By John Hughes, USMA ’96 On 27 January 2025, President Trump made good on his campaign promise and officially ended DEI in the military by signing two Executive Orders. Titled “Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness” and...
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
Army secretary vows ‘grievous error’ targeting pro-life groups will never happen again
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Army Secretary Dan Driscoll called a set of training slides that deemed pro-life groups as...
Drew Dix Podcasts – Our Changing Culture, DOD Contracting and more
Some of the latest podcasts from Drew Dix, member of the STARRS Board of Advisors: Our Changing Culture Drew Dix examines...
Supplemental Notice of Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy Meeting
From the Federal Register. The Air Force Academy now joins with the other military service academies in allowing the public...
House Passes FY26 Defense Bill, Investing in America’s Military Superiority
Key items for our lane in this House Appropriations press release: Codifying President Trump’s executive actions to end...
Operation Midnight Hammer: Proof of the Trump Administration’s De-wokeification of our Military
By Nicole Kiprilov | Independent Women’s Forum After four years of the deliberate and relentless politicization and...
Naval Academy Settles on Shorter List of Banned Books as Pentagon Panel Weighs Ultimate Decision
By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com As the legal court battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to ban...
Republicans join House Dems to bar Hegseth’s military base name changes
By Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Davis Winkie | USA TODAY A House committee attempted to ban Defense Secretary Pete...
West Point expands academic modernization with development of Department of History and War Studies
By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications West Point is transforming the Department of History into the...
The Vax War Against Military Service Members
By Col Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors Secretary Hegseth’s words echo across the force “The Chiefs of all the...
Time to Appoint an Alum to Run USMMA
Op-ed in The Maritime Executive: There are five United States Federal Academies – the United States Military Academy...
Marine 3-Star to Lead Naval Academy, Davids Heading to OPNAV Staff
By Mallory Shelbourne | USNI News A Marine Corps officer is in line to lead the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time in...
General Flynn Challenges DEI, Champions Warrior Ethos and Honor at West Point Board Meeting
By Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96 MacArthur Society Board Member Lt General Mike Flynn, USA ret, said at the West Point...
Congress Broke The Military, Now It Must Fix It
By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired Congress created the “woke” military. Now it has the responsibility to...
Military libraries ignore Trump’s LGBT executive order
By Bethany Mandel | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump’s January 2025 Executive Order 14190, Ending Radical...
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Here Are the 596 Books Being Banned by Defense Department Schools
(Military.com) Children’s biographies of trailblazing transgender public figures. An award-winning novel reflecting on...
Pentagon Withdraws Promotion for Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows on USS Ronald Reagan
By Joshua Arnold | The Washington Stand The U.S. Department of Defense has withdrawn its nomination to promote Rear...
SECDEF Hegseth speaks to students at Turning Point USA conference
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a speech to a conference full of young, patriotic people who could potentially join...
Sen. Banks Blocks Promotion of Woke Air Force Colonel Advocating Race, Gender-Based Promotion
By Bradley Jaye | Breitbart News Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has placed a hold on the promotion of an Air Force colonel...
Do the President & SecDef Orders On Unlawful COVID Actions Matter?
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors I’m getting the distinct impression they don’t. As our friend J.M...
Pentagon pulls all military speakers from ‘globalist’ Aspen Security Forum
By Jerry Dunleavy | Just the News The Pentagon has pulled roughly a dozen high-ranking U.S. military officials who had been...
“They will face an enemy with ZERO care for diversity.”
Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret is a Presidential Appointee to the West Point Board of Visitors and attended his first...
Letter to the Editor: Content of Their Character
Lt. Col. Michael Uecker, USAF ret, USAFA ’71 and also a STARRS Ambassador, wrote this letter to the editor of the...
DEI Still Infects West Point
By Will Thibeau and Jeshua Grose DEI employees are still running amok in the hallowed halls of the United States Military...
Pentagon Ditches Admiral Who Allowed Drag Queen Performances On Aircraft Carrier
By Mary Margaret Olohan | The Daily Wire The Defense Department is withdrawing the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz”...
Leftist Accrediting Organizations Influence U.S. Military Academies
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Agencies responsible for approving accreditation of America’s five military service...
Conscientious Objector USAFA ’23 Grad has to pay back $150K
Update on that 2023 USAFA cadet who became a conscientious objector after Israel’s bombing of Gaza. We covered her...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – August 7, 2025
The next US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors meeting open to the public will be on Thursday, August 7 from 8:30 am to...
OH NO! The Air Force Bans False Eyelashes
Whatever will female warfighters do? New USAF regulations drop: Air Force updates, clarifies DAFI 36-2903 guidance The Air...
Trump’s Criticism of ‘Idiot’ Woke General Is a Reminder of How Far We’ve Come
By Robert Spencer | PJ Media We aren’t even six months into President Donald Trump’s second term, and so much has changed...
Army will look for false accusations, consider ‘credibility’ in misconduct cases
Comment on article from STARRS Vice Chairman Maj General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret: “This is fantastic! DEI made it easy...
The Communism Within
Col Rob Maness, USAF ret, STARRS Board of Advisors, interviewed Soviet-born Alexander Markovsky on The Rob Maness Show: More...
Reviving the Warrior Spirit: Hegseth on Service, Sacrifice & Strength
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivers a powerful message on service, sacrifice, and the revival of the American warrior...
Leftist Veterans Group Mobilizing Against Trump
More evidence we are living in parallel dimensions. A Leftist veterans group, “About Face: Veterans Against the...
West Point still has Professors Pushing Critical Race Theory
By John Hughes, USMA ’96 In February 2025, SECDEF Pete Hegseth posted the following online: “Last week, I met with the...
4 years after objecting to mandated COVID-19 shot, former Space Force officer receives ‘zero guidance’ to return to duty
By J.M. Phelps | World Net Daily A former Space Force officer’s objection to the military’s Biden-era COVID-19...
Surprise, Deception, Warning and War
By Lani Kass, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors “All warfare is based on deception. Offer the enemy a bait to lure him. …...
Invitation to Join STARRS President’s Circle
THE BATTLE IS WON BUT THE WAR IS FAR FROM OVER The progress made toward eliminating the toxic effects of the radical...
DEI on Campus? It’s a Protection Racket
STARRS NOTE: Dr. Ridgley is the guest speaker for the July 15, 2025 STARRS Town Hall on Zoom. Register Here. By Stanley K...
On the Radio: STARRS Chairman Rod Bishop
STARRS Chairman Rod Bishop was interviewed on the Freedom with Adam Riojas radio show in San Diego, California. Lieutenant...
Anthrax and COVID shot mandates continue to harm ‘thousands’ of military vets
By J.M. Phelps | WorldNet Daily Over 100,000 living armed services members and veterans have been negatively impacted by...
White House, Pentagon Won’t Say Why Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows On Navy Ship Was Nominated For Promotion
By Jacqueline Annis-Levings | The Federalist President Trump recently recommended Rear Admiral Michael “Buzz” Donnelly, who...
Why Military Recruitment Is Soaring
By Nate Jackson | Patriot Post “American Pride Slips to New Low,” a Gallup poll released on Monday headlined. Major media...
A Tribute to CDR Phillip Keuhlen, USN (Retired)
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Calvert Task Group Board of Directors It is with extreme sadness it...
Operation Midnight Hammer—Can’t We All Just Be Proud Americans?
By Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman As a military aviator and veteran of more contingencies...
Students for Fair Admissions and Naval Academy File Motion to Vacate Opinion Allowing Academy to Use Race in Admissions
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Imagine judging a trial, ruling for one party, and writing a 179...
After Offer of Back Pay, Only 13 COVID Vaccine Refusers Returned to Military Service
By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com Months after the Pentagon rolled out a policy aimed at wooing back service members...
A Brilliant Stroke
By Capt Tom Burbage, USN ret, USNA ’69 and Bill McCauley, Navy veteran, USNA ’69 The first reaction of the Trump...
Service Academy’s Woke Leadership Removed
Comment about this article from STARRS Chairman Lt Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74: Another win for STARRS...
Hegseth announces Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader renamed after Medal of Honor recipient
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader...
Hearing Wrap Up: DEI Promotes Discrimination and Hinders Equality
(House Oversight Committee) Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services held a hearing today titled “Sacrificing...
US Merchant Marine Academy leadership steps down day after Duffy speech
By Jon Brown | Christian Post The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings...
Vice Admiral Nunan and Rear Admiral Wulf Announce Departures from USMMA Leadership
(US Dept of Transportation Press Release) Vice Admiral Joanna M. Nunan, 14th Superintendent of the United States Merchant...
Military Readiness Incompatible With ‘Trans’ Troops
By Nate Jackson | Patriot Post President Donald Trump took to Truth Social last night to announce a ceasefire in...
How to Monitor Military Academy Admissions
By David Kane | Minding the Campus From the Military Times: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred the U.S. military...
On the Radio: STARRS Vice Chairman Joe Arbuckle
Civilian Service Academy Profs Complain about “Academic Freedoms” in Military Academies
Trump DEI ban ripples across Wisconsin National Guard, emails show
Pete Hegseth Has Already Changed the Pentagon for the Better
Naval Academy Ignored Standardized Test Scores for Class of 2025-2028 Applicants
Will the Military Academies Comply on Admissions?
An Analysis of West Point’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2020-2025
Seeking Justice for Military Members Harmed by Unlawful Orders
Senate Must Reject Woke Senior Military Officers Up for June 24 Appointments
Subverting the Efforts of CinC and SecDef to Restore the Military, At Least One Senior Official Appears to Have Made a Promise He Had No Intention to Keep
U.S. Navy Sails To 2025 Recruiting Target Three Months Ahead Of Schedule
Senator Introduces Legislation to Restore Lethality in the U.S. Military
Air Force On Track To Smash Recruiting Target Ahead Of Schedule
State of the Army
Combatting Woke Ideology in the Military
Establishment of the Military Service Recruitment Task Force
Army Plans to Eliminate Programs Not Contributing to Lethality
Report Exposes How Biden Federal Health Agencies Hid The Risk Of Myocarditis
Radicalized Former Coast Guard Officer Threatened to Assassinate Trump
Active Duty Mutiny No One is Talking About
STARRS Podcasts
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Air Force Will Likely Miss Recruiting Goals, Service Secretary Says
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall said the service is struggling to add new airmen to its ranks and will likely miss its...
Mom Sues Military Officials Who Allegedly Retaliated Against Her Complaints Of School ‘Polysexual’ Posters
A New Jersey mom is suing military officials who deemed her social media post voicing concern over an elementary school’s...
USAFA Prep School Instructor Fired Due to COVID Vaccine Mandates
Air Force Thinks Letting Men And Women Bunk With Each Other Will Boost Sagging Recruitment
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Soils His Uniform to Defend Trans Ideology in the Military
Army / West Point
What is STARRS Doing? Meet External Affairs
By Chris Petty, Brig Gen, USA (Ret), USMA ’87 Last week, a West Point classmate of mine shared a disheartening story...
Judicial Watch Sues for Details of Army Labeling Right to Life Groups as Terrorists
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S...
Navy / Naval Academy
This woke Pentagon video delivers a dangerous message
By Rod Dorilas, Navy veteran When a Navy training video on the use of preferred pronouns emerged last year, many people...
Senator spars with NavySec over recruitment challenges, priorities
Senator Eric Schmitt pressed Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro on the impact DEI training courses and COVID vaccine mandates...