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USAFA DEI Chief’s Title Changes
A USAFA grad alerted us to the fact that USAFA’s Chief, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer had changed his...
Naval Academy: A “House Divided”
A former Naval Academy professor writes about his concerns that SECDEF Hegseth might remove some civilian professors at...
Unity Letter to USAFA AOG
The five STARRS-recommended Unity slate of candidates to be on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Association of...
Admiral Derek Trinque is Everything Wrong with the Woke Navy
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News President Trump has a new target: A Navy admiral who adores Anthony Fauci and...
DAF announces Restoring America’s Fighting Force Task Force validation plan
(Dept. of Air Force) Today, the Department of the Air Force announced its validation plan in response to the Restoring...
How DEI and Marxism Threaten U.S. Defense with Ronald Scott on The Truth & Liberty Show
STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 was interviewed on the Truth & Liberty show to...
VA to Phase Out Treatment for Gender Dysphoria
All savings from this change will go to helping paralyzed Veterans and amputees (VA Press Release) In response to President...
President Trump Is Not Weakening Our National Security or Our Military
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Thank you for allowing me to respond to retired Navy Admiral Dennis Blair’s commentary...
President Trump Appoints New Members to Three Service Academy Board of Visitors
After removing members of USAFA, USMA and USNA Board of Visitors appointed by Biden, President Trump named their...
BGen Chris Walker on Glenn Beck Show
STARRS Board of Advisors member Brig. General Chris “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...
VMI Alumnus Nominated to Serve as Army Undersecretary
(VMI) Congratulations to VMI alumnus and retired Army colonel Michael Obadal ’96 who has been nominated to serve as Army...
Course Correction Required for Naval War College’s Women, Peace, and Security Program
By Rebecca Buis and Capt. Brent Sadler, USN ret, USNA ’94 | The Daily Signal At a February town hall, Secretary of...
West Point Grad: Fort Bragg returns and a legacy is restored
By Congressman Pat Harrigan, USMA ’09 Last Friday, I stood in Fayetteville with Secretary of the Army Daniel Driscoll...
Department of the Navy Announces New Policy on Sailors with Gender Dysphoria
(US Navy) The Department of the Navy announced policy changes for Sailors with a current diagnosis or history of gender...
Getting Out of Forever Wars
By Major General Don McGregor, USAF, ret. Since the 9/11 attacks, the United States has been mired in “forever...
Military Paradigm Swinging Away from Wokeism Toward Meritocracy
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness We are witnessing in our military a major paradigm shift toward...
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George Orders a Review of All COVID Vax Mandate Related GOMORs
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George has ordered the Army to review all general officer...
Coast Guard Academy Removes References to ‘Climate Change’ from Its Curriculum
By Brian Hallenbeck | The Day, New London, Conn. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security order banning “climate change...
Air Force Academy Reverses Decision, Allows Muslim Cadets to Forgo Physical Training During Ramadan
The Air Force Academy recently held a new more rigorous “cumulative exercise” which is “an essential...
Secretary Hegseth says the DOD does not do ‘climate change crap’
By Greg Wehner | Fox News U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) Secretary Pete Hegseth said Sunday that his department...
SECDEF: Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards
(Pentagon) Today Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth ordered a department-wide review of existing standards set by U.S...
‘Smartest Guy In The Room’: Meet The Man Trump Just Tapped To Head America’s Highest Military Office
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation President Donald Trump’s new nominee for the highest military officer...
USAFA Cadets test warfighter readiness in spring CULEX
(USAFA) U.S. Air Force Academy cadets took on the rigorous Spring 2025 Culminating Exercise (CULEX), an essential training...
A Premature Death Sentence for DEI at the U.S. Naval Academy?
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 During a tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) as a Company Officer in...
President names allies to Naval Academy Board of Visitors
By Ali Bianco | Politico President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S...
West Point Must Come Clean
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 On Spring Break in 2022, five West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl...
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
STARRS & Stripes podcast host Al Palmer and guest Ron Olds, two veteran F-4 Phantom pilots during the Vietnam War...
Pentagon Culls Social Science Research, Prioritizes Fiscal Responsibility and Technologies for Future Battlefield
(Pentagon/DOD News) The Office of the Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)) is scrapping its...
DoD eliminates leftism as military recruitment bounce signals surge in Gen Z patriotism
By Emily Sturge | Campus Reform Senior at University of Florida Young people are experiencing a revival in American values...
Unity Slate wins seats on USAFA AOG Board of Directors
STARRS recommended five Unity Slate candidates to run for the Board of Directors of the Air Force Academy’s...
SECDEF Hegseth: “The warfighters are back in charge.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was recently interview by Laura Ingraham during their visit to GITMO and as part of that...
Update on DEI and Vax Remedy Issues in the Military
STARRS Vice Chairman Maj Gen Joe Arbuckle, USA ret, was interviewed about DEI and the vax remedy issue in the military by...
Ever wonder why there are no statues of a post-WW2 West Point General?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Several factors go into demand for immortalization of a West Point graduate in the form...
Military Watchdog Sues Air Force For Records Of Experiment Aimed To Boost Women, Minority Graduation Rates
By Wallace White | Daily Caller News Foundation A military watchdog sued the Air Force Monday seeking records pertaining...
Army TRADOC using AI to purge DEI from training materials
First there was this from a General at TRADOC in 2020: “Diversity and inclusion must be infused into Army training and...
Response to Five Former SECDEFs “Open Letter” Criticizing Trump
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Joining Rhode Island Democratic Senator Jack Reed’s partisan handwringing over President...
Military Service JAGs Fired by Secretary Hegseth For a Reason
STARRS Board of Advisor member Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, discussed the recent firings of JAGS with Commander Rob Green...
President Says Military Recruiting Up, So Too Will be American Shipbuilding, ‘Golden Dome’
(Pentagon/DOD News) During his first address to a joint session of Congress, March 4, 2025, President Donald J. Trump said...
Of “Independence” and “Guardrails”: The Military Left’s Lamentable Response to SecDef’s Firing of Service TJAGS
By Judge Bruce Tucker Smith Retired Department of Homeland Security ALJ and retired USAF Judge Advocate On February 24...