The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Matthew Lohmeier to be the Under Secretary of the Air Force on Thursday, 1 May 2025 at 9:30 am ET in room SD-G50, Dirksen Senate Office Building. Watch the hearing that was...
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda in the Military
The Saga of Brigadier General Robert “Earthquake” Titus with William B. Scott
Presentation by Bill Scott, a member of the STARRS Board of Advisors, on Paratrooper, Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot. American...
“Constructivism and Feminism” Course at Naval War College
By CDR Salamander | Substack Last week we looked at the Naval War College. We’ll call that Episode 1. Time for Episode 2...
The Fruits of Institutional Capture: “Women, Peace, and Security”
By CDR Salamander | Substack Institutional capture is very real. Regardless of what initial intentions are, if you create...
Removing Transvestites from the Military Enhances Readiness and Lethality
By Lt. Col. Darrin Gaub, USA ret You will notice that I did not use the other “trans” word in the title because...
Additional DOD guidance on service members adversely impacted by C19 vax mandate
(DOD USD Personnel & Readiness Memo) The Department of Defense continues to take action in support of warfighters...
Reviewing the Department’s Military Educational Institution Library Collections
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell: Today, the Department issued guidance to senior...
Certification of Merit-Based Military Service Academy Admissions
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell, on Certification of Merit-Based Military Service...
Pete Hegseth says West Point professor who resigned over Trump admin education overhaul ‘will not be missed’
By Christina Shaw | Fox News A West Point professor’s resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump...
Active-Duty Military on TikTok
Ongoing weird trend of active-duty servicemembers telling it all/showing it all on their TikTok accounts–in uniform. A...
Implementing Policy on Prioritizing Military Excellence and Readiness
As the President of the United States clearly stated in Executive Order 14183, “Prioritizing Military Excellence and...
Sen. Banks Asks Gen. Tata How He Will ‘All Together Eliminate’ DEI Programming From Military
During a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Tuesday, Senator Jim Banks questioned Brig. General Anthony J. Tata...
Senators introduce the Reaffirming Every Servicemember’s Trust Over Religious Exemptions (RESTORE) Act
(Press Release) U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), and Mike Lee (R-Utah) introduced...
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:...
Drew Dix Podcast – Pushback within the Department of Defense
Drew Dix explores a critical threat to national defense. Is internal resistance threatening the mission? Watch: 00:00 Balls...
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Duffy hangs replica of controversial USMMA Jesus painting in DOT office: ‘It looks beautiful’
By Jon Brown | Christian Post Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that he hung a replica of...
Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin To Enforce Transgender Military Ban
By Katelynn Richardson | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration on Tuesday to...
SECDEF: “We are leaving wokeness and weakness behind”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth delivered a keynote address at Special Operations Forces Week 2025 at McDill AFB in...
Memorandum Directing General and Flag Officer Reductions
A memorandum directing general and flag officer reductions. Introducing the “Less Generals More GIs Policy.” pic.twitter...
How Department of Defense Educational Activity Staff Co-Opted Diversity Equity and Inclusion Protests
By Lt Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret In early 2025, students at Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) schools...
The China Threat Is Worse Than You Can Imagine
Book review of “Seven Things You Can’t Say About China” by Senator Tom Cotton. Reviewed by Capt. Brent Ramsey...
How wokeness infected even horse shows
By Judge Bruce Tucker Smith Retired United States administrative law judge 21-year veteran of the United States Air Force...
Response to Opinion Piece on USAFA civilian reduction plans
STARRS President Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 wrote a letter to the editor of the Denver Post in reference...
Ignore the noise, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is doing a great job
By Brian Darling There is quite a bit of noise that is distracting from the real-world accomplishments of Defense Secretary...
Gen Z Goes to West Point: How The Academy Should Adapt to Overcome Safetyism and Victimhood Culture
By Lt. Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret This paper was completed and submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master Teacher...
White House: “We are going to have a system of merit”
By Jessica Guynn | USA TODAY The White House put corporate America on notice that President Donald Trump plans to replace...
STARRS Presentation on April 28, 2025
STARRS President Ron Scott and Executive Vice President/General Counsel Mike Rose gave the presentation, “The American...
Statement: Providing Supplemental Remedies for Service Members and Veterans Negatively Impacted by the DOD Defunct Coronavirus Disease 2019 Vax Mandate
(DOD) Under the leadership of Secretary Hegseth, the Department of Defense has acted swiftly to support Service members and...
Former Air Force major who defied Biden vaccine mandate speaks out, applauds Hegseth
By Preston Mizell | Fox News A 16-year veteran and former Air Force major who voluntarily left the military after she...
Lohmeier defends qualifications for Air Force post as senators question past remarks
By Sandra Erwin | Space News Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s nominee for undersecretary of the Department of the Air...
SEN. TIM SHEEHY: 100 Days Of Putting Warfighters First
By Senator Tim Sheehy Former Navy Seal, USNA grad When I met with Pete Hegseth in early December ahead of his confirmation...
SECDEF Signed Memo to Provide Remedies for Service Members Hurt by Experimental COVID Vaccines – Now Those Affected Want to Know If Anyone Was Fired
By J. M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit On April 23, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum to direct the...
Lohmeier, Nominee for Under SECAF, Defends Record in Confirmation Hearing
By Greg Hadley | Air & Space Forces Magazine Matthew Lohmeier, who was fired from a Space Force squadron command just...
Drew Dix Podcast – Pushback From Within
Drew Dix on pushback from within, is it undermining America’s strength? He also talks about the pushback in the military...
Fired For Exposing The Biden-Era Military’s Marxist Drift, Former Officer Pledges To Restore ‘Accountability’ To The Force
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist A former fighter pilot previously fired for warning about the embrace of Marxism in...
The Military’s Back, Baby: Why America’s Youth Are Signing Up Again
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors The United States military is seeing its biggest recruitment surge in...
First 100 Days at the Department of Defense
Assistant to the Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs and Senior Advisor Sean Parnell provided the following statement:...
Matthew Lohmeier Hearing for Under Secretary of the Air Force held 1 May 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing to consider the nomination of Matthew Lohmeier to be the Under Secretary...
It is time to admit what the Marxist Left has done to black Americans
By Kendall Qualls, US Army Veteran President of TakeCharge STARRS Board of Advisors It is time for native black Americans...
STARRS President on Reclaim San Diego Radio Show
Col. Ron Scott, USAF ret, President & CEO of STARRS was interviewed on Reclaim San Diego radio show while he and STARRS...
When do the Court Martials Begin?
By Dr. Robert Malone, MD | Malone News Substack I never thought I would see the day come when a high-level official in the...
Secretary of Defense Hegseth Orders Military Medical Standards Review
By Guy D. McCardle | SOFREP Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has officially ordered a full-spectrum review of the U.S...
LETTER: Message sent to USAFA Cadets
A letter to the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette: Last week I was at the 10th Medical Group Clinic at the Air Force...
The Uniform Is Not Invincible: Firing Generals Is Critical to Restoring Military Lethality
By Will Thibeau, US Army veteran President Trump and Secretary of Defense Hegseth relieved the chairman of the Joint Chiefs...
‘FIT, Not FAT!’: Pete Hegseth Promises Standard Overhaul After ‘Unacceptable’ Troop Fitness Report
By Virginia Kruta | The Daily Wire Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised an overhaul of military physical fitness...
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell on the Conclusion of Service of DOD Advisory Committee Members
(DOD) Yesterday, informed by the recently concluded 45-day review of DOD advisory committees, Secretary of Defense Pete...
Hegseth Directs Review of Equal Opportunity Complaint Process
By David Vergun | DOD News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum April 23 titled “Restoring Good Order...
How DEI took a sledgehammer to the US military’s war ethos
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) U.S. civil-military relations rest on a fundamental contradiction. The United States...
Rod Bishop and Sam Shoemate on Securing America
Frank Gaffney, host of Securing America on Real America’s Voice network, interviewed STARRS Chairman Rod Bishop and...
Trump Asks SCOTUS To Uphold His Ban On Transgender Troops In The Military
By Mary Margaret Olohan | The Daily Wire President Donald Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to...
DOD Branch Chief Vows to Resist Trump and Hegseth
James O’Keefe released a new undercover video of a Department of Defense Branch Chief denigrating the Commander-in...
Most Dem-Voting Federal Bureaucrats Say They Would Disobey ‘Legal’ Orders From Trump, Poll Shows
By Hudson Crozier | The Daily Caller News Foundation A new poll found that a majority of federal employees who previously...
Trump Just Fired A Deadly Shot At DEI — And The Legacy Media Is Totally Ignoring It
By Natalie Sandoval | Daily Caller News Foundation Show of hands: who’d prefer his surgeon earn his degree by merit, not...
Restoring Equality of Opportunity and Meritocracy
(White House Executive Order) By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United...
Air Force Academy’s Staff Cuts Unclear Amid Mass Resignations; Cadets Assured of World-Class Education
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette While the Air Force Academy sent a letter to incoming cadets early last week...
Defense Secretary Orders Additional Remedies, More Clarity on COVID-19 Reinstatements
New Anti-Hegseth Op Illustrates The Media’s Campaign To Protect The Pentagon Status Quo
Navy Scraps Biden-Era ‘Climate Action’ Plan, Returns Focus To Warfighting
Hegseth Recaps 100 Days of DOD Accomplishments During Speech at War College
‘Striking’: DC appeals court interrogates Trump admin on Pentagon’s transgender military ban policy
Military Readiness, Not ‘Woke’ Politics, Must Come First
Biden Put Recruits at Risk to Increase Military Enlistment
The cost of political mandates still haunts our armed forces
Transgender West Point Instructor Sues the Commander-in-Chief
DEI at Annapolis
Cheating Without Consequences: The Rise and Tolerance of Mass Cheating at America’s Military Academies
There’s no more DEI at DOD, watchdog finds
Pentagon Review of Close Combat Training Standards Is Long Overdue
GAO Report: DEI Workforce Reductions at DOD
Students sue Defense Department over book bans in military schools
Army suspends commander after Trump, Vance, Hegseth vanish from command board
LETTER: USAFA Mission Statement
Army and Air Force libraries are ordered to review books for DEI material
Fired Insubordinate Officers Reveal Massive U.S. Military Resentment Against Elected Civilian Command
The Pentagon Must Go on the Offensive to Defeat Politicized Officers
STARRS Podcasts
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Presentation to the USAF Academy Association of Graduates
STARRS Chairman of the Board, LTG Rod Bishop (USAF ret, USAFA ’74) and STARRS President COL Ron Scott, PhD (USAF ret...
Potential cadet prep meeting with USMA and USAFA: “You’re going to have to act super woke in order to pass this”
The woke agenda starts off potential academy cadets lying from the very beginning. And then if they do get in, they still...
Army / West Point
‘Duty, Honor, Country’: Political Correctness At West Point Leaves Our Military Distracted From Its True Mission
By Brian Schaeffer, former Naval aviator If you’re a veteran like me, you will find it increasingly more difficult to watch...
Open Letter to West Point Superintendent
Col. (Ret.) Bill Prince here, USMA ’70 and President of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates. Below you will see a...
Navy / Naval Academy
When a Judge Incorrectly Rules Race as Legit in Naval Academy Admissions (Part 3 of 3)
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in...
Military Gender Pronoun Training
At a recent congressional hearing, the Air Force Chief Master Sgt. responded to a Congressmen’s question that the Air...