(DOD) It is the privilege of a lifetime to lead the warriors of the Department of Defense, under the leadership of our...
President Trump on ending woke policies:
EXECUTIVE ORDER: Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
....the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear....
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Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
Can DEI Be Removed From DOD?
Information Operations host L. Todd Wood (USAFA ’86) interview Brig. General Chris “Mookie” Walker (USAFA...
The Marine Corps has not had DEI programs?
By Marine Corps Compass Points Substack Indications are that under orders from the new Commander-in-Chief, Marines are...
Congressman Keith Self Introduces Maintaining Academy Culture and Assuring Retention of Tradition, Honor and Unity of the Republic Act (MACARTHUR Act)
(Press Release) Congressman Keith Self (USMA Class of 1975) introduced the House companion to legislation introduced in the...
USAF/USSF Memo re Closing Down DEI
Love how each of the government agencies, per OPM, has to repeat this line for all their employees to read: “These...
Army: Immediate Actions to Implement Guidance on DEIA Executive Orders
Here is what was sent out by the Acting Secretary of the Army:
US military academies should not use race in admissions, Trump’s Pentagon pick says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has told...
“If I hear of any of your wings who obfuscate or disobey this order, you will be immediately removed of Command. Any questions?”
We’ve been seeing a lot of reports that military DEI offices are only rebranding or leaders tell their people DEI...
Trump Administration Promises to Reinstate, Repay Service Members Fired Over COVID Mandate
By Jorge Gomez | First Liberty Institute The Trump administration is promising to reinstate and reimburse service members...
USAF DEI Offices Renamed as “Organizational Culture Offices”
What part of the President’s Order via the OPM Guidance memo don’t they understand? DEI is absolutely not dead...
DOD training called “Right-Wing” as example of political terrorist groups
The ongoing purge of DEI stuff from the military is showing some disturbing things. Former Army intel analyst Sam Shoemate...
Air Force Shuts Down DEI Programs, Following President’s Orders
By Chris Gordon, Greg Hadley and David Roza | Air & Space Forces Magazine The Air Force has started shutting down its...
Trump revokes Biden order allowing transgender troops in bid to rid DEI from military
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News President Donald Trump has revoked a Biden-era order allowing transgender people to serve in...
Air Force Shuts Down Barrier Analysis Working Groups
More great news. Instead of being divided into different identity groups, now the AF can be one unifying identity: Americans...
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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...
SECDEF Austin’s DEI Advisory Committee website shut down
STARRS has monitored the work of Defense Secretary Austin’s Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion...
Good News: West Point’s DEI Minor Removed
West Point complains that we only post bad news, so here we’re posting some good news: West Point’s DEI minor...
West Point Annual DEI Conference Changes Its Name
What a difference (?) a year makes. West Point’s annual DEI conference held for the past 21 years just changed its...
DEI at USAFA re-designated to “Dignity Respect and Leadership”
By STARRS Chairman Lt Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 Dear Friends and especially Parents and Cadets, If you...
It’s Time for Conservatives in the Military to Join the Fight
By Major Chase Spears, USA ret Donald Trump is now the 47th President and Commander in Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces...
Ending Illegal Discrimination and Restoring Merit-Based Opportunity
White House Presidential Order By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United...
White House OPM orders all DEI offices to begin closing by end of day Wednesday
By Brooke Singman, Landon Mion | Fox News The federal Office of Personnel Management (OPM) notified heads of agencies and...
Government Initial Guidance Regarding DEIA Executive Orders
Close them down!! Click images to enlarge or here is the memo from OPM.
Coast Guard commandant terminated over border lapses, recruitment, DEI focus
By Landon Mion | Fox News The Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has been terminated over concerns about the border...
Restoring Accountability for Career Senior Executives
White House Executive Order January 20, 2025 MEMORANDUM FOR THE HEADS OF EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENTS AND AGENCIES SUBJECT: ...
Defending Women From General Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government
White House Executive Order By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States...
Reforming the Federal Hiring Process and Restoring Merit to Government Service
White House Executive Order By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States...
Ending Radical And Wasteful Government DEI Programs And Preferencing
WHITE HOUSE EXECUTIVE ORDER By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States...
An Ignominious End: Gen Milley pardoned by Biden; Portrait pulled from Pentagon
And on his first day in office, President Trump fired Milley off a government council. One only needs a pardon if they are...
DEI efforts are wrecking America’s military
By Michael Poliakoff and Karrin Taylor Robson | AZ Central In 1962, President John F. Kennedy admonished: “There is little...
When truly the best Americans excel and are promoted across the military, the recruiting crisis will self-correct
By LTC Stuart Scheller, USMC veteran I was selected for a DoD position serving President Trump and SecDef Hegseth. For the...
Trump picks ousted Space Force officer and anti-woke activist for senior Air Force post
By Bill Gertz | Washington Times President-elect Donald Trump has selected retired Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew...
Air Force Official Held Event Pushing Critical Race Theory, Bemoaning ‘White Middle Class Problem’
By Spencer Lindquist | The Daily Wire A Pentagon official and member of the United States Air Force hosted a panel...
AMERICANS Act would reinstate 8,400 armed forces
By Alan Wooten | The Center Square North Carolina’s freshman congressman, a Green Beret veteran, and Texas’ third-term...
Deputy Under Secretary of Defense Talks Diversity, Inclusion in Military Leadership
The highest-ranking transgender in the Department of Defense, a male former naval aviator who later became a senior Pentagon...
DEI’s ‘Day of Undermining the Chain of Command Is Over’: Lt. Gen. Boykin
By Sarah Holliday | Washington Stand With a new president often comes a slew of new policies. The Biden-Harris...
Young man turns down acceptance to West Point from Senator: “Coach, I’m not getting involved with that mess.”
Senator Tommy Tuberville discusses the woke problem in the military service academies with Pete Hegseth during...
STARRS Executive Vice President Matt Lohmeier Named Under Secretary of the Air Force
On Friday evening, 17 February 2025, President Trump announced that STARRS Executive Vice President Matthew Lohmeier will be...
Hegseth’s Right, Dems Are Wrong. DEI Didn’t Make Military More ‘Lethal,’ It Fueled Historic Recruiting Crisis.
By Jarett Stepman | The Daily Signal A focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion has damaged the effectiveness of the U.S...
Video Clips from Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
Only the good stuff, not the screaming banshees. Sullivan To Hegseth: What Would Happen If We ‘Rip The Biden Woke Yoke...
Hegseth promises to reinstate, apologize and repay troops who refused COVID vaccine
By Kelsey Baker | Business Insider President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth...
Secure America Now Releases Woke Warfare: A Documentary on DEI’s Threat to Our Military
(Press Release) Secure America Now, an organization dedicated to highlighting critical national security issues, has...
Woke Ideology Is Replacing Merit-Based Standards In Military
The Left has nearly dismantled the U.S. military from the inside. The core values that once made our armed forces feared and...
I’m a Black, Gay Veteran: DEI Is Destroying Our Military. Pete Hegseth Can Make It Great Again
By Rob Smith, Army veteran I am a Black, gay veteran of the U.S. Army’s Fourth Infantry Division and the recipient of...
STARRS Rod Bishop and Frank Gaffney Discuss Hegseth Hearing
STARRS Chairman Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 discussed the Hegseth confirmation hearing and other topics...
Pete Hegseth Opening Statement
Opening Statement Secretary of Defense Nomination Hearing Senate Armed Services Committee January 14, 2025 Thank you...
Senator Schmitt highlights harmful DEI, woke agenda under Biden during Hegseth Confirmation Hearing
BAM! Senator Eric Schmitt talks about the harmful woke DEI agenda in the military, asks Pete Hegseth how he will fix this...
Dems Try Convincing America That Biden’s DOD Hasn’t Pushed Lower Standards For Women Despite Long List Of Evidence
By Wallace White | Daily Caller News Foundation Democrats at Secretary of Defense nominee Pete Hegseth’s confirmation...
Woke Warfare: A Documentary Exposing DEI’s Dangerous Grip On The U.S. Military
Secure America Now has released a new documentary on the threat of CRT/DEI ideology in the military. STARRS leaders Ron...
Yes, US generals should be fired
By Capt Steve Deal, USN ret In October 1939, just one month after he took over as Army Chief of Staff, General George C...
Military Must Go Back to Basics
By James Fitzpatrick Director of the Center to Advance Security in America The U.S. armed forces exist to deter aggression...
Urgent Defense Recommendations for the Trump Administration
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors President-elect Trump has made recent statements in favor of the...
Pete Hegseth’s Battle Scars Are His Strength
By Michael Dakduk, deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, including as a member of 1st Marine Special Operations Battalion (now...
Keys To Rebuild a Civilization with Kendall Qualls
STARRS Board of Advisors Kendall Qualls, former US Army Captain, was interviewed on the Washington Stand podcast...
Surge of Female Enlistments Helped Drive Army Success in Reaching 2024 Recruiting Goal
Hundreds of veterans to descend on DC to march in support of Pete Hegseth’s confirmation
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency chooses transgender Col Bree to “exemplify its values”
Confirmation Hearing for SECDEF – 14 January 2025
Why the Pentagon needs Pete Hegseth
I Fell in Love with the Law: Interview with Attorney Mike Rose, USAFA ’69
VMI’s Integrity at Stake
Fallout from The Big Lie
STARRS Review of 2024 Accomplishments
From Woke to Warfighting: How Pete Hegseth Can Fix the Pentagon
Time to get tough on the Pentagon’s top ranks
Anchors Astray: Why the Service Academy Exception is Wrong
US Navy Admiral James R. Hogg, 1934-2025
Oldest Living West Point Grad Celebrates 106 Years
Army vet James Atticus Bowden on the state of West Point
What STARRS Accomplished in 2024 Because of You
Standing up against Marxist ideology – Speech by LTG Rod Bishop
STARRS Leaders on Supporting Pete Hegseth for SECDEF
Can DEI Be Removed From DOD?
Trump Versus DEI in the Military
STARRS Podcasts
Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
Major General Joe Arbuckle on Meritocracy, Accountability and Military Reform
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
USAFA Grad, United Airlines Pilot dies unexpectantly at 46
(DVIDS) Col. Michael Fugett, the commander of the Nevada Air Guard’s 152nd Operations Group who genuinely prioritized...
Biden Promotes DEI-Pushing Air Force Officials On His Way Out The Door
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist As his disastrous presidency comes to a close, Joe Biden promoted several Air Force...
Army / West Point
What exactly are “Army Values?”
By Capt. Gene Thomas Gomulka, US Navy ret In 1992, while serving as the Deputy Chaplain of the U.S. Marine Corps, I was...
Rep. Wesley Hunt: Woke Initiatives Have No Place In Our Military
Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt (USMA ’04) joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share his thoughts...
Navy / Naval Academy
Demographic Diversity Is Not Our Strength
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 There is an old saw in leadership circles, “You get what you inspect.” It...
Does the Navy’s New Emphasis on ‘Diversity’ Put the Nation At Risk?
By CDR Phillip Keuhlen, US Navy ret, USNA ’71 After the 2020 summer of riots, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval...
CG/Coast Guard Academy
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