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USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and physically challenged, not be constantly told “I’m the victim”

Recent post on Service Academy Forum by a USAFA Cadet: “Disclaimer: This might not represent the views of the Cadet...

VMI Board of Visitors struggles with politics and free speech

The importance of attending Board of Visitors meetings: By Cody Bartmann and The Cadet staff | The VMI Cadet The Cadet...

Army Seeking Retirees To Come Back To Work Amid Manpower Crisis

Desperately calling up retirees again. If you go back in, stand up against DEI, what do you have to lose? You already had...

‘Unfit to Fight’: DEI Called Detrimental to Armed Forces, but ‘Prevalent Throughout Military Culture’

By Noah Slater | The Daily Signal Policies pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion are pervasive throughout the U.S...

The Institution or the Constitution

By Commander Robert A. Green Jr., US Navy and Vice Admiral W. Dean Lee, US Coast Guard, ret STARRS Board of Advisors Member...

Navy Leadership Failures

By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors In recent years, there have been incidents, accidents, and...

Will DEI End America—or America end DEI?

By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness At the nexus of most of America’s current crises, the...

I Will Not Fight for DEI

By J.B. Shurk | American Thinker Would you be willing to fight and die for multiculturalism? Would you put your life on...

Additional Material Worth Sharing with the DACODAI Committee

By Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board General Lyles, once again there has been a...

USMA Supe briefs Class Leaders re Mission Statement Change – “Build[ing]” Diversity Creeps into the Mission Statement

By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness & Merit USMA’s Supe briefed class leaders on 3/19...

To combat bullying and extremism, Air Force Academy turns to social media sleuthing

By Will Carless | USA Today After years of internal and external alarms that the military isn’t doing enough to address...

Leadership Standards and Accountability: The United States Naval Academy

This letter by a 1970 Naval Academy graduate, who was in the nuclear power industry, was written in November 2021 and...

Answers to Questions re Service Academy Admissions and a Change to the Mission Statement

By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit A USNA grad emailed some perceptive questions...

USAFA Cadet at Genderbread Person Training: “Why aren’t we learning about China instead?”

STARRS heard there was a mandatory lecture at the US Air Force Academy that all cadets had to attend, given by two PHD...

Why the DoD Should Drop DEI and Affirm Meritocracy in the Military

By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors For more than 30 years, mostly civilian...

‘Dear Boss’ Letter Decries Air Force’s Lack of True Leadership

A letter from 2017. Probably a good thing he got out before these same toxic leaders pushed an untested vax on their people...

West Point removing the words Duty Honor Country from mission statement

By John T. Reed, USMA ’68 Seriously? The words “Duty Honor Country” were on the cover of Time once. Why? it was the...

Why Did West Point Change Its Mission? (Part 2)

By pyrene, USMA Grad Part 1 of why did West Point change its mission asked about the specific choices of words. This Part 2...

Why Did West Point Change Its Mission? (Part 1)

By pyrene, USMA grad The Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY sent a letter out to all...

West Point Recruiting Pitch Is Big On Career But Doesn’t Mention The Army

True, we are a more “selfish” society, so appeals to values like selfless service may not resonate with as many as in former...

The DEI Commissariat

By CDR Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack If you think the DEI problem has gone out of control in our educational...

Defense Spending Bill Cuts Diversity Programs, But Leaves Out Provisions Blocking Trans Procedures, Abortion Funding

By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller The defense spending bill unveiled in the House early Thursday cuts millions in...

Spirit of VMI Chairman’s Update

By Matt Daniel, VMI ‘85 | The Spirit of VMI The Spirit of VMI was founded in the winter of 2021; it has been 3 years of...

VMI Eschews Standards of Excellence, Devalues Diploma

By Joseph D. Elie, VMI ’88 | The Spirit of VMI As an alumnus living in Florida, I have a dearth of information about...

Latest wave of wokeness to hit West Point reveals one simple solution

Cut to the chase re Doug MacKinnon’s unusual solution: instead of just complaining about wokeness in the service...

Engineering Failures, Toxic Leadership Prevented US Ship From Deploying, Investigations Show

By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation Command investigations into the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship...

Many top colleges, including service academies, ‘training a cadre of political commissars’ through DEI certificate programs

Many American colleges and universities are offering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) certificates that are not only a...