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Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda and the Military
Undersecretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier ’06 shares his vision for strengthening the Air Force and Space Force
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Brutal Essay Perfectly Describes DEI’s Not-So-Secret Victims
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One Man’s Fight for the Many
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An Open Letter to President Trump
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Air Force One-Star General Officer’s Fight Against Autopen, Bureaucracy, and Injustice
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Biggest Military Funding Bill Still Allows Promoting Soldiers By Race And Sex
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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...
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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
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US Military Academies Must Sever Ties With Activist Accrediting Agency
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Leadership by Example Has Broken Down at VMI—and the Corps Shows It
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Partisan Disparity Of Investigations – A Way Ahead To Speed Conclusion Of Investigation Of General (retired) Milley’s Conduct
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Current State of the US Air Force Academy by Three Cadets
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GOP’s 2026 NDAA Doesn’t Go Far Enough for America First Principles
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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
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USAFA NCLS 2026 Theme – Courage to Lead in the Profession of Arms
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Mothers of MEN
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Federal appeals court lets Pentagon reinstate transgender service ban, says judge overstepped military leaders
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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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Mike Rose’s Statement at USAFA BOV Meeting
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Update on how the US Air Force Academy is getting rid of CRT/DEI ideology
At the December 8, 2025 meeting of the Board of Visitors for the US Air Force Academy, a report was presented on how USAFA...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 8 DEC 2025
The US Air Force Board of Visitors met virtually for a public meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2025. Watch or scroll down to...
Seditious Conspiracy on Capitol Hill
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Navy Public Affairs Officer Speaks Out
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DEI: Rooted in America and the Military by Cultural Marxism
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Ron Recommends…. (5 DEC 25)
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The War on Pete Hegseth
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Communism. Is It Here? You Tell Me.
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The Trust Divide: The Hidden Factor Behind Every American Conflict Today
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The Seditious Six: Military Orders, Outrage and the Law
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A New Era Of Accountability: Hegseth’s Vision Takes Hold At The Naval Academy
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An Interview With Under Secretary Of The Navy Hung Cao
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Hegseth Considers Breaking with Woke Scouts after Longtime Pentagon Partnership
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Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visits Columbus AFB
(USAF Press Release) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier visited Columbus Air Force Base Nov. 20 to engage...
Air Force Academy tightens rules on conferences, public appearances for faculty
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USAFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind’s 2025 Year in Review
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West Point History Department Launches War Studies Program and Major
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The Seditious Six
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Cornell Law Professor Shreds ‘Entirely Unconvincing’ War Crime Accusation Against Hegseth
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Competition is the key to excellence in education
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Rubio orders restitution for hundreds of staffers denied promotions under Biden DEI rule
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MG Paul Vallely – Russian Influence, Venezuela, and The Cold War
West Point and Naval War College Professor Calls the America First Movement a ‘Hateful Cult’
West Point Grad: Sen. Slotkin unsuited to be on the West Point Board of Visitors
Military organizations’ urgent call for pardons or amnesty ignored
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Texas A&M student fights back against Marxist ideology
Congressional Resolution Denouncing the Horrors of Socialism
How Pete Hegseth Is Strengthening America’s Military
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STARRS Podcasts
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What makes a military leader truly exceptional? Brigadier General Robert F. Titus, known as “Earthquake,”...
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Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
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Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
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STARRS Town Hall with Guest Speaker Rick Addante: DEI is NOT Dead at the Department of War
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Interview with Author Jason Hill, PhD on CRT
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Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
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The Constitution Comes First: How Our Military Legal System Lost Its Way – Judge Bruce Tucker Smith
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Interview with Dr. John Hughes
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What it’s REALLY like living in a Communist country under Marxist ideology
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Interview With Elaine Donnelly, Center For Military Readiness
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Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
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Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
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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...
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...
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...
Exposing DEI: Understanding the Strategy Behind Institutional Indoctrination
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Reviving Warfighter Culture by Removing Divisive DEI – With Brig. General Chris Petty, USA ret
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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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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 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 Historian Jane Hampton Cook
STARRS’ VP Dr. Ron Scott interviews historian, author and STARRS Board of Advisors member, Jane Hampton Cook. Jane was...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
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Air Force / Air Force Academy
THE HORROR: Military women left fuming after US Air Force changes nail polish policy
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Military Political Commissars get paid $95K-$195K
What do military Political Commissars do and how much do they get paid? There’s an opening for this position at the...
Army / West Point
New Chase Spears Podcast: Finding Your Spine
Retired Army PAO Chase Spears, who spoke on our last Town Hall “The Military’s Leftwing Ideological Resistance:...
MacArthur Society – Save West Point!
Matthew Newgent (USMA’96), board member of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates was interviewed by CDM Media...
Navy / Naval Academy
The US Air Force Failed To Hit A Single Recruitment Goal This Year
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Air Force failed to meet its recruiting targets for enlisted...
Manhattan Project for Ships
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Shipbuilding, Maintenance, and Fleet Reactivation Strategy...
CG/Coast Guard Academy
Bill to Protect Air Force Cadets, Midshipmen From Being Punished for Not Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine
Ongoing “Ideological Purge” Criticized in Open Letter from Retired USCG 3-Star
SFFA v. Harvard: Should our nation’s service academies be exempt from this landmark ruling?
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