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New Navy Under Secretary Cao to ‘supercharge’ force by ditching DEI, raising standards
By Emma Bussey | Fox News Navy Secretary John C. Phelan has tapped new Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao to lead a sweeping...
The State Of Our Political Divide
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors Conventional wisdom holds that Republicans and Democrats are united in their...
Hegseth changing military mindset
By Sloan Oliver, retired Army officer Weekly Column Reporter, Monroe County Reporter During my military career, I was in...
Leadership Essentials: How to Find the Spirit of Past Naval Heroes Again
By Doug Stanton, retired US Navy Reserves officer The U.S. Navy lauds the life and fighting legacy of some of our nation’s...
The U.S. military is no place for “woke” policies to exist
By James H. “Smokey” Shott Daily Telegraph columnist The U.S. military services have a very specific, narrow and critical...
That Hegseth Speech Was Actually Pretty Good
By Christopher Caldwell | New York Times NYT Contributing Opinion writer When Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth summoned...
Pete Hegseth’s demand that troops be fit — not fat — is essential to US military readiness
By Rich Lowry Doesn’t Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth realize that push-ups are passé? His speech to an audience of generals...
Updates on C19 Vax Reinstatements
Some background from X on what’s been happening regarding reinstatements back to the military. From STARRS General...
Restoring America’s Security – with General Joe Arbuckle on The Truth & Liberty Show
STARRS Vice Chairman Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret, who also is with FlagOfficers4America, was recently interviewed on...
Responding to Secretary Hegseth’s Speech to Senior Military Leaders
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 To listen to some of the critics of Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s September 30, 2025...
Message from the Chairman of the Board: SECWAR’s Address to His Generals and Admirals — “STARRS on Steroids”
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board “What a great day for STARRS! ...
Lt Gen Rod Bishop on Secretary of War’s GOFO Speech
STARRS Chairman Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, was a guest on Frank Gaffney’s Securing America show discussing...
Antifa Is The Identity-Obsessed Progeny Of A Long Line Of Brutal Marxist Terrorists
“If Antifa is to be defeated, its godless utilitarianism and Marxist identity-obsession that excuses in advance any...
Upcoming Memo Will Further ‘Incentivize and Encourage Service Members to Come Back’ After Years of Retaliation and Reprisal: Pentagon Senior Advisor Stuart Scheller
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit A Pentagon official recognizes that doing the right thing can be hard, but what he wants...
Mixed Reviews of the Naval Academy Board of Visitor’s Meeting
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors (USNA BOV) September meeting in D.C...
The Failure of Military Correction Boards
By Mark W. Castillon, US Army National Guard veteran The American military rests on a sacred covenant: service demands...
Secretary of War’s Speech is a Game-Changer
By Major Donald E. Vandergriff, USA ret | From his Substack As a lifelong advocate for military reform, I have spent decades...
Hegseth Is Right — We Need To Rethink Women’s Role In The Military
By Jennifer S. Bryson | The Federalist Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced last week that he will shut down the Defense...
What Military Accountability for COVID Looks Like
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Roughly a year before President Trump was inaugurated for the second time, I joined a...
Disgraced Pup Fetish Colonel Resurfaces As a Naval Academy Midshipman’s Sponsor
By streiff, Army veteran | RedState It appears that a disgraced, retired U.S. Army colonel who led a “pup...
Hung Cao Confirmed as Navy Under Secretary
By Mallory Shelbourne | USNI News The Senate on Wednesday confirmed retired special operations veteran Hung Cao to serve as...
Hegseth To Top Military Brass: No More Dudes In Dresses
By Ben Shapiro | The Daily Wire The Secretary of War and the President of the United States spoke before hundreds of top U.S...
It Turns Out The Military’s Biden-Era Recruitment Crisis Was A Leadership Problem After All
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist America’s propaganda press have wound up with egg on their faces a few many times over...
How the U.S. military went woke: DEI offices, women in combat and drag shows
By Susan Ferrechio | The Washington Times Plug-in tanks, drag shows and physically unfit leaders promoted to boost diversity...
Terrorist Attack by Military Veteran Highlights Need to Address #RevolutionariesintheRanks
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Since the assassination of Charlie Kirk, I’ve been tracking a disturbing trend: military...
Transgender West Point instructor on administrative leave but still at West Point
Update on this story, Transgender West Point Instructor Sues the Commander-in-Chief: A female Army Captain who thinks...
What Military-Related People Are Saying About Hegseth’s Speech
SO many Americans who were thrilled with Secretary of War’s speech, but we collected comments from military-related...
FROM WOKE TO WAR: Pete Hegseth’s Vision Sets a Clear Path for a Muscular and Effective Military
By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal I’ve witnessed many moments of “America is back” catharsis this year, but few...
Decorated Veteran Says Generals, Admirals Who Can’t Back Hegseth Should ‘Get The Hell Out’
By Harold Hutchinson | The Daily Caller News Foundation Former Marine Joey Jones praised Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s...
Finding Marxist Revolutionaries in the Ranks
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors We’ve been warning America for years about Marxist infiltration of...
Restoration of Historic “Christ on the Water” Painting at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
(US Dept. of Transportation) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the newly restored “Christ on the...
In memory of Charlie Kirk: A call to end political violence and restore American unity
By Congressmen Col. August Pfluger, USAF (USAFA 2000) and Don Davis As members of Congress from opposite sides of the aisle...
It’s Not Just The Rhetoric, It’s Who Controls The Mic
By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors In the wake of the horrific and historic assassination of the brilliant young...
MacArthur Society Commanders Call with Gen. Michael Flynn
The MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates held its monthly Commanders Call on 30 September 2025 with special guest Lt...
They don’t want Hegseth out at DOD because he’s failing, but because he’s succeeding.
Charlie Kirk posted this social media on April 21, 2025: “They don’t want Hegseth out at DOD because he’s...
Marines Say ‘Unapologetic’ Standards Drove Recruiting As Pentagon Raises The Bar Across Military
by Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Marines hit their recruiting goal for the fiscal year...
DOW MEMO: Adverse Information Policy
While the Department of War remains firmly committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and exemplary conduct...
DOW MEMO: Requirement to Formally Present Purple Heart Medals and Valor Decorations
Effective immediately, all Purple Heart medals and valor decorations will be formally presented to the recipient, or their...
DOW MEMO: Policy Memorandum Revision re “Special Selection Review Boards
The Military Departments have developed comprehensive, multi-layered promotion review procedures that match or exceed the...