By Jeffrey H. Anderson Professor at the U.S. Air Force Academy from 2001–2007 The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA)...
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The Mistake of Introducing Tenure at the United States Air Force Academy
By Major General Bentley Rayburn, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors It was recently discovered that the United States Air...
Uniformed USAFA Cadet Publicly Disrespects Congress at 2023 West Point DEI Conference
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 On 30-31 August 2023, LTG Steven Gilland’s West Point hosted the 20th Annual Diversity, Equity...
DEI vs Meritocracy at the USAFA
We keep seeing the diversity statement that the military should mirror/reflect the racial and gender makeup of the U.S.:...
‘Woke’ sex-ed being foisted on next generation of AF officers
By J.M. Phelps American Family News spoke with Air Force Lt. Gen. (Ret.) Rod Bishop, chairman of Stand Together Against...
USAFA Mandates Radical Leftist Gender Training
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret Chairman of the Board Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc...
Leftists Attack Air Force Football for Uniforms Honoring 1942 Doolittle Raiders
Leftists have gone on the attack against the U.S. Air Force Academy football team for honoring the WWII Doolittle Raid on...
STARRS Col. Tracey Meck interview on Frontlines of Freedom
STARRS member of the Chairman’s Group, Colonel Tracey Meck, USAF ret, and 1987 graduate of the US Air Force Academy...
USAFA Graduate Michael Rose Letter to CEO of Association of Graduates
By Michael Rose, USAFA ’69 STARRS General Counsel Read the letter below or in PDF format: Letter to Mike Gould from...
The DEI threat to our military academies
Editorial by the Washington Examiner The U.S. military’s failure to prepare adequately to protect the nation’s security is...
After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption
The group that took its case against affirmative action in college admissions to the U.S. Supreme Court and won is seeking...
Comparison of an Email Written by Gen Clark in June 2023 vs Congressional Testimony In July 2023
June 2023 Gen Clark Email a Day After UNC/Harvard Supreme Court Decision Lt. Gen. Clark’s 6/30/23 email...
The Death of Affirmative Action
By Dave Kerber, USAFA ’72 In case you were preparing for the July 4th holiday weekend, were stuck in an airport and...
Bring Us Warriors, Not Warfighters, To Match My Mountains
By Dr. Scott Sturman, MD US Air Force Academy ’72 United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Superintendent Richard...
DEI Policies at Air Force Academy Harming Cadets’ Development: Retired Lieutenant General
By J.M. Phelps, Epoch Times Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) training and policies are harming the development of...
Open Letter to the USAFA Superintendent about DEI
By Kit Bobko USAFA ’91 USAF veteran You must put an end to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in the United States...
Waltz Presses U.S. Military Service Academy Superintendents on CRT
(Press Release) On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Superintendents Lieutenant General Steven W...
Banks Opening Statement at Military Service Academies Hearings
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, delivered the...
A Matter of Life and Death: America’s Military Academies Must Return to Meritocracies
By Wilson Beaver Senior Policy Analyst for defense budgeting The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense Served in...
Admissions, Curriculum, and Diversity of Thought at the Military Service Academies
The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing today to receive testimony on admissions criteria and process, curriculum...
SFFA v. Harvard: Should our nation’s service academies be exempt from this landmark ruling?
By R. Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 It is all but impossible to make the case that there are “potentially distinct...
Jim Banks To Grill Military Academy Heads On Race-Based Admissions
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation House lawmakers plan to grill leaders of the military service academies...
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling exempts military academies. But for how long?
The organization that led the crusade against affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina is eyeing a...
The Military Academies Have Turned Into Woke Wastelands
By Francis Sempa | American Spectator In 1962, General Douglas MacArthur said to the Corps of Cadets at the US Military...
US military records reveal instructional materials on White privilege, CRT, Black Lives Matter
Military records obtained by a conservative watchdog show U.S. Air Force Academy instructional materials that include...
Critical Race Theory – In the Air Force Academy!
(Judicial Watch) Air Force Academy Instructional Materials Include Presentations on Critical Race Theory, White Privilege...
Pentagon Can Expect Legal Challenges To Race-Based Admissions Policies After Supreme Court Ruling, Experts Say
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Military academies will likely face legal challenges for their use of...
Lawmakers eye ending affirmative action at military academies
Thursday’s Supreme Court decision which ended the use of affirmative action in college admissions contained a carve out for...
Supreme Court Excludes Military Academies From Ruling Striking Down Race-Based Admissions
Unfortunate, because cadets still won’t know if they are selected because of their abilities or because of their skin...
New commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy
(USAFA press release) As he assumed command of the Cadet Wing, Brig. Gen. Gavin Marks described returning to the U.S. Air...
Inside the DEI Reading Room at the Air Force Academy
In the Soviet Army, each company had “political enlightenment dayrooms” (ie indoctrination rooms) which...