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Academy Helicopter Parents

When you first went off to your service academy or the military, did your parents act like you were going off to...

Air Force and Space Force Core Values now up on ramp at USAFA

No word about the front of the ramp, where “Bring Me Men” used to be. (Click on photos to enlarge) Lotta words...

How Soviet and Chinese Intelligence Subverted Western Education — and What the Results Look Like

In our fight against radical, anti-American ideologies infiltrating our country and military, so many recognize the problem...

Trump promised redemption for troops who refused COVID shots. A year later, many are still waiting.

By Leah Rosenbaum | The War Horse and republished on Military Times When the COVID-19 vaccine was released in 2020, Daniel...

STARRS Helps USAF Brig. General and USAFA Grad Get Reinstated

From Mike Rose, STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel, who has been providing legal assistance to...

Deep State in the Pentagon waiting to undo everything Hegseth and Trump have accomplished

Senior Pentagon bureaucrat: “The way I look at it is… when the election changes… I want to stay and stick...

Senate approves incoming Air Force Academy superintendent

By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette Maj. Gen. Paul Moga, USAFA ’95, is set to become the superintendent of...

US Navy Tried Censoring Commander Online After He Called Out Admirals

By Francis Kapper | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Navy reported an active duty commander’s account to X staff...

Army Intelligence Officer – “To Our Great Detriment: Ignoring What Extremists Say about Jihad”

A military intelligence officer in the Army Reserves (also a lawyer) wrote in the midst of the Global War on Terror a thesis...

Pom Poms and No-Shows: The Failure of Military Academy Oversight

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Some Boards of Visitors are finally doing their jobs. Others are AWOL. America’s...

Chaplains Face Challenges with CRT, DEI, and Corruption in Veterans Affairs

By J.M. Phelps | The Gateway Pundit A former enlisted service member turned chaplain, recounts his tumultuous journey...

DEI Entrenchment: 7 Colleges Suggesting That ‘White Supremacy’ Persists in America

ROTC is the largest commissioning source for the US military, producing over 50% of all new active-duty officers each year...

Army Maj. Gen. James Bartholomees, USMA ’95, nominated to be next Superintendent of West Point

In the “Secretary of War General Officer Announcements” post on July 16, 2026, it included this: Army Maj. Gen...

In Massive Military Bill, Congress Considers Putting Anti-DEI Protections Into Law

By Cass Rutledge | The Federalist Just like the rest of the swamp, the Pentagon is woke. And now, there is legislation to...

Creating an Environment for Mistreatment – Larry Card

Statement made by Larry Card, USAFA ’93, to the July 20, 2026 USAFA Board of Visitors meeting: Transcript: “Good...

Improvements to the USAFA conduct/ honor/ disenrollment systems – Mike Rose

Remarks and recommendations submitted by Mike Rose, USAFA ’69 (STARRS Executive Vice President & General Counsel) to the...

Discipline: Balancing Commander Discretion within Institutional Standards and Norms – Ron Scott

Remarks and paper submitted by Col Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 (STARRS President & CEO) to the July 20, 2026...

USAFA Statutory Realignment – MajGen Bentley Rayburn

Remarks and position paper submitted by Maj. General Bentley Rayburn, USAF ret, USAFA ’75 (STARRS Chairman of the...

USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – July 20, 2026, Video, Notes, Transcript

The USAFA Board of Visitors met on July 20, 2026, to review academy updates including new leadership introductions, AI...

‘Woke’ military academies targeted in new blueprint for sweeping warfighting overhaul

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News A conservative organization is calling for a sweeping overhaul of America’s service...

STARRS Board of Advisors member Shoshana Bryen passes away

Shoshana was an esteemed BOA member for STARRS. Our prayers are with her husband Steve (also a STARRS Board of Advisors) for...

The Red-Green Axis

US Army veteran Mansoor Laghari was the guest speaker at a recent STARRS Board of Advisors meeting. STARRS Board of Advisors...

What Radical Leftism Is

Excerpt from an important speech made by Secretary of State Rubio at a recent conference regarding left-wing terrorism:...

Pentagon to conduct C19 vax mandate after-action review report and panel

From the Department of War: As part of the Department of War’s continuous effort to rebuild trust with Service members...

Hearing Wrap Up: DEI is Discriminatory and Illegal

The Task Force on Defending Constitutional Rights and Exposing Institutional Abuses held a hearing titled “Combating DEI in...

STARRS Board Member Bill Connor Honored with Induction into South Carolina Military Veterans Hall of Fame

(Press Release) Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS) proudly announces that Board Member...

Killing Woke At West Point

By LTC Edwin L. Kennedy, Jr, USA ret, USMA ’76 STARRS Ambassador “West Point is set apart. It’s special. It’s above...

Mass amounts of Soldiers being fat is a national security issue

By @InfantryDort, active duty Army Major The derangement against the currently serving administration is so profound that...

Commanders Call with Guest Speaker Congressman Keith Self, USMA 1975

The MacArthur Society’s July 9, 2026 Commander’s Call featured U.S. Representative Keith Self (USMA ’75)...

How the Gateway Pundit and the ‘Tireless Commitment’ of One Journalist Advocated for Service Members

J.M. Phelps: “A few weeks back, The Gateway Pundit requested that I write an article showcasing the outlet’s influence...

How America’s Military Academies Lost Their Way

From Restore the Military podcast: West Point was built to produce warriors. So was Annapolis. So was the Air Force Academy...

A Big Win for Military Families on America’s 250th

By Open The Books Open the Books worked for three years to uncover the ideologically charged philosophies guiding the...

Organizations that measure themselves against a mission outperform organizations that measure themselves against a demographic target

By Jay Rogers The Pentagon is asking, out loud and in public this week, a question my own research already tested weeks ago...