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The VMI Experience — Impending Disaster or Restoration

By Carmen D. Villani Jr., VMI ’76 In recent weeks, the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) has come under attack by...

Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, on ‘Aligning Senior Service College Opportunities With American Values’

(Pentagon) The Department of War is committed to maximizing taxpayer dollars on warrior education, and to equipping our...

Virginia Democrats Attack VMI

STARRS is mentioned in a Wall Street Journal editorial: By The Editorial Board | Wall Street Journal The progressive...

SecWar: Fixing the military’s Professional Military Education system

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth is cancelling Department of War attendance at woke universities pushing leftist ideologies and...

Department of the Air Force leaders emphasize warfighting readiness at AFA Warfare Symposium

(US Air Force) Senior Department of the Air Force leaders emphasized that warfighting readiness, modernization and...

Supreme Court Refuses to Take COVID-19 Shot Mandate Cases Affecting U.S. Service Members

By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied petitions for Poffenbarger v. Meink and Doster v...

West Point cadet booted from Army after using AI to create nude image of woman

He forgot the “Honor” part… By Eve Sampson | Army Times A West Point cadet used artificial intelligence to...

What VMI Contributes to the U.S. Officer Corps

By Jonathan K. Corrad, VMI 2005 As Virginia lawmakers debate proposed changes affecting the Virginia Military...

Hegseth Says Scouting America Support to Continue Upon Org’s Commitment to Drop DEI

(Pentagon News) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced that the War Department will conditionally continue to provide...

Cultural Change in the Air Force

Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier, at the Air & Space Forces Symposium: “Getting the right leaders in...

Womack Elected to Ninth Term as Chairman of West Point Board of Visitors

The MacArthur Society had eight people attend the USMA BOV meeting on Monday, February 23, 2026 in Washington, DC...

Supreme Court declines COVID vaccine mandate cases

By Patricia Kime | Military Times The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to hear two cases filed on behalf of Air Force...

Coast Guard Reinstates 56 Members Who Were Dismissed for Refusing COVID Vaccines Under Biden Administration

(DHS Press Release) The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday that 56 members of the United States Coast...

DHS Kills $58M Coast Guard Marketing Deal Over LGBTQ, DEI Ideology

By Hailey Gomez | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Department of Homeland Security rejected a nearly $58 million...

Bills to reshape VMI board and create review task force spark alumni, lawmaker backlash

By Jaida Simone | ABC WSET-13 News A growing debate over proposed legislation affecting the Virginia Military Institute is...

How Trump Can Rescue Military Families Trapped In Woke DOD Schools

By Amber Todoroff | The Federalist One of the few silver linings of the pandemic era was a parental awakening as they got...

Long March of Cultural Marxism in America

James Atticus Bowden, a 1972 West Point graduate, gave a presentation on the “Long March of Cultural Marxism in...

Making The Merchant Marine Great Again

By Sean Duffy, Secretary of Transportation For decades, America’s maritime industry has been adrift. As China’s capabilities...

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Hegseth criticizes godless left and divisive DEI

By Ellen Mitchell | The Hill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized the “godless” left and foreign ideologies while...

Accreditation for Service Academies – Brig. General Mick Zais, PhD, USA ret

The MacArthur Society held a Commanders Call with guest speaker Brig. General Mick Zais, PhD, US Army retired, USMA...

Ft. Bragg elementary school teacher identifies as a “transgender wolf”

Stunning case out of Bragg, via a post on X: “A group of military families at Fort Bragg is expressing deep concern...

Chairman Pfluger Unveils USAFA Board of Visitors Report Recommending Restoring Cadet Strength and Modernizing the Academy

(Press Release) As first reported in the Air and Space Forces Magazine, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the...

STARRS Urges Presidential, Secretary of War, and Congressional Review of Virginia Legislation Impacting the Virginia Military Institute

Richmond, Virginia – Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS) has formally called upon...

STARRS Open Letter to POTUS re the Virginia Military Institute

STARRS leaders wrote a letter to President Trump regarding the Virginia Military Institute. Read the letter with...

USecAF Lohmeier visits Kadena AB to conclude Indo-Pacific tour

(USAF) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visited Kadena Air Base, Feb. 4, concluding his tour of Pacific Air...

The United States, the Philippines, and the Defense of Taiwan

By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors The U.S. has enduring ties to the Philippines. The Philippines were...

The Battle for VMI

By Joseph Murray, VMI 2021 Last month, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as the 75th governor of the Commonwealth of...

Schumer pushes bill to give Pride flag same status as US, military flags

By Alex Miller | Fox News Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have the Pride flag considered...

“I’ve waited my whole life for a speech like this.”

Received from Major Bob ‘Von’ Liebman, USAF, Ret.: Gents – SECSTATE Rubio’s recent speech to the...

Pentagon’s Secret Teacher Training Reveals Defiance of White House Directives, Contractors as Backdoor to DEI

By Open the Books | Substack Open the Books has obtained teacher training materials used by the Pentagon’s k-12 school...

Making the War Colleges Great Again

By ‘Cynical Publius’ (@CynicalPublius on X) Retired US Army Colonel As President Donald Trump and Secretary of...

U.S. Transportation Secretary Doubles Down on Purging DEI From Our Skies, Calls on Airlines to Affirm Pilot Hiring Is Merit Based

(DOT Press Release) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is...

Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams

By Micaiah Bilger | The College Fix More university admissions offices are now accepting an alternative to the SAT and ACT...

Grand Jury Refuses To Indict ‘Seditious Six’ Democrats Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Video

By Ashley Brasfield | The Daily Caller News Foundation A D.C. grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a...

The Day the Fighting Cocks Died: How West Point Traded the Warrior Ethos for Political Safety

By Lt. Col. David T. Cloft, USA ret, USMA ’97 | AFNN There was a time when a group of young men at the United States...

Strengthening America’s Military with Amber Smith

By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, STARRS Board of Advisors interviews Amber Smith, STARRS Board of Advisors The US military has...

The American Left Is a Cult. I Have Receipts.

By Mike Bski, USA ret 23-year Army Combat Medic How a Science Teacher, Combat Medic, and Father of Four Accidentally...

House Passes Bill to Study VMI’s Academics, Military Training, and Diversity Efforts

By Abbie Coleman | News 10 House Bill 1377, sponsored by Delegate Dan Helmer (D–10), cleared the House with a 71–24 vote...

It’s Time to Purge the Poison from All Professional Military Education

By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors America’s military is the greatest fighting force in history because...

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...

Cultural War Briefing: STARRS Presentation of “American Creed Threatened by Radical Indoctrination”

STARRS leaders Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army retired, and Colonel Ron Scott, PhD, US Air Force retired, give an...

‘Good Riddance’: War Dept. Cuts Ties with Ivy League ‘Wokesters’

By S.A. McCarthy | Washington Stand The U.S. military is cutting ties with one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious...

Only Hegseth can save storied Virginia Military Institute from woke state lawmakers

By David Marcus | Fox News Opinion The last time that Virginia Military Institute was nearly destroyed was when Union troops...

Chief of Naval Operations Unveils “Fighting Instructions” at U.S. Naval War College

(US NAVY) The Navy’s 34th Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, today released the United States Navy Fighting...

Chairman Pfluger Hosts Secretary of the Air Force at USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting in DC

(Press Release) United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Board of Visitors (BOV) Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) convened the...

Leadership Lesson for the Day (How to Defeat your Enemy or Countering Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals)

By Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency In my time studying our enemies, there...

The Left’s Attack On VMI For Lack Of Wokeness Must End

By Col. Bill Connor, Esq., USA ret, The Citadel ’90 Chairman, STARRS Board of Advisors As happened with Joe Biden in 2020...

America Fractured: How the Obama Doctrine Fueled Division — and What Must Be Done

By Col. Jamie Williamson, USA ret | Proud American Studios I spent my career in U.S. Army Special Forces operating in...

War Department Cuts Ties With Harvard University

By C. Todd Lopez | Pentagon News Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced the War Department would sever its academic...

Only a Conservative Military is Capable of Defending the United States

By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Last month a federal circuit court panel in Washington, D.C. upheld the Department of...

The attacks on Border Patrol and ICE agents copy and expand on the abuse heaped on Vietnam veterans

By John Lucas, USMA ’69 Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Served with the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam We all...

General Bishop: “Disappointed in how political our country has become”

By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA 1974 STARRS Chairman Emeritus Given the controversy in the USAFA Association of...

The Left will go after the institution that will resist them the least, for the most impact: The Military

By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack Everyone and every institution has a role to play at a particular time and...

Back to Warfighting: The Hegseth Doctrine Takes Shape

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Peace through strength is back, and DEI is on life support. In just his first year...

DEI’s ‘Divisive Ideology is Still Very Much Present, Just Lying in Wait’ for the Military

By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit An insider, possibly a holdover from the Biden administration, might be pressuring...

STARRS and Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast

The Commander-in-Chief, President Trump, gave remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast (see video below) and said some of...

Secretary Troy Meink announces Air Force Academy superintendent to depart

By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink urged Air Force Academy leaders Thursday to...

USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting Video – February 5, 2026

The US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors held a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and via Zoom with USAFA staff at...

An Insurrection Similar to 2020 We Cannot Lose

VMI cadets fight back as Virginia Democrats threaten to close historic military college

Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Indo-Pacific to engage with Airmen, allies

Vax Reinstatements, Remedies and After-Action Review Update by SecWarP&R Anthony Tata

FOIA Uncovered: DEI and The JAG Agenda

How TikTok’s Algorithm Poisoned the Minds of Young, Liberal Women

Courage in the Ranks: Interview with Sam Shoemate

How Japan and China’s History Impacts Taiwan

Why America’s Colleges Are Far More Fragile Than They Appear

USecAF Lohmeier visits Osan Air Base

The Reinstatement of Troops Impacted by Tyrannical COVID Policies is Starting to Seem Like a Sham to Many

DOW threatens ‘extraordinary’ action if Dems put Virginia Military Institute fully under VA control

Scouting America ‘on the clock’ to roll back DEI, War Dept says

A Quarter Of ‘Minority Contracting’ Firms Banned After Refusing Anti-Fraud Check

Lloyd Austin’s COVID Tyranny Continues As Shadow Policy at the Department of War

A nation cannot survive treason from within

Signs of a Marxist Uprising

BOOK REVIEW | The Truth: Stranger—and More Dangerous—Than Fiction

USAFA’s New Dean of the Faculty: Col. James Valpiani ’04

STARRS Releases Town Hall video: ‘The Threat of the Red-Green Axis’

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STARRS Podcasts

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...

Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”

What makes a military leader truly exceptional? Brigadier General Robert F. Titus, known as “Earthquake,”...

Interview With Elaine Donnelly, Center For Military Readiness

STARRS Vice President and Board of Directors Vice-Chair, Dr. Ron Scott interviewed Elaine Donnelly, from the Center for...

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 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.

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 Charles Love

Dr. Ron Scott, STARRS VP and Board of Directors Vice-Chairman, interviews Charles Love. Mr. Love is the Executive Director...

Interview with Kendall Qualls

Intellectuals Host Ron Scott talks with Kendall Qualls about the problems facing the republic. “We will be victorious...

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...

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...

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 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 Matthew Lohmeier

Air Force Academy graduate and former US Space Force Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his squadron command for...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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...

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...

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Air Force / Air Force Academy

Air Force Separated 610 Airmen For Refusing COVID-19 Vaccine

The Air Force separated 610 Airmen for declining the COVID-19 vaccination during the time it was required, from the fall of...

STARRS finally receives response from USAFA re a 2021 FOIA but 38 out of 48 pages are redacted

USAFA has something to hide? What are they, the CIA? On January 16, 2024, USAFA responded to STARRS FOIA 2021-03598-F, filed...

USAF 2nd LT & USAFA Grad: “Policies of current administration align more with policies of a government our country fought against in the 1940s”

Woke Warfighters: How Political Ideology is Weakening America’s Military

Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that ‘include all genders’ & drop ‘mom and dad’

Lt. John Bowes Discusses Challenges of 700 Unvaccinated US Pilots

Army / West Point

West Point’s New ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Minor Teaches America is Unfair

The motto of the United States Military Academy at West Point is “Duty, Honor, Country.” Or at least that was the motto...

Anti-Vance Pentagon Official Pushes For DEI ‘Acolyte’ To Assume Top Army Post

By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist A high-ranking Department of War official who reportedly disdains Vice President J.D...

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