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Category - Air Force Academy
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with retired Air Force Brigadier General...
USAFA Grad Congressman Pfluger Demands DOD Re-Affirm First Amendment After USAFA-SJSU Shirt Controversy
By Dan Zaksheske | Outkick Last month, OutKick exclusively reported that an Air Force Academy graduate was denied entry...
Securing America interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop
Securing American host Frank Gaffney interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop, USAF re, on the divisive DEI agenda...
Supreme Court turns away Trump military board appointees’ fight against Biden firings
By Zach Schonfeld | The Hill The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from several allies of former President Trump...
Reviewing ‘We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red’
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Larry Purdy has written a lengthy article titled “We All Wear Green...
Two Disturbing Stories Regarding the Academies
These two similar stories were recently seen in comment sections on two different articles on different websites: “A...
Service Academy Complacency or Scandal?
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President Tony Lentini’s recent article, “West Point Selectively...
UPDATE: USAFA Athletic Director Apologizes to Grad “Wearing Keep Women’s Sports Female” Shirt
From Mike Rose Mike Rose Law Firm, PC STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Please find in the screenshot...
Air Force Academy Forces Graduate To Conceal ‘Keep Women’s Sports Female’ Shirt At Volleyball Match
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Air Force Academy forced a graduate attending the school’s recent volleyball...
We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red, There is No Difference: Race-conscious Admissions Policies Have No Place at Our Military Academies
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Abstract While the thousands upon thousands of dedicated military officers do not share the...
USAFA Stops ’02 Grad From Wearing ‘Keep Women’s Sports Female’ Shirt During Match Against SJSU
Background: Five schools in the Mountain West Conference refused to play against San Jose State University women’s...
Response to 2nd Lt Metzler
This is in response to the article: USAF 2nd LT: “It’s thanks to the Air Force Academy that I currently have an anti-war...
USAF 2nd LT: “It’s thanks to the Air Force Academy that I currently have an anti-war stance.”
Well, there goes $400,000-$500,000 of taxpayer’s money down the drain paying for her education at USAFA. She is...
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Defense for Records on U.S. Air Force Academy’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plans
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Stand...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 23 Oct 2024
A USAFA Board of Visitors meeting will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm Eastern Time (7 am to 11 am...
A Visit to the US Air Force Academy
Late 1950s video when USAFA was brand new. Show talks about the new traditions that will be made there. But first, this...
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
This is what happened to the West Point DEI office, they renamed it to the “Office of Engagement and Retention.”...
Proposed Amendments to the USAFA AOG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 In response to a retired USAF Colonel who stated he was a “Past...
Full Cadet Wing Attendance No Longer Required for Air Force Football Games, Marking the End of a Tradition
By Brent Briggeman | Colorado Springs Gazette Part of the pageantry of Air Force football will undergo a major change. No...
Goldwater Teams Up with Prof. Richard Epstein to Challenge Biden Admin’s Military Academy Power Grab
(Goldwater Institute) Joining forces with renowned legal scholar Richard A. Epstein, the Goldwater Institute filed a...
Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to base as classes started, leading to meat shortages
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to the base as classes were getting...
Anguished USAFA Cadet: “They are closing Starbuck’s and the bowling lane now.”
Oh the humanity! As seen on a thread on Service Academy Forum where parents are worried they won’t get to see their...
The Corrupting Influence of DEI on Military Education
By CDR J.A. Cauthen, USN ret, USNA ’02 By now, the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) industry’s capture of...
Dept of Air Force Guidance Letter to USAFA Superintendent – 2024
28 June 2024 guidance letter to new USAFA Superintendent Lt General Beaurnfeind from the Secretary of the Air Force, the...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
Meet STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, interviewed by STARRS & Stripes...
The Man Who Brought Socrates to the Military
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Last week when I read of Brigadier General (ret) Malham Wakin’s...
Through six decades, BG Mal Wakin blazed trails at Academy
(USAFA) Colleagues and former cadets remember retired Brig. Gen. Malham M. Wakin as the service academy’s educational...
US Military Academies Producing Beauty Queens
Really?? Sign of things getting quite off track at the academies. From Task & Purpose: The women who wear the crowns...
New Air Force Academy superintendent promises a ‘more demanding’ experience for cadets
By Mary Shin | The Colorado Springs Gazette The roar of two MC-130 special operations airlifters Friday over the Air Force...
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
STARRS & STRIPES Interviews: Meet STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 — his...
RIP: Brigadier General Malham M. Wakin
It is with heavy heart that STARRS learned of the passing on 29 July 2024 of an institution within the institution of the US...
DEI, Critical Race Theory Pervades Military Trainings: Report
By Megan Rosevear | The College Fix Diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory topics now pervade U.S. Armed...
Air Force Academy makes changes to honor code
By Mary Shin | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy has revamped its honor code implementation for freshmen and...
Air Force Academy adding leadership training after critical DOD review
By Mary Shin | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy is adding more leadership training to help cadets as they...
STARRS Town Hall 17 July 2024
Watch: STARRS held their 5th online Town Hall on 17 July 2024 hosted by STARRS President & CEO Colonel Ron Scott, PhD...
Leadership and Combat
By Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret STARRS Vice Chairman I’ve been deeply troubled by the social engineering verbiage...
Class of ’28: One of the most “diverse classes in U.S. Air Force Academy history”
The continued obsession with race, sex and identity. Focus on this divides rather than unifies as a team. (USAFA Press...
Letter to a General
Gen. Bishop responded to another general who dismissed or perhaps is unwilling to face the hard facts about what’s...
Pentagon “Personnel is Policy”
In the news recently were the controversial radical statements and woke lifestyle from the new associate communications...
Former Space Force Officer Says ‘Separate Chain Of Command’ Enforces ‘Divisive Ideology’ In Military Academy
By Harold Hutchinson | The Daily Caller A former United States Space Force officer said Saturday morning that diversity...
As seen at the USAFA BX
On Sunday, a STARRS leader went to the Base Exchange at the Air Force Academy and saw this banner outside...
The Military Academies and a Biden Power Grab
By Richard A. Epstein | Wall Street Journal A lame-duck President Trump appointed Heidi Stirrup to a three-year term on...
USAFA Class of 2024 by the Numbers
Typical obsessing about how many are or are not “minorities”. Who cares? In regards to Scott Sturman’s...
’95 USAFA Grad Becomes USAFA Vice Superintendent
(USAFA Press Release) The Secretary of the Air Force has named Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman as the next U.S. Air Force...
Sparks Fly As Republicans & Dems Clash Over Affirmative Action Ban For U.S. Military Academy Admissions
At last week’s House Armed Services Committee hearing mark up for the NDAA, lawmakers debated an amendment barring...
Air Force Academy Graduates Call It Quits Before Their Careers Begin
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors During their final year at the Air Force Academy (AFA), cadets...
‘Gender neutral restrooms’ at U.S. military academies
By J. M. Phelps | WND It was just one more sign that Marxist “woke” ideology has infiltrated the U.S. military...
Lt Gen Rod Bishop: America faces an enemy that is clearly “inside our gates”
STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, recently gave a talk at a VFW in...
Rep. Banks Passes Amendment to End Racial Discrimination at Military Academies
(Press Release) Today, Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Jim Banks passed an amendment to...