By Commander John Cauthen, US Navy, ret USNA ’02 Taught History at the Naval Academy Soon after taking office, President...
Category - Academies
Recentering the Rudder at the U.S. Naval Academy
Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point
By Doug Truax, USMA ’92 CEO Restoration of America Under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, America’s military is...
VMI’s “Struggle Session”
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D., VMI grad Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian Nearly five years ago I entitled...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
VMI’s Missed Response to a National Tragedy Regarding Charlie Kirk
The Cadet Editorial Staff | The VMI Cadet Newspaper On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a campus...
After renaming DEI office, VMI board shifts oversight of ‘inclusive excellence’
By Nathaniel Cline | Virginia Mercury As the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors awaits the state Supreme...
Matthew Lohmeier featured in USAFA Checkpoints Magazine
The September 2025 issue of the USAFA Association & Foundation’s Checkpoints magazine featured an article on Matt...
News5 Reporter Waits 1 Year for Air Force Academy FOIA
Ha! So STARRS is not the only ones turning old waaaiiittttiiinnnggg for responses to our over 60 FOIAs, the majority with...
Lawsuit against West Point reveals what USMA has been doing to eradicate radical leftist DEI ideology
STARRS An article by the Associated Press about a West Point law professor (above) suing the military academy on behalf of...
Lt Gen Bishop nominates Charlie Kirk to be an honorary member of the USAFA AOG
Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, is on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Academy Association of...
Future of America’s service academies
STARRS Board of Advisors member Brigadier General Christopher S. “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...
West Point Should Demonstrate Merit-Based Admissions
By usmaData The Class of 2029 has started at West Point. And so kicks off admissions activities for the class of 2030...
Why Are There So Many Social Justice Warriors at America’s Military Service Academies?
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Past Democrat presidents used America’s service academies as social justice...
Service academies to accept conservative alternative to SAT and ACT
By Sophia Cai | Politico The nation’s service academies next month will announce they will accept scores from the Classic...
‘We’ll Never Surrender’: Erika Kirk Gives Emotional, Fiery Address Following Husband’s Assassination
“You have no idea the fire you have ignited in his wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle...
Statement from USAFA Board of Visitors Chairman on Charlie Kirk
(Press Release) Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), Chairman of the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors, released the...
Newly Revealed Docs Show How Deep DEI Ran In Biden-Era Air Force
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Air Force drilled diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) rhetoric...
Conduct of USAFA AOG BOD Meetings; “Who is Terry Schwalier?”
By Mike Rose, USAFA ’69 (pictured above) USAFA AOG Member I invite you to consider my comments below about certain...
USAFA AOG Board Incident: Retired USAF Colonel calls two Generals “racist Trumpists”, demands they resign
The Board of Directors of the Air Force Academy Association of Graduates (AOG) met in July 2025 during the Long Blue Weekend...
The Horse Holder for Lee
By Lt. Col. Edwin L. Kennedy, Jr, USA ret, USMA ’76 STARRS Ambassador In 2020, as a result of the drug overdose death...
West Point abruptly cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks — one of Biden’s top celebrity supporters
By Diana Nerozzi | New York Post Alumni at West Point’s US Military Academy abruptly canceled an upcoming award ceremony for...
Paper on gay themes in naval literature axed from Naval Academy history symposium
By James Matheson | Capital Gazette A professor whose paper on homosexuality in naval adventure literature was accepted to a...
Gen. Flynn Exposes the Russian Collusion Hoax: The Deep State Secrets
Jeanne Ives, USMA ’87, interviews Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret, who exposes Obama’s Russian Collusion Hoax: The...
New Leadership at the U.S. Naval Academy Could Change the Game
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News America’s premier military academies have been in the spotlight for all the wrong...
West Point restores Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee’s portrait
By Michael Hill | Associated Press A painting of Gen. Robert E. Lee dressed in his Confederate uniform is back on display...
Rep. Nancy Mace Leads Charge To Restore Merit In Military Academy Admissions
(Press Release) Congresswoman Nancy Mace (SC-01) introduced the Restoring Merit in the Military Service Academies Act to...
Hit piece from former West Point Professor studying “male gender norms”
Former left-wing West Point professor Graham Parsons, whom we’ve covered before and who keeps popping up in the media...
Air Force Academy cancels lecture after discovering speaker disparaged Trump
Not too surprising that a leftist feminist poet would disparage the Commander in Chief of the military, but really the...
Under Secretary Lohmeier visits alma mater, observes US Air Force Academy updates
(USAFA) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier visited the U.S. Air Force Academy, August 19, 2025, the first...
Cultural Marxism and Non-Kinetic Warfare
Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96, of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates discusses cultural Marxism and non-kinetic...
Charlie Kirk Asks Tough Questions at U.S. Air Force Academy Oversight Meeting
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Restoration News continues its examination of the civilian boards that oversee...
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors – 8 Sept 2025
The US Naval Academy Board of Visitors will hold a public meeting on Monday, 8 September 2025 from 9:00 am to 11:00 am ET at...
U.S. Air Force Academy adapts to civilian workforce reduction, maintains academic excellence
(USAFA Strategic Communications) A new academic year is underway at the U.S. Air Force Academy, with cadets attending...
Gen. Flynn Speaks Truth at West Point Board of Visitors Meeting
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News All five military service academies, including West Point, have boards of visitors...
Removing DEI from military schools is a ‘move towards meritocracy’: Attorney
Constitutional attorney Mark Smith discusses the Department of Justice’s lawsuits alleging use of DEI at military schools on...
Naval Academy Superintendent Change of Command Ceremony
(USNA) United States Naval Academy Superintendent Vice Adm. Yvette M. Davids was relieved by Lt. Gen. Michael J. Borgschulte...
Additional Air Force guidance on implementing policy on prioritizing military excellence and readiness: General guidelines for involuntary separation
(US Air Force) The Department of the Air Force released additional guidance for implementation of Executive Order 14183...
Sean Duffy celebrates as USMMA Jesus painting brought up from basement: ‘All glory to God!’
By Jon Brown | Christian Post A historic painting of Jesus saving sailors lost at sea was brought up last week from a chapel...
Justice Department Settles Lawsuits Challenging Race-Based Admissions at West Point and Air Force Academy
(DOJ Press Release) The Justice Department announced the settlement of litigation challenging former race-based admissions...
USAFA Grad Congressman Pfluger Voted Chairman of U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
(Press Release) Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, former fighter pilot, and Colonel in...
DEI Admissions Gatekeeper Gives Briefing at USAFA BOV Meeting
In the section of the USAFA Board of Visitors meeting today on admissions (video below), it was a surprise to see Col...
USAFA BOV Vice Chairman: “The enduring truth is that unity, not diversity, is our strength.”
USAFA Board of Visitors Vice Chairman Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai, USAF ret, USAFA ’89 gave these closing...
“Make sure USAFA cadets can articulate and feel in their soul American Exceptionalism” –Charlie Kirk
Air Force Academy Board of Visitors member Charlie Kirk’s end remarks at the meeting today: “The importance of...
“The discipline is to teach, not to punish”
Remarks today by USAFA Board of Visitors member Dan Clark, a motivational public speaker who is also on the STARRS Board of...