By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors I came to the Air Force Academy (AFA) in 1968 from Wyoming...
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STARRS finally receives response from USAFA re a 2021 FOIA but 38 out of 48 pages are redacted
USAFA has something to hide? What are they, the CIA? On January 16, 2024, USAFA responded to STARRS FOIA 2021-03598-F, filed...
Major donor calling on Cornell president to resign over DEI sees outpouring of support
USAFA, and probably the other service academies, get their DEI training and certifications from far-left Cornell University...
Can Miss America Restore America’s Faith in Merit?
By Jane Guenther Parent | Chronicles Magazine Sunday night, while America was watching football, news about this week’s Iowa...
US Military Academies Focus on Oaths and Loyalty to Constitution as Political Divisions Intensify
For 75 minutes, Maj. Joe Amoroso quizzed his students in SS202, American Politics, about civilian leadership of the...
The Dangers of DEI Indoctrination Happening at the US Service Academies
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors Considering Harvard President Claudine Gay’s resignation, and her...
Veteran Air Force commander joins race for Congress, says moment ‘too important’ for career politicians
A veteran Air Force navigator and top-level commander announced Tuesday he was launching a campaign for Congress because the...
American history classes were removed as core requirements in 1986 at USAFA
. . . . Brig. Gen. Wells, a 1975 academy graduate who led the history department from 2000 to 2016, points out that early in...
Air Force Academy Privately Fretted The End Of Race-Based Admissions Would Hamstring ‘Diversity’ Goals
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation The Air Force Academy’s top official worried the Supreme Court’s...
No Institution is Safe: DEI Thought Control in the Military
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 Phillip J. Keuhlen, CDR, USN (Ret), USNA ’71 There is a misunderstanding that...
Air Force Academy moves to monitor social media for potential cadet misconduct
The U.S. Air Force Academy aims to hire a contractor that can closely monitor popular social media platforms for posts and...
Senators introduce bill to ban racial discrimination in college admissions
The service academies are put on alert: (Press Release) Senator JD Vance (R-OH) and Congressman Jim Banks (R-IN-03) have...
Do the right thing with regards to the Marxist-based DEI: Bury it.
Email from Lt. Gen Rod Bishop to the USAFA Superintendent: Rich–as a die hard Falcon football fan, I certainly share...
USAFA NCLS 2024: “Valuing Human Conditions, Cultures, and Societies” — Except when bombing them
The Air Force Academy recently released a perky promo video for the 2024 National Character and Leadership Symposium which...
New Documentary Tells Story of Space Force Commander Who Spoke Out on CRT, Wokeness in Military
Production began last week on a documentary about former Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier, who faced retaliation for...
Pentagon Issues Policy Allowing Cadets, Midshipmen Who Have Kids to Stay at Service Academies
This just seems really odd. A child needs their mother and father. Can’t people wait until after they graduate and...
Victor Davis Hanson discusses DEI at Military Academies
On the Victor Davis Hanson Show, he and the cohost discuss the article, Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion Reign Supreme At...
Has DEI Become More Important Than Academics At The Air Force Academy?
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army ret In 2013 the United States Air Force Academy...
Military Service Academies Over the Years
Videos looking back at the US military service academies over the years. What are your memories? The Making Of A West...
USAFA Professors — Then and Now
Looking back at a time when a military academy, whose purpose was to prepare cadets to be future leaders in the military...
Culture Change at USAFA: Why Six Professors Resigned
Following a STARRS Town Hall meeting, a former USAFA Permanent Professor and Department Chair reached out to STARRS with...
DEI, Cornell and USAFA
USAFA’s Chief of the DEI office along with other staff have Diversity and Inclusion Certificates from Cornell...
Captain Rose versus The System
Part of the mission of STARRS is to educate/call-out unlawful/harmful policies/practices in the military, like the illegal...
Culture Reset at the Air Force Academy
The Air Force Academy recently release an article entitled, “Cadets urge survivors to ‘take back the...
The Supreme Court won’t allow racial preferences at service academies, either
By Michael Ormsbee, professor of constitutional law topics and space law at the U.S. Air Force Academy The Supreme Court...
Air Force Academy cadet pleads guilty to using psilocybin and fraudulent appointment
An Air Force Academy cadet pleaded guilty during a hearing Thursday to using psilocybin and providing false information that...
BOOK REVIEW: Strange New World
By Lt Col Eric M. Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and...
USAFA National Character and Leadership Symposium So Far
So we’re watching the Air Force Academy lead into the annual National Character and Leadership Symposium in February...
Marxist Brainwashing of our Future Military Leaders: The Long March Through the Service Academies
This is the talk Col. Scott gave at the recent webinar, Red Ed: Marxist Brainwashing and Subversion of America: By Col. Ron...
The Consequences of the CRT/DEI Agenda
Our Service Academies teach and promote the Critical Race Theory/Diversity Equity and Inclusion agenda, offer minors in...
Air Force Personnel Center training lacks facts and alienates the people it needs
By LtCol Richard Coe, USAF ret The above is an “interesting” slide from the Air Force Personnel Center. On the surface it...