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Naval Academy Professor fluent in DEI and male-shaming
By STARRS Brad Johnson is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States...
USNA dodged the bullet by uninviting this unhinged speaker
If you recall from previous articles on this site (see below), author and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to be the...
Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop
By Luke Parker | Catonsville Times A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime Saturday after a tattoo shop in...
Notice of the Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors – Dec 2, 2024
From the Federal Register. Attend or submit a statement. SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the...
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...
How Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation
“A review of one of the most important books of the last decade.” —Jason Hill, Professor, author of, “What...
The Diversity Zampolits at Annapolis
By CDR Salamander | Substack Let’s revisit my post from 25 months ago to see how USNA has operationalized their Diversity...
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...
What They Learn at Annapolis is Brought to the Fleet
By CDR Salamander | Substack Having checked my notes, in Annapolis we have the United States Naval Academy. Sure, there is...
Naval Academy Ignores Students’ Right Not to Recite Preferred Pronouns
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret | Daily Signal Something is amiss in Annapolis, home of the U.S...
Postponing This Partisan Lecture Isn’t Enough
By Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Radical political historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to speak at...
‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers
By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a...
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy has postponed a previously scheduled lecture featuring a New...
Congressman Keith Self Denounces U.S. Naval Academy’s Decision to Invite Partisan Speaker to Historic Bancroft Lecture
(Press Release) Congressman Keith Self led a letter to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Yvette M. Davids condemning the...
Naval Academy Invites Outspoken Anti-Trump Guest To Give Keynote Speech At High-Level Lecture
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy has reportedly invited an outspoken anti-Trump...
Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By Hans von Spakovsky and Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, USN ret Daily Signal By inviting a speaker, history...
Naval Academy Allows Bancroft Lecture Series to Become Politicized
Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Anti-Trump historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is scheduled to lecture midshipmen on...
Lawyers offer closing arguments in trial over whether Naval Academy can consider race in admissions
By Alex Mann | The Baltimore Sun The question of whether the Naval Academy can continue to consider an applicant’s race in...
U.S. Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (The Legal Arguments: Part 1 of 3)
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret | Daily Signal Can the United States Naval...
Naval Academy Defends Race in Admissions
So they are racist? Here is another stunningly bizarre headline: US Naval Academy says considering race in admissions helps...
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.”...
Affirmative action trial against Naval Academy begins in Baltimore
By Ian Round | Maryland Daily Record A retired Air Force general testified that racial diversity mattered “not one bit” to...
‘Don’t Give Up the Ship!’ New Book from Calvert Task Group Available Today
In honor of Constitution Day, Calvert Task Group proudly announces the launch of their latest book, DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP...
U.S. Naval Academy, affirmative action foe square off at Baltimore trial
(Reuters) The group that successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the consideration of race in college...
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Join STARRS & Stripes podcast with host CDR Al Palmer, US Navy ret, for an inspiring conversation with leaders of the...
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...
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...
Is the Naval Academy Going Rogue?
Choosing candidates based on their skin color or gender over the most qualified? From the channel “Service Academy and...
Interview with Calvert Task Group
CDM Host L Todd Wood speaks to Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of Calvert Task Group on efforts to save the Naval Academy from...
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...
Calvert Task Group Announces the Upcoming Publication of ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’
The fate of our country is in the hands of the American people. The time to act is now. ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’ will be...
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...
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...
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...
Naval Academy’s Diversity “Search Advocate” Program
by CDR Salamander | Substack There was once a time when the US military was a positive, forward moving force in bringing...
Statement to DACODAI – Larry Purdy
Statement to DACODAI by Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 To: General Lester L. Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Chairman Defense Advisory...
Statement to DACODAI – Bob Neumann
Statement to DACODAI by By former Navy Lt Commander Bob Neumann, USNA ’69 Equity A record 41,000 recruits short in...
Marxist CRT at the US Naval Academy
On 18 & 19 April 2024, the U.S. Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership held the 23rd annual McCain...
Our Service Academies Must Discard Race-Based Admissions
By Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it… [T]he Equal Protection Clause …...
Around the Naval Academy
The U.S. Naval Academy hosted all the Supes at the annual Conference of Service Academy Superintendents (COSAS) with tours...
30-Year Naval Academy Teacher Details Depth Of DEI Rot In America’s Military Institutions
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist It’s no secret the Biden administration has “reimagined” the U.S. military into a left...
Leadership Standards and Accountability: The United States Naval Academy
This letter by a 1970 Naval Academy graduate, who was in the nuclear power industry, was written in November 2021 and...
Answers to Questions re Service Academy Admissions and a Change to the Mission Statement
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit A USNA grad emailed some perceptive questions...
Latest wave of wokeness to hit West Point reveals one simple solution
Cut to the chase re Doug MacKinnon’s unusual solution: instead of just complaining about wokeness in the service...
Many top colleges, including service academies, ‘training a cadre of political commissars’ through DEI certificate programs
Many American colleges and universities are offering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) certificates that are not only a...
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
Calling all our Navy readers to attend the morning meeting of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors on March 19, 2024 from 9...
Military Service Academy Affinity/Culture Clubs
No, not THAT Culture Club, but close. (Only people from the 1980s will get this) A look at identity-based clubs at the...
Expand Fair Admissions to the Military Academies
By J.A. Cauthen, retired Naval officer, USNA ’02 In June 2023, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) prevailed in...