release) The Department of the Air Force implemented two changes to its COVID-19 reinstatement process, shifting...
America’s Political Divide Is a Strategic Vulnerability
By Lt. Col. Stephen Cook, US Army Special Forces retired As a U.S. Army veteran who faced radical Islamic terrorists in...
Classical Origins and the Beauty of Order in America
By Lt Col Eric Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS Connecticut State Leader “So by all means, celebrate the...
USAFA Welcomes Lt. Gen. Paul D. Moga as 23rd Superintendent
(USAFA Press Release) Lt. Gen. Paul Moga, USAFA ’95, became the 23rd Superintendent of the U.S. Air Force Academy...
A Wolverine in the Boat
By Lt. General Bob Wood, USA ret CEO, American Veterans Vote “The wolverine has a reputation for ferocity and strength out...
The Red-Green Alliance Is Coming for America
By Mansoor Laghari, US Army veteran The first political prisoner I ever knew was my father. He spent nearly three decades...
New Books by Two STARRS Board of Advisors Members
Col Rob Maness, USAF ret, and Dan Clark, both members of the STARRS Board of Advisors, have new books that have just been...
SECNAV Memo: Warrior Ethos
By Acting Secretary of the Navy Hung Cao The bedrock of the Navy and Marine Corps is our Warrior Ethos, and its direct...
Brig. Gen. Christopher Walker on his DEI experience in the military
STARRS Board of Advisors member BGen Christopher “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88 (and on the Board of...
Inside the Pentagon’s COVID Reckoning with C. Scott Duncan
The COVID mandate era broke trust inside the military — and now the question is whether that trust can ever be restored and...
A Tribute to Master Chief Brenton M. Ramsey (USN)
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors My dad came from a dirt-poor, dysfunctional home. He was abused as a...
West Point Professor Challenges Ban on “Un-American, Divisive… Radical, Extremist, and Irrational Theories.”
By Jonathan Turley There is an important lawsuit being litigated in the Southern District of New York over the limits of...
Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says
By James LaPorta, Eleanor Watson | CBS News The Department of War is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher...
Navy Policy Shift: New Instruction Aims to End Disparities in Vaccine Accommodations for Service Members
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit The recent changes instituted by the Navy signal a significant shift toward a more equitable...
Navy Smashes 2026 Recruitment Goal and Rights a Biden Wrong
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Daryl Caudle and Master Chief Petty Officer of the...
Disloyal Careerists Are Still Haunting The Pentagon’s Halls
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors I have served alongside government civilian employees for more than 40...
USAFA Realigns Academic Enterprise to Forge “Day One” Warfighters
(USAFA) The U.S. Air Force Academy is evolving its academic structure to maintain its academic programs’ relentless focus on...
Marxism Is Deeply Embedded at America’s Military Service Academies
By Col Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors From his podcast, The Rob Maness Show: You just heard Secretary of War...
Under Secretary Lohmeier addresses Life Cycle Industry Days; discusses tangible, intangible changes with acquisition transformation
(USAF) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier delivered a sobering assessment of the Air Force’s current...
DSA Co-Chair Says Platform Includes Abolishing Prisons, Supreme Court And Presidency
Believe them when they tell you who they really are. By Alexander Pease | The Daily Caller News Foundation The National Co...
Time for Covid prosecutions and nothing less
By Christine Dolan Harrowing and horrifying are the only words to describe my reaction to the latest released National...
From Ration Stamps to DoorDash: How Comfort and Socialism Are Disarming America
By Lt Col. Stephen D. Cook, US Army Special Forces ret In the winter of 1942, a family in Detroit huddled around a coal...
Army General May Have Violated Military Code With Contemptuous Op-Ed
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Brigadier General Kareem Montague’s public rebuke of Secretary Hegseth exposes...
The Leftist Laughable Hypocrisy
By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret Executive Director of the American Constitutional Rights Union STARRS Board of Advisors Yes...
STARRS Board of Advisors member Dan Clark writes new song about STARRS
Well-known motivational speaker Dan Clark, who was appointed by President Trump to be on the Air Force Academy Board of...
Academy Helicopter Parents
When you first went off to your service academy or the military, did your parents act like you were going off to...
Air Force and Space Force Core Values now up on ramp at USAFA
No word about the front of the ramp, where “Bring Me Men” used to be. (Click on photos to enlarge) Lotta words...
How Soviet and Chinese Intelligence Subverted Western Education — and What the Results Look Like
In our fight against radical, anti-American ideologies infiltrating our country and military, so many recognize the problem...
Trump promised redemption for troops who refused COVID shots. A year later, many are still waiting.
By Leah Rosenbaum | The War Horse and republished on Military Times When the COVID-19 vaccine was released in 2020, Daniel...
STARRS Helps USAF Brig. General and USAFA Grad Get Reinstated
From Mike Rose, STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel, who has been providing legal assistance to...
Deep State in the Pentagon waiting to undo everything Hegseth and Trump have accomplished
Senior Pentagon bureaucrat: “The way I look at it is… when the election changes… I want to stay and stick...
Senate approves incoming Air Force Academy superintendent
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette Maj. Gen. Paul Moga, USAFA ’95, is set to become the superintendent of...
US Navy Tried Censoring Commander Online After He Called Out Admirals
By Francis Kapper | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Navy reported an active duty commander’s account to X staff...
Army Intelligence Officer – “To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say about Jihad”
A military intelligence officer in the Army Reserves (also a lawyer) wrote in the midst of the Global War on Terror a thesis...
Pom Poms and No-Shows: The Failure of Military Academy Oversight
Chaplains Face Challenges with CRT, DEI, and Corruption in Veterans Affairs
DEI Entrenchment: 7 Colleges Suggesting That ‘White Supremacy’ Persists in America
Army Maj. Gen. James Bartholomees, USMA ’95, nominated to be next Superintendent of West Point
In Massive Military Bill, Congress Considers Putting Anti-DEI Protections Into Law
Creating an Environment for Mistreatment – Larry Card
Improvements to the USAFA conduct/ honor/ disenrollment systems – Mike Rose
Discipline: Balancing Commander Discretion within Institutional Standards and Norms – Ron Scott
USAFA Statutory Realignment – MajGen Bentley Rayburn
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – July 20, 2026, Video, Notes, Transcript
‘Woke’ military academies targeted in new blueprint for sweeping warfighting overhaul
STARRS Board of Advisors member Shoshana Bryen passes away
The Red-Green Axis
What Radical Leftism Is
Pentagon to conduct C19 vax mandate after-action review report and panel
Hearing Wrap Up: DEI is Discriminatory and Illegal
STARRS Board Member Bill Connor Honored with Induction into South Carolina Military Veterans Hall of Fame
Killing Woke At West Point
Mass amounts of Soldiers being fat is a national security issue
Commanders Call with Guest Speaker Congressman Keith Self, USMA 1975
STARRS Podcasts
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
The Continuing Politicization of the Military
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 | Bravo Blue Substack Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Served with the 1st Calvary...
DAF releases memorandum DEI and Gender Ideology Awards Guidance
(Dept. of Air Force) The Department of the Air Force released the memorandum DEI and Gender Ideology Awards Guidance...
Leftists Attack Air Force Football for Uniforms Honoring 1942 Doolittle Raiders
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
2009 USAFA Grad/Air Force Major arrested on Capitol steps during protest calling for Trump impeachment
Lohmeier defends qualifications for Air Force post as senators question past remarks
Army / West Point
Pete Hegseth says West Point professor who resigned over Trump admin education overhaul ‘will not be missed’
By Christina Shaw | Fox News A West Point professor’s resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump...
What Needs to be Restored, Reformed and Improved at West Point
From America Free News Network: Over the past several days, there has been a royal donnybrook spawned by the decision of the...
Navy / Naval Academy
America’s Future Depends on Rebuilding the Navy
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors As reported by Defense One on 14 February 2025, “The Chinese...
Help Academy Cadets Defend Themselves!
Save Our Cadets and Midshipmen! Right now, at least 16 cadets are in danger of being kicked out of West Point because they...
New Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy Could Change the Game
We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red, There is No Difference: Race-conscious Admissions Policies Have No Place at Our Military Academies
Sen. Mark Kelly Sues Pete Hegseth Over Military Rank Demotion Due To Viral ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
Defense Department runs kindergartens?
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard and Air Force Academies’ Recent Actions Against the Unvaccinated
GAO Report: Clarifying Guidance Would Enhance Effectiveness of Honor and Conduct Systems
Coastie Wants Back in, But the Coast Guard Continues to Force Preferred Pronouns Amid an Ongoing Recruiting and Retention Crisis
After Coast Guard Academy ‘Excommunicated’ Cadets For Refusing Vaccine, Pleas For Reinstatement Go Unanswered
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