By Mike Uecker, US Air Force Academy grad, USAF officer As a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a veteran with more...
Category - Air Force Academy
To push woke ideology, Biden illegally gutted military academy oversight boards
By Michael Rose, USAFA ’69 and STARRS General Counsel and Richard Epstein The military academies present positive...
The military isn’t the place for woke social experiments
By Bill Smith Parent of a US Air Force Academy Cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect...
How DEI is destroying trust and unity within the ranks
By Lauren Evans U.S. Air Force Academy cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect the...
Military academies use affirmative action. Will the Supreme Court stop them?
The nation’s military service academies now enroll far more people of color than they did at the turn of the century, as...
Divide and Conquer: Radicalizing Military Education
By John Cauthen Retired naval officer, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002 Taught in the history department from...
Presentation to the USAF Academy Association of Graduates
STARRS Chairman of the Board, LTG Rod Bishop (USAF ret, USAFA ’74) and STARRS President COL Ron Scott, PhD (USAF ret...
Service Academy Admissions Examining Eliminating Standardized Test Scores
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA 1972 I have confirmed that USMA, USNA and USAFA are studying how to revise their admissions...
Air Force Chief of Staff has no problem with USAFA DEI training not to say Mom or Dad
At a House Armed Service Committee hearing, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown responded to Rep. McClain and Rep...
Air Force Academy Touts New Program To Combat Politicization In The Military
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Administrators and a cadet at the Air Force Academy think a new program...
Prominent DEI Proponent and Black Scholar Gives Colvin Lecture at USAFA’s 2023 National Character and Leadership Symposium
By Tracey Meck, Colonel, USAF (Ret) USAFA ’87 STARRS Newsletter Editor and Chief Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. was the Colvin keynote...
Records Show Air Force Academy Focus on Anti-American Critical Race Theory Training of Cadets
Judicial Watch announced today it received 167 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Defense which show the U.S. Air...
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Defense on Behalf of STARRS
STARRS filed Freedom of Information Act Requests related to claims of systemic racism at the U.S. Air Force Academy. One of...
Racial Preferences At Our Service Academies Are Not Essential To National Security
By Gen. Arthur E. Brown Jr., U.S. Army, retired, former Army vice chief of staff, former deputy superintendent of the U.S...
Air Force cadet died of blood clot in lung, autopsy finds
A coroner has determined that Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown died of a blood clot in his lungs that was...
Air Force Academy Vigil
The U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Honor Guard performs a 21-Gun Salute in honor of classmate Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown...
A Total Shock’: Parents Mourn Sudden Death of Their Air Force Academy Son
Candyce and Dustin Brown last spoke to their son Hunter by phone on Sunday, Jan. 8, discussing the class schedule for his...
The Usurpation Of Martin Luther King Day
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors At the age of thirty-five Dr. Martin Luther King won the Nobel...
The Pandora’s Box of mRNA Covid Vaccines
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Recently, Hunter Brown, a United States Air Force Academy cadet and...
Air Force Academy Cadet Dies Suddenly While Walking to Class
A cadet at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, died after suffering a sudden medical emergency while he was...
Judicial Watch Sues Air Force Academy for Records about Critical Race Theory and ‘White Supremacy’
(Judicial Watch) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit for United States Air...
Woke Warfighters: How Political Ideology is Weakening America’s Military
The United States military is the greatest fighting force in the world. Unfortunately, President Joe Biden, and his...
Air Force Academy’s ‘Diversity & Inclusion’ Training Angers Conservatives
Forbes contributor Eric Tegler wrote an outstanding article explaining D&I instruction, programs and culture at the US...
Judicial Watch Sues on Behalf of Concerned Military Group for Air Force Academy Critical Race Theory Records
Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Stand Together Against...
Judicial Watch Supports STARRS in Suing DOD for Overdue USAFA Records
Judicial Watch took on a new quest, suing the Department of Defense (DOD) on behalf of Stand Together Against Racism and...
Runaway Wokeness at the Air Force Academy
The Patriot Post’s writer and analyst, Douglas Andrews, writes a biting essay on the increasing trend of Wokeism and a...
Coast Guard and Air Force Academies’ Recent Actions Against the Unvaccinated
Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee, USCG (Ret), and Dr Sandy Miarecki, Lt Col, USAF (Ret), were interviewed on the Ark...
Has the Air Force Academy Become Just Another Liberal Arts School?
By Scott Sturman STARRS Board of Advisors member The Cadet Honor Code; high attrition rates; intense competition in...
Air Force Academy promotes fellowship that bans ‘cisgender’ men: ‘This program isn’t for you’
The United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) in Colorado is encouraging cadets to apply for a fellowship program for...
Air Force Academy diversity training tells cadets to use words that ‘include all genders’ & drop ‘mom and dad’
A diversity and inclusion training by the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado instructs cadets to use words that...
USAFA Diversity and Equity Training Slides
Air Force Academy’s DEI (Diversity, Equity & Inclusion) training slides used to train cadets: USAFA DI 07 Sept 22...
The Air Force Academy Recruiting Crisis A Self-Inflicted Wound
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Like a B-17 Flying Fortress lumbering back to England with its...
Air Force Academy Holds ‘Transgender Visibility’ Seminar
On 22 Sept, the United States Air Force Academy held a seminar promoting “transgender visibility and awareness in our...
AFA Cadets, Faculty Hailed for Diversity Efforts
U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. – Several cadets and a faculty member were recognized for their individual and team efforts in...
RIP, Moral Courage in the Military
By Mike Pefley, STARRS VP Communications, USAFA ’74 Our nation was founded on the moral courage of patriots in order to free...
USAFA 2022 Survey Shows 12% Drop in Grad Pride
In an open letter, USAFA grad Scott Dunphy compares USAFA Association of Graduates (AOG) 2006 and 2022 survey reports...
Dana Lyon Follow-Up
Since we introduced you to Dana’s situation , STARRS has put out a press release and she and her attorney (and STARRS...
Air Force Academy Graduate Fired for Refusing COVID Vaccine
Air Force Academy Fires AFA Grad, Outstanding Coach and Gold Star Widow Two Months Before Retirement for Refusing COVID...
Gold Star Widow, Dana Lyon and USAFA Coach Faces Termination Action
The following comments may be attributed to Lt. Gen. USAF (Ret.) Rod Bishop, President and Chairman of the Board of STARRS...
Why Are Air Force Commanders Violating the 1st Amendment?
Air Force Colonel Rob Maness (ret) talks with Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAF retired and Mike Rose, Attorney, Academy graduates who...
STARRS UPDATE: Videos, Collaborations and News
The latest STARRS update is provided below. STARRS video series: Episode 11 of the Intellectuals is now available at the...
Bill to Protect Air Force Cadets, Midshipmen From Being Punished for Not Receiving Covid-19 Vaccine
(Sen. Rubio Press Release) U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) and colleagues introduced the Defending Freedom of Conscience for...
STARRS Turns Up Heat, Secures Small Win
By Tracey Meck, Col, USAF (Ret), STARRS Newsletter and Blog Editor-in-Chief, USAFA ‘87 Over the past week or so, STARRS...
Four Air Force Academy Senior Cadets Told They Will Not Graduate Two Weeks Before Big Day!
On May 10th, four Cadets First Class (seniors) were ordered to report to the superintendent’s office under the escort of...
Cadets On Verge of Expulsion After Religious Exemption Appeals Were Denied; STARRS Is Helping
By Tracey Meck, Col, USAF (Ret) USAFA ’87 STARRS Newsletter Editor-In-Chief Only the “best of the best” are offered...
How ‘Social Justice’ is Killing the Military
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN (Ret), STARRS Director at Large Col. Michael D. Pefley, USAF (Ret), VP of Communications for...
Help Academy Cadets Defend Themselves!
Save Our Cadets and Midshipmen! Right now, at least 16 cadets are in danger of being kicked out of West Point because they...
Will New Commandant of Cadets Steer USAFA in the Right Direction?
The Air Force Academy has a new Commandant of Cadets. He is Brigadier General Paul Moga, Class of ’95. He recently sat down...
Critical Race Theory (CRT) vs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
By Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) STARRS President and Board Chairman Many terms and acronyms used in public discussions...
How CRT made its way into military academies
Lt Gen Rod Bishop, STARRS President and BOD Chairman, appeared on Debbie Georgatos’ Vimeo program America, Can We Talk? Gen...