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Fired Insubordinate Officers Reveal Massive U.S. Military Resentment Against Elected Civilian Command

By Cynical Publius, retired Army Colonel Follow him on X: @CynicalPublius There is a cancer in America’s military ranks, and...

The Pentagon Must Go on the Offensive to Defeat Politicized Officers

By Col. Kurt Schlichter, USA ret That Space Force colonel in command in Greenland – well, formerly in command in Greenland –...

The Fight Against Race-Based Admissions at the US Naval Academy

This is a monumental, in-depth investigation into race-based admissions at America’s elite military academies—and the...

Military schools offer test case for Trump education reforms

By Lexi Lonas Cochran | The Hill Military academies could increasingly show what President Trump wants to see from public...

Drew Dix Podcast – Women in the Military

STARRS Board of Advisors member Drew Dix answers questions from last week’s Readiness episode and talks specifically about...

Service Members Separated for Rejecting COVID Vaccine Can Be Reinstated, But There’s a Big Catch That Has Many Refusing

By Ole Braatelien | The Western Journal Service members separated for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine can now re-enlist, but...

Attorney blasts Merchant Marine midshipmen as ‘Christian nationalist insects’ for cheering Jesus painting

By Jon Brown | Christian Post An attorney from the nonprofit that pushed to relocate a historic Jesus painting at the U.S...

Cleaning traitors out of the military

By Mike McDaniel, USAF veteran It’s no secret that Barack Obama purged hundreds of officers from the military. These were...

Wrong, Colonel, the Concerns Are Yours!

By Kevin McCullough | Townhall If you grow up in a military family, like I did, you don’t just learn the rank structure or...

Army Enlisted Academy Bars Students from Writing About Women and Minorities

In other words, students “must submit a paper free of DEI content.” Good. By Steve Beynon | Military.com The Army’s premier...

Active-Duty Air Force Major is Being Forced to Go Without Pay ‘Indefinitely’ for Taking a Religious and Medical Objection to the Flu Vaccine

By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit After nearly 17 years of honorable service, an Air Force officer is facing administrative...

Objections to the COVID-19 Shot, Transgenderism, and Drag Queen Story Hour Got a Service Member Booted from the Navy

By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Service members are facing many obstacles as they try to return to military service. Some...

Former U.S. Space Force Officer Wants to Serve His Country Again, But Who’s Going to Extend a Helping Hand?

By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Retaliation for refusing the once-mandated COVID-19 shot no longer has a place in today’s U...

Secretary Sean Duffy Gives Energizing Speech at Merchant Marine Academy

Duffy received a standing ovation when he asserted, “Can we bring Jesus out of the basement?” By Daniel Bissell | ...

Senior CIA Official Who Facilitated Biden’s Military COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate Fired

By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Terry Adirim, a senior Central Intelligence Agency official and former senior defense...

USAFA and USMA end race consideration in admissions

By Nate Raymond | Reuters The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor...

Pentagon Eliminates Woke Violations of Trump’s Executive Orders

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell | The Daily Signal A senior Pentagon official ordered employees to cease all communications...

Hegseth quips ‘99.9%’ of DEI initiatives are gone from the military under Trump’s watch

By Diana Stancy | Fox News Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth quipped that the Trump administration has wiped out “99.9%” of...

Newt’s World: Rep. Wesley Hunt on Service to Country

Newt Gingrich talks with Congressman Wesley Hunt, USMA ’04, U.S. Army veteran and Apache helicopter pilot, about his...

Hundreds of Students at Military Base Schools Walk Out to Protest Trump Administration’s Anti-Diversity Policies

Continuing saga of woke military kids in DoDEA schools, a legacy of the woke agenda pushed on them for so long: By Rebecca...

Workforce Acceleration & Recapitalization Initiative Organizational Review

New memo from Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg regarding DOD workforce optimization. “To ensure the Department...

Senate confirms Trump’s pick for chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff

By Mary Clare Jalonick | The Associated Press The Senate confirmed retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Dan “Razin” Caine to become...

Military Met 2024 Recruit Contracting Goals, Plans for Repeat

By C. Todd Lopez | DOD News The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Space Force met their contracting goals for new...

Trump Administration Fires Female Vice Admiral Amid Widening Purge of Military Officers

See these before reading the article: BREAKING: Per report, Navy Vice Admiral Shoshana Chatfield refused to put up POTUS &...

Space Force Commander in Greenland Sent Out Email Breaking with Vice President Vance After His Visit

Related to our recent Town Hall which discussed the problem of military personnel opening opposing the administration: By...

Reforming the Military’s Fitness Standards Is Vital, but Not the Only Step

By Tony Perkins | Washington Stand From the playing field to the battlefield, the realities of biology cannot be ignored...

Mixing Military and Politics

By Col. Phil Williams, USA ret STARRS Board of Advisors U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth issued a new directive that...

Response to USAFA Professor

This is a response the STARRS Chairman gave to a long post on Facebook written by an assistant professor of English at USAFA...

DOD Welcomes Back Service Members Impacted by COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate

(DOD) The Defense Department is taking significant steps to reinstate service members who were discharged due to the now...

Air Force Backtracks on Banning Personal Pronouns from Email Signatures because of NDAA

This shows the need to codify the new Executive Orders into law: By Thomas Novelly | Military.com The Air Force says it’s...

Tuberville’s proposal for academy athletes to go pro undermines duty

By Lt. Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret. Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently said he would pursue new rules in this year’s National...

Naval Academy Superintendent’s Congressional Testimony Contradicts Facts About Race-Based Admissions

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News On March 26, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel required...

If Congress Doesn’t Step In, Rogue Judges Will Trans The Military

By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness Former Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer recently...

LETTERS: AFA cutting civilian staff; a very specific mission

STARRS President Ron Scott wrote a letter to the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette in response to an article: AFA...

How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It

By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist Since returning to office, President Trump has taken significant action to...

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...