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Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda and the Military
Trump’s Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy Taps New Leadership for U.S. Merchant Marine Academy After Years of Neglect
(US Department of Transportation Press Release) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced Rear Admiral...
U.S. Air Force Academy Chapel restoration ensures long-term service to Cadet readiness
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The Constitutional Hypocrisy of the Left
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I’m Done Lamenting; You Should Be Too. Make 2026 a Year of Reforming Over Mourning
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America’s Military Is Back
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DEI Resurfaces in the Marine Corps
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Next USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting to be held in Washington, DC on Feb 5, 2026
(Federal Register) The USAFA Board of Visitors will be meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC on Thursday, February 5...
MOH Drew Dix Inspires JROTC Students
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DOD launches review of ‘effectiveness’ of women in ground combat roles
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Air Force is “Hellbent” on Ending the Career of a Brigadier General Over His Opposition to the COVID-19 Mandate
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Bookmark this for your grandchildren
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The Left’s Radical Ideas on Property
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“Would you kill for it?”
(STARRS) Marxism is really a religion, and its followers are not atheists but are true believers in their god, the utopian...
Marxist Revolution Language
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GAO Report: Clarifying Guidance Would Enhance Effectiveness of Honor and Conduct Systems
(Government Accountability Office) U.S. service academy graduates are expected to lead as military officers. The academies...
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Pete Hegseth Takes Action Against Sen. Mark Kelly, Who Egged On Military To Defy Trump In Viral Video
By Andi Shae Napier | The Daily Caller News Foundation Secretary of War Pete Hegseth on Monday began taking steps to demote...
DEI hollowed out a generation — and sapped America’s promise
By Glenn H. Reynolds | New York Post The wholesale adoption of diversity, equity and inclusion ideology in almost all our...
Black Republican calls for total, permanent abolition of DEI: ‘I want to earn every opportunity on merit’
By Alex Nitzberg | Fox News Congressman Wesley Hunt of Texas (West Point 2004 grad) is calling for the complete and...
Director of National Intelligence Speech
On December 20, 2025, Director of National Intelligence and Army officer Tulsi Gabbard addressed Turning Point USA’s...
Unmasking the Wolf: Decoding Partisanship in Feaver’s Civil-Military Norms
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Hegseth Did What Biden Called ‘Impossible’
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FY25 Sees Best Recruiting Numbers in 15 Years
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Reinstated former battalion commander takes up mission to help others separated over vaccine mandates
By Lt. Col. Orlandon Howard | US Army Lt. Col. Christopher Berge was a highly regarded battalion commander when the 2021...
Undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier ’06 shares his vision for strengthening the Air Force and Space Force
By Bryan Grossman US Air Force Academy Association of Graduates Checkpoints Magazine On July 24, the U.S. Senate confirmed...
Good Navy News: Part II
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Congress’ National Defense Plan Misses the Mark. Trump Shouldn’t Sign It
By Doug Truax, USMA’ 92 | Restoration News Congressional Republicans spent the past year vowing to voters that they...
Commander Salamander Reviews “The Lost Generation” Article
By CDR Salamander, US Navy veteran | Substack The above graphic remains one of the most descriptive graphics of our...
War Department Moves to ‘Make Chaplain Corps Great Again’
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NDAA restores women’s policy teams canceled in Pentagon DEI purge
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Congress strips merit from the military and shackles the president in one bill
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Mark Kelly Faces Escalated Review of Alleged Misconduct From Pentagon
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Rhetoric Is Unfairly Harming the Reputation of Our Military
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The Dangers of Undermining U.S. Civil–Military Relations
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) A fundamental element of U.S. civil–military relations is the principle of civilian...
The deeper effects of the miserable DEI ideology agenda
Everyone is commenting with their thoughts on the viral article, “The Lost Generation“. This tweet goes deeper...
Brutal Essay Perfectly Describes DEI’s Not-So-Secret Victims
By now you’ve probably heard or read the article, “The Lost Generation,” that has gone completely viral...
One Man’s Fight for the Many
By Justin Chartrey | Crosspolitic News From a stage in Quantico, Virginia at the end of September, Secretary of War, Pete...
An Open Letter to President Trump
By Jessica Sage, Air Force veteran, USAFA grad Wife of USAF Brig. General Christopher Sage Dear President Trump, You are a...
Air Force One-Star General Officer’s Fight Against Autopen, Bureaucracy, and Injustice
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Do President Donald Trump and War Secretary Pete Hegseth recognize the bureaucratic...
Biggest Military Funding Bill Still Allows Promoting Soldiers By Race And Sex
By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired Five months ago, in these pages I expressed concern that Congress was...
War Department Reevaluates Discharge Characterizations for COVID Vaccine Refusal
By C. Todd Lopez | DOW / Pentagon News For service members involuntarily discharged solely for refusing to take the COVID-19...
Statement on the Restoring Honor to Service Members Separated Under the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vaccine Mandate Memorandum
(DOW Press Release) The Secretary of War recently directed the military departments to proactively review personnel records...
Purges, Collapse Inside CIA, and the Path to National Recovery
By Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency The aftermath of January 6th must be...
US Military Academies Must Sever Ties With Activist Accrediting Agency
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News As President Donald Trump works to rebuild a merit-driven, combat-ready military, the...
Leadership by Example Has Broken Down at VMI—and the Corps Shows It
By George Mayforth, VMI ’82 My recent visit to the Institute during Parents Weekend—an occasion traditionally marked...
Partisan Disparity Of Investigations – A Way Ahead To Speed Conclusion Of Investigation Of General (retired) Milley’s Conduct
By George Agese, Retired Army Officer The credibility of the United States military depends not only on its ability to...
Current State of the US Air Force Academy by Three Cadets
By Three Members of USAFA Class of 2026 Introduction The current state of the United States Air Force Academy is far from...
GOP’s 2026 NDAA Doesn’t Go Far Enough for America First Principles
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Republicans fail to solidify Trump’s important military reforms through...
Our Flag, Education in America, and a School Newspaper
By Lt. Colonel Eric Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS Ambassador, Connecticut State Leader How do lectiophiles select...
How the political tide turned on Mark Welsh, the four-star general ousted as Texas A&M president
The continuing saga…. By Kate McGee and Nicholas Gutteridge | The Texas Tribune At first glance, Mark Welsh III’s...
USAFA NCLS 2026 Theme – Courage to Lead in the Profession of Arms
USAFA just released its 2026 National Character & Leadership Symposium (NCLS) theme, what do you see, what do you think...
Mothers of MEN
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Federal appeals court lets Pentagon reinstate transgender service ban, says judge overstepped military leaders
By Jasmine Baehr, David Spunt, Bill Mears | Fox News A divided federal appeals court on Tuesday allowed the Pentagon to...
Partying in uniform: Former Naval Academy commandant’s carousing raises conduct questions
By Benjamin Rothstein | The Baltimore Sun Gilbert Clark, the former commandant of the Naval Academy dismissed from his post...
FY26 NDAA: Rebuilding American Power Through President Trump’s Peace Through Strength Agenda
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USECAF Lohmeier Joins Special Warfare Trainees for Morning Ruck
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FY ’26 NDAA Conference Bill
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USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 8 DEC 2025
Seditious Conspiracy on Capitol Hill
Florida Tech, DEI and Rick Addante’s Fight
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DEI: Rooted in America and the Military by Cultural Marxism
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The War on Pete Hegseth
Communism. Is It Here? You Tell Me.
The Trust Divide: The Hidden Factor Behind Every American Conflict Today
The Seditious Six: Military Orders, Outrage and the Law
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An Interview With Under Secretary Of The Navy Hung Cao
Hegseth Considers Breaking with Woke Scouts after Longtime Pentagon Partnership
Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visits Columbus AFB
Air Force Academy tightens rules on conferences, public appearances for faculty
USAFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind’s 2025 Year in Review
STARRS Podcasts
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...
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...
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...
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 Author Jason Hill, PhD on CRT
“Intellectuals” podcast host Dr. Ron Scott speaks with Dr. Jason D. Hill, PhD., DePaul University Philosophy Professor, one...
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...
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
This important episode of STARRS & Stripes looks at the radical and dangerous left-wing ideological influences and...
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Join STARRS & Stripes podcast with host CDR Al Palmer, US Navy ret, for an inspiring conversation with leaders of the...
Interview With Adam Coleman
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with author, columnist Adam Coleman on problems in society. Coleman is the author of Black Victim To...
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...
Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
STARRS & Stripes Host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, was joined by the presidents of three veterans organizations who are...
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...
STARRS Town Hall | The Military’s Leftwing Ideological Resistance: Fighting Back Against the Military Reforms of the President and SecDef
STARRS held its quarterly Town Hall meeting on 9 April 2025 with special guest speakers Sam Shoemate, a retired Army...
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...
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...
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...
Interview with Kendall Qualls
Intellectuals Host Ron Scott talks with Kendall Qualls about the problems facing the republic. “We will be victorious...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with retired Air Force Brigadier General...
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...
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...
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...
Interview with LTC Darin Gaub (USA, Ret) Of Restore Liberty
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with LTC (USA, Ret) Darin Gaub, the executive director of Restore-Liberty.org.
Interview with Matthew Lohmeier
Air Force Academy graduate and former US Space Force Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his squadron command for...
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...
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...
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Message from Brig. General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
For those who don’t know me, my name is Chris, callsign “Mookie”, Walker and I retired last year as a Brigadier General...
Trump taps officer who blasted ‘wokeness’ for Air Force undersecretary
By Stephen Losey | Air Force Times President Donald Trump on Friday tapped a former Space Force lieutenant colonel — who...
Army / West Point
US Military Archbishop Leads Pro-Life Cadets in March for Life
Archbishop Timothy Broglio for the Military Services led a group of pro-life cadets and midshipmen in the March for Life...
General, West Point Professor Ran Shadow Investigation to Hunt Down and Silence Military Whistleblower for Mean Tweets
By Kristina Wong, Breitbart News An Army three-star general and a West Point associate professor used government resources...
‘Covers Up History’: Retired Army Rangers Hammer The Pentagon For Purging Confederates From The Ranger Memorial
DEI has RUINED Special Forces, The Secret Service and Law Enforcement
West Point restores Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s portrait
Records Show Critical Race Theory Propaganda at West Point
Navy / Naval Academy
Admiral’s past report on diversity draws questions from GOP senator during confirmation hearing
(Stars and Stripes) Sen. Eric Schmitt on Thursday challenged President Joe Biden’s nominee to lead Southern Command over a...
The U.S. Navy’s Personnel Crisis Is Only Getting Worse
What happens when the country with the world’s most sophisticated navy no longer possesses the manpower necessary to...
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
Statement to DACODAI – Bruce Byron
DOD Blocks US Navy Medical Officer’s Computer Access After Exposing Surge in Heart Issues Among Pilots Following C19 Vax
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Woke Admiral Refuses to Leave Government Home
New bill in House would codify Trump’s order banning woke curriculum from U.S service academies
Latest wave of wokeness to hit West Point reveals one simple solution
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
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Ron Scott on America’s Frontlines
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STARRS Press Releases (click here for all)
STARRS Announces Presentation to Inform Citizens After Lawmakers Encourage Service Members to Refuse Orders
STARRS Selects New Chairman of the Board of Directors: Major General Bentley Rayburn, USAF ret
STARRS Announces New Documentary on Matt Lohmeier ‘Call Sign Courage’
STARRS Board Vice Chairman, Maj. General Joe Arbuckle (Ret.), Appears on Truth & Liberty Show
Statement from STARRS on the Passing of Charlie Kirk
Former STARRS Leader Matt Lohmeier Voted By Senate As Under Secretary of Air Force
STARRS Announces Release of Letter to POTUS