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FY 2024 House Appropriations Bills Take New Steps to Dismantle the Woke and Weaponized Bureaucracy
Heritage Foundation Report President Joe Biden has spent the past two years dramatically expanding and weaponizing the woke...
‘Disqualifying’: GOP Senator’s Hold On Pentagon Nominees Is Keeping Out Left-Wing ‘Diversity’ Advocates
By Jack Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation A number of the Pentagon’s military nominees currently blocked by Republican...
Leftists Attack Air Force Football for Uniforms Honoring 1942 Doolittle Raiders
Leftists have gone on the attack against the U.S. Air Force Academy football team for honoring the WWII Doolittle Raid on...
Sen. Tuberville’s Courageous Fight to Expose the Left’s Politicization of Our Nation’s Armed Forces
By Lt. Col. Matt Crouch, USMC ret The criticisms of Senator Tommy Tuberville’s holds on Department of Defense promotions are...
Why the Left hates Confederate monuments
By H.W. Crocker III . . . .These days, Critical Race Theory dominates all, and its anti-American rage – abetted by Democrat...
Why is there a lack of ownership and responsibility among Navy Academy cadets?
Indicative of low morale? If so, why do tomorrow’s leaders have low morale? By Midshipman Second Class Jacob Schepmann...
STARRS SITREP Newsletter, Edition 28
Read the August 2023 edition of STARRS SITREP newsletter with articles by STARRS members. STARRS SITREP Newsletter August...
We must win this culture war, the battle for the soul of America
By Lt. Col. John Ragan, USAF ret, USAFA ’71 Currently a State Representative to the Tennessee House of Representatives...
Gen. Dunford doesn’t get it
Retired Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama, recently wrote an op...
Politics and the CNO Selection
By retired US Navy Capt. Brent Ramsey, Capt. Charles T. Burbage and LDCR Bruce Davey True to form in his administration...
Mark Milley: A ‘Handful of Drag Queen Shows’ on Military Bases Doesn’t Mean Military ‘Went Woke’
Rather clueless “A handful of drag queen shows” on military bases doesn’t mean that the military...
Air Force Colonel in Line for Promotion Preaches DEI Agenda, Endorses CRT Book
In the weeks following George Floyd’s death in 2020, a U.S. Air Force officer—currently awaiting promotion to brigadier...
The Military Recruiting Crisis and Gen Z
Four college students wrote short essays about what would help military recruitment in The Wall Street Journal’s...
Coast Guard announces Return to Service Team initiative
Now they want them back . . . . (US Coast Guard) The Coast Guard has launched a team to help Coast Guard members who...
STARRS Col. Tracey Meck interview on Frontlines of Freedom
STARRS member of the Chairman’s Group, Colonel Tracey Meck, USAF ret, and 1987 graduate of the US Air Force Academy...
A tale of two VMIs
By Carmen Villani, Jr. Virginia Military Institute 1976 Letter to the Editor of Cardinal News: Ms. Rowan’s coverage of the...
Holding the Pentagon to Account: Interview with Sen. Tuberville
By Dave Patterson Retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam Former Principal Deputy Under...
New Book: No Surrender: The New Patriots in the Battle for America
Colleen Roberts, author of the new book No Surrender: The New Patriots in the Battle for America, wrote this letter to the...
Eight Questions for USAA Board of Directors Concerning the DEI Agenda
STARRS Letter to the Board of Directors of USAA: Vice Admiral James M. Zortman, USN, Retired Chairman of the Board, USAA c/o...
The Political Officer (Zampolit) in the Soviet Army
by Kent J. Goff, MAJ, MI, USAR Political control of the military forces challenges all states, democratic, authoritarian, or...
7 Things the New Sergeant Major of the Army Can Do to Restore Trust in the Military
By Major Chase Spears, US Army On Friday Michael Weimer became the 17th Sergeant Major of the Army. He assumed the role in a...
D.C. political class’s phony outrage about military readiness
Democrats and weak Republicans have launched a series of attacks against Sen. Tommy Tuberville in recent weeks for forcing...
Arlington National Cemetery Wants to Know What You Think About Removing Its Confederate Memorial
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson unveiled the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Created by Confederate...
Biden wants a climate-fighting military, not war fighting
By Senator Joni Ernst Retired Lt. Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard Last year, on Earth Day, President Biden proudly...
The Army Can’t Feed Its Soldiers Stationed at Texas’ Ft. Cavazos—And That’s Not the Only Problem There
Things at Fort Cavazos are not optimal. Cavazos (formerly Fort Hood) is located not far from Killeen, Texas, and is the home...
USAFA Graduate Michael Rose Letter to CEO of Association of Graduates
By Michael Rose, USAFA ’69 STARRS General Counsel Read the letter below or in PDF format: Letter to Mike Gould from...
The DEI threat to our military academies
Editorial by the Washington Examiner The U.S. military’s failure to prepare adequately to protect the nation’s security is...
In Their Own Words: “What is Critical Race Theory?”
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 Introduction: In over two decades of military leadership and a further...
Does LTG Gilland (West Point Supe) Hate WW2 Veterans?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Veteran of Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan President of MacArthur Society of West Point...
Pentagon Doubles Down Stance On Abortion Travel Policy As Major Vacancies Mount
Abortion as “health care” — DOD using the Leftist narrative. The above pin from Planned Parenthood was worn by...
After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption
The group that took its case against affirmative action in college admissions to the U.S. Supreme Court and won is seeking...
Defunding Division
By CDR Salamander For decades, and for the best of reasons at least in the beginning, the US military and its educational...
STARRS Reacts to USAA‘s Expanding DEI Role
On August 25, 2023, the United Services Automobile Association (USAA) will hold its annual meeting. While the current agenda...
10 Shocking Examples Of Wokeism In The U.S. Military
By Aaron Flanigan, AMAC Earlier this year, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley—previously branded by...
American public waking up to bitter divorce over ‘woke’ armed forces
By J. M. Phelps, American Family News According to a recent Gallup poll, the public is paying attention to those failures:...
Save America’s Military from Radical Transformation
The U.S. military, traditionally a symbol of strength, unity, and commitment to national security, has been facing a...
The federal government colluded with social media to control content. So what?
By Greg Salsbury STARRS Board of Advisors Thomas Jefferson was no fan of newspapers, but famously said about the proposition...
Using vaccines as a political weapon, U.S. military leaders have wrecked the force’s combat readiness and morale
Under pressure from Republicans in Congress, the Defense Department announced at the start of this year that it would no...
Unvaccinated Green Beret Pressured to Leave the Army
My name is John Frankman. Up until very recently, I was a Captain in the United States Army serving as a Green Beret at 7th...