By CDR Salamander | Substack This took place in the Biden Administration. With the discussions about what is going on with...
Category - Academies
At Annapolis, not so much who is admitted, but who is hired
West Point Gets Back To Business: It’s Training for Army Officers, NOT a Liberal Arts College
By CDR Breck Henderson, US Navy veteran Dr. Graham Parsons, a professor of philosophy at West Point, recently published an...
Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn
By Lolita Baldor | Associated Press All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its...
West Point Trades Real Reform For Illusory Paper Compliance
If the academy cannot produce officers loyal to the Constitution, its leadership is not just failing, it is compromising...
West Point’s leftist-if-not-Marxist plebe American History textbook
Lou Coatney, a retired government and academic librarian who attended West Point in 1964 and 1965, wrote the below article...
What happens when you tell a philosopher ‘No’
By Owen Anderson We need more philosophers to resign from their university posts. Graham Parsons, a philosophy professor at...
He’s the right man, in the right place, right time and just in the nick of time
By Buck Torske, retired Navy Chief Petty Officer It’s obvious “mainstream” press and media can’t stop beating up all things...
Buh-Bye West Point
By pyrene* Full Professor Graham Parsons got a long screed on the sanctimony of his virtue-signaling resignation from the...
Forgive? First we need to drag out and discuss what we cannot forget
“Until we have a full Truth and Reconciliation Commission-like public accounting about the active discriminatory...
Update: 10th Medical Group at USAFA Command Board
Update to this story, the photos of the Commander-in-Chief and Secretary of Defense have been posted. STARRS President Ron...
Update on DEI Situation at West Point and the Military
MacArthur Society President Col. Bill Prince, USA ret and a 1970 graduate of the US Military Academy gives an...
US Dept of Transportation Secretary Announces USMMA’s Christ on the Water Painting is Moving out of the Basement
(Press Release) U.S. Secretary of Transportation Sean P. Duffy announced that the historic Christ on the Water painting will...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Expand Classical Learning Test to Service Academies
(Press Release) Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Promote Classical Learning Act. The bill requires U.S. military...
There Are No Race Theorists in Foxholes
By Doug Philippone, West Point graduate, former Army Major When the U.S. invaded Iraq in 2003, I was commanding a Third...
Senator Backs Trump Official’s Attempt To ‘Bring Jesus Up From The Basement’ — Literally
By Leif Le Mahieu | Daily Wire Senator Ted Cruz praised Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy for promising to restore a...
West Point Profs and Staff: “Should they resist Mr. Hegseth’s order or resign in protest?”
Some insight into what is going on with professors at West Point can be found in this Washington Post article, The...
Leftist West Point Professor Leaves in a Huff Over the End of Brainwashing
By Streiff | Red State A civilian West Point professor made a public spectacle of his exit from the US Military Academy and...
Certification of Merit-Based Military Service Academy Admissions
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell, on Certification of Merit-Based Military Service...
Pete Hegseth says West Point professor who resigned over Trump admin education overhaul ‘will not be missed’
By Christina Shaw | Fox News A West Point professor’s resignation over education shifts brought, in part, by the Trump...
Duffy hangs replica of controversial USMMA Jesus painting in DOT office: ‘It looks beautiful’
By Jon Brown | Christian Post Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Tuesday that he hung a replica of...
Response to Opinion Piece on USAFA civilian reduction plans
STARRS President Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 wrote a letter to the editor of the Denver Post in reference...
Gen Z Goes to West Point: How The Academy Should Adapt to Overcome Safetyism and Victimhood Culture
By Lt. Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret This paper was completed and submitted in partial fulfillment of the Master Teacher...
SEN. TIM SHEEHY: 100 Days Of Putting Warfighters First
By Senator Tim Sheehy Former Navy Seal, USNA grad When I met with Pete Hegseth in early December ahead of his confirmation...
LETTER: Message sent to USAFA Cadets
A letter to the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette: Last week I was at the 10th Medical Group Clinic at the Air Force...
Air Force Academy’s Staff Cuts Unclear Amid Mass Resignations; Cadets Assured of World-Class Education
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette While the Air Force Academy sent a letter to incoming cadets early last week...
Transgender West Point Instructor Sues the Commander-in-Chief
This Times-Union article tells the story of a female who joined the Army and was diagnosed with gender dysphoria in 2021...
DEI at Annapolis
By CDR Salamander, Substack In what was the last moment of reprieve for the agents of division inside the Annapolis...
Cheating Without Consequences: The Rise and Tolerance of Mass Cheating at America’s Military Academies
By Lt Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret In March 2025, the U.S. Air Force Academy announced that nearly 100 cadets were under...
LETTER: USAFA Mission Statement
Letter to the Editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette: This letter is in response to an April 17 article, “Air Force Academy...
The Fight Against Race-Based Admissions at the US Naval Academy
This is a monumental, in-depth investigation into race-based admissions at America’s elite military academies—and the...
Military schools offer test case for Trump education reforms
By Lexi Lonas Cochran | The Hill Military academies could increasingly show what President Trump wants to see from public...
Attorney blasts Merchant Marine midshipmen as ‘Christian nationalist insects’ for cheering Jesus painting
By Jon Brown | Christian Post An attorney from the nonprofit that pushed to relocate a historic Jesus painting at the U.S...
Secretary Sean Duffy Gives Energizing Speech at Merchant Marine Academy
Duffy received a standing ovation when he asserted, “Can we bring Jesus out of the basement?” By Daniel Bissell ...
USAFA and USMA end race consideration in admissions
By Nate Raymond | Reuters The U.S. Military Academy and the U.S. Air Force Academy will no longer consider race as a factor...
Newt’s World: Rep. Wesley Hunt on Service to Country
Newt Gingrich talks with Congressman Wesley Hunt, USMA ’04, U.S. Army veteran and Apache helicopter pilot, about his...
Response to USAFA Professor
This is a response the STARRS Chairman gave to a long post on Facebook written by an assistant professor of English at USAFA...
Tuberville’s proposal for academy athletes to go pro undermines duty
By Lt. Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret. Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently said he would pursue new rules in this year’s National...
Naval Academy Superintendent’s Congressional Testimony Contradicts Facts About Race-Based Admissions
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News On March 26, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel required...
LETTERS: AFA cutting civilian staff; a very specific mission
STARRS President Ron Scott wrote a letter to the editor of the Colorado Springs Gazette in response to an article: AFA...
How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist Since returning to office, President Trump has taken significant action to...
Reviving Warfighter Culture by Removing Divisive DEI – With Brig. General Chris Petty, USA ret
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, interviews STARRS Board of Directors member retired...
List of DEI-Related Books Removed from Naval Academy Library
In its ongoing gaslighting of the American public, the legacy news media feigned angst that the Naval Academy removed DEI...
Let’s see the metrics and data re discrimination by race at USNA
By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack As everyone may have noticed, DivThu are few and far between recently...
After Action Report on Academy Superintendents Hearing
Prepared by members of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates Here is a summary of the issues raised by Senators and...
Service Academy Hearing a Missed Opportunity
By Richard Kline, USMA 1967 Served in the US Air Force Senior Executive Service, retired On March 26th, the Senate Armed...
A Capitol Hill Dud
By Colleen Roberts STARRS co-CT State Leader Anyone anticipating verbal ‘fireworks’ during the March 26, 2025 SASC “Status...
‘Forge Warriors, Rebuild Strength, Restore Deterrence,’ Hegseth Tells Midshipmen During Naval Academy Visit
By Army Maj. Wes Shinego | DOD News The Brigade of Midshipmen greeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with thunderous...
Naval Academy Removes Hundreds Of Books That Push DEI
By Jaryn Crouson | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy on Monday began removing nearly 400 books that...
US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions: ‘Implementing all directives’
By Alexandra Koch | Fox News A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) can no longer consider race...