By Ellen Mitchell | The Hill Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth criticized the “godless” left and foreign ideologies while...
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Accreditation for Service Academies – Brig. General Mick Zais, PhD, USA ret
The MacArthur Society held a Commanders Call with guest speaker Brig. General Mick Zais, PhD, US Army retired, USMA...
Ft. Bragg elementary school teacher identifies as a “transgender wolf”
Stunning case out of Bragg, via a post on X: “A group of military families at Fort Bragg is expressing deep concern...
Chairman Pfluger Unveils USAFA Board of Visitors Report Recommending Restoring Cadet Strength and Modernizing the Academy
(Press Release) As first reported in the Air and Space Forces Magazine, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the...
STARRS Urges Presidential, Secretary of War, and Congressional Review of Virginia Legislation Impacting the Virginia Military Institute
Richmond, Virginia – Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services (STARRS) has formally called upon...
STARRS Open Letter to POTUS re the Virginia Military Institute
STARRS leaders wrote a letter to President Trump regarding the Virginia Military Institute. Read the letter with...
USecAF Lohmeier visits Kadena AB to conclude Indo-Pacific tour
(USAF) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier visited Kadena Air Base, Feb. 4, concluding his tour of Pacific Air...
The United States, the Philippines, and the Defense of Taiwan
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors The U.S. has enduring ties to the Philippines. The Philippines were...
The Battle for VMI
By Joseph Murray, VMI 2021 Last month, Democrat Abigail Spanberger was sworn in as the 75th governor of the Commonwealth of...
Schumer pushes bill to give Pride flag same status as US, military flags
By Alex Miller | Fox News Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., is making a push to have the Pride flag considered...
“I’ve waited my whole life for a speech like this.”
Received from Major Bob ‘Von’ Liebman, USAF, Ret.: Gents – SECSTATE Rubio’s recent speech to the...
Pentagon’s Secret Teacher Training Reveals Defiance of White House Directives, Contractors as Backdoor to DEI
By Open the Books | Substack Open the Books has obtained teacher training materials used by the Pentagon’s k-12 school...
Making the War Colleges Great Again
By ‘Cynical Publius’ (@CynicalPublius on X) Retired US Army Colonel As President Donald Trump and Secretary of...
U.S. Transportation Secretary Doubles Down on Purging DEI From Our Skies, Calls on Airlines to Affirm Pilot Hiring Is Merit Based
(DOT Press Release) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy announced today the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is...
Military academies now accept Classical Learning Test as alternative to ‘woke’ AP exams
By Micaiah Bilger | The College Fix More university admissions offices are now accepting an alternative to the SAT and ACT...
Grand Jury Refuses To Indict ‘Seditious Six’ Democrats Over ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
By Ashley Brasfield | The Daily Caller News Foundation A D.C. grand jury declined to indict six Democratic lawmakers over a...
The Day the Fighting Cocks Died: How West Point Traded the Warrior Ethos for Political Safety
By Lt. Col. David T. Cloft, USA ret, USMA ’97 | AFNN There was a time when a group of young men at the United States...
Strengthening America’s Military with Amber Smith
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, STARRS Board of Advisors interviews Amber Smith, STARRS Board of Advisors The US military has...
The American Left Is a Cult. I Have Receipts.
By Mike Bski, USA ret 23-year Army Combat Medic How a Science Teacher, Combat Medic, and Father of Four Accidentally...
House Passes Bill to Study VMI’s Academics, Military Training, and Diversity Efforts
By Abbie Coleman | News 10 House Bill 1377, sponsored by Delegate Dan Helmer (D–10), cleared the House with a 71–24 vote...
It’s Time to Purge the Poison from All Professional Military Education
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors America’s military is the greatest fighting force in history because...
Interview with Maj. General Bentley Rayburn, STARRS Chairman of the Board
A fighter pilot’s logbook tells one story; the culture that shaped the pilot tells the rest. STARRS & Stripes host CDR...
Cultural War Briefing: STARRS Presentation of “American Creed Threatened by Radical Indoctrination”
STARRS leaders Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army retired, and Colonel Ron Scott, PhD, US Air Force retired, give an...
‘Good Riddance’: War Dept. Cuts Ties with Ivy League ‘Wokesters’
By S.A. McCarthy | Washington Stand The U.S. military is cutting ties with one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious...
Only Hegseth can save storied Virginia Military Institute from woke state lawmakers
By David Marcus | Fox News Opinion The last time that Virginia Military Institute was nearly destroyed was when Union troops...
Chief of Naval Operations Unveils “Fighting Instructions” at U.S. Naval War College
(US NAVY) The Navy’s 34th Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, today released the United States Navy Fighting...
Chairman Pfluger Hosts Secretary of the Air Force at USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting in DC
(Press Release) United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Board of Visitors (BOV) Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) convened the...
Leadership Lesson for the Day (How to Defeat your Enemy or Countering Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals)
By Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency In my time studying our enemies, there...
The Left’s Attack On VMI For Lack Of Wokeness Must End
By Col. Bill Connor, Esq., USA ret, The Citadel ’90 Chairman, STARRS Board of Advisors As happened with Joe Biden in 2020...
America Fractured: How the Obama Doctrine Fueled Division — and What Must Be Done
By Col. Jamie Williamson, USA ret | Proud American Studios I spent my career in U.S. Army Special Forces operating in...
War Department Cuts Ties With Harvard University
By C. Todd Lopez | Pentagon News Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced the War Department would sever its academic...
Only a Conservative Military is Capable of Defending the United States
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Last month a federal circuit court panel in Washington, D.C. upheld the Department of...
The attacks on Border Patrol and ICE agents copy and expand on the abuse heaped on Vietnam veterans
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Served with the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam We all...
General Bishop: “Disappointed in how political our country has become”
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA 1974 STARRS Chairman Emeritus Given the controversy in the USAFA Association of...
The Left will go after the institution that will resist them the least, for the most impact: The Military
By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack Everyone and every institution has a role to play at a particular time and...
Back to Warfighting: The Hegseth Doctrine Takes Shape
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Peace through strength is back, and DEI is on life support. In just his first year...
DEI’s ‘Divisive Ideology is Still Very Much Present, Just Lying in Wait’ for the Military
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit An insider, possibly a holdover from the Biden administration, might be pressuring...
STARRS and Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
The Commander-in-Chief, President Trump, gave remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast (see video below) and said some of...
Secretary Troy Meink announces Air Force Academy superintendent to depart
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink urged Air Force Academy leaders Thursday to...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting Video – February 5, 2026
The US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors held a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and via Zoom with USAFA staff at...