Academies Archives

Brig. Gen. Christopher Walker on his DEI experience in the military

STARRS Board of Advisors member BGen Christopher “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88 (and on the Board of...

West Point Professor Challenges Ban on “Un-American, Divisive… Radical, Extremist, and Irrational Theories.”

By Jonathan Turley There is an important lawsuit being litigated in the Southern District of New York over the limits of...

Pentagon weighs eliminating civilian tenure at military academies and reviewing all curriculum, draft memo says

By James LaPorta, Eleanor Watson | CBS News The Department of War is considering its most sweeping remake of military higher...

USAFA Realigns Academic Enterprise to Forge “Day One” Warfighters

(USAFA) The U.S. Air Force Academy is evolving its academic structure to maintain its academic programs’ relentless focus on...

Marxism Is Deeply Embedded at America’s Military Service Academies

By Col Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors From his podcast, The Rob Maness Show: You just heard Secretary of War...

Academy Helicopter Parents

When you first went off to your service academy or the military, did your parents act like you were going off to...

Air Force and Space Force Core Values now up on ramp at USAFA

No word about the front of the ramp, where “Bring Me Men” used to be. (Click on photos to enlarge) Lotta words...

Senate approves incoming Air Force Academy superintendent

By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette Maj. Gen. Paul Moga, USAFA ’95, is set to become the superintendent of...

Pom Poms and No-Shows: The Failure of Military Academy Oversight

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Some Boards of Visitors are finally doing their jobs. Others are AWOL. America’s...

Army Maj. Gen. James Bartholomees, USMA ’95, nominated to be next Superintendent of West Point

In the “Secretary of War General Officer Announcements” post on July 16, 2026, it included this: Army Maj. Gen...

Creating an Environment for Mistreatment – Larry Card

Statement made by Larry Card, USAFA ’93, to the July 20, 2026 USAFA Board of Visitors meeting: Transcript: “Good...

Improvements to the USAFA conduct/ honor/ disenrollment systems – Mike Rose

Remarks and recommendations submitted by Mike Rose, USAFA ’69 (STARRS Executive Vice President & General Counsel) to the...

Discipline: Balancing Commander Discretion within Institutional Standards and Norms – Ron Scott

Remarks and paper submitted by Col Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 (STARRS President & CEO) to the July 20, 2026...

USAFA Statutory Realignment – MajGen Bentley Rayburn

Remarks and position paper submitted by Maj. General Bentley Rayburn, USAF ret, USAFA ’75 (STARRS Chairman of the...

USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – July 20, 2026, Video, Notes, Transcript

The USAFA Board of Visitors met on July 20, 2026, to review academy updates including new leadership introductions, AI...

‘Woke’ military academies targeted in new blueprint for sweeping warfighting overhaul

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News A conservative organization is calling for a sweeping overhaul of America’s service...

Killing Woke At West Point

By LTC Edwin L. Kennedy, Jr, USA ret, USMA ’76 STARRS Ambassador “West Point is set apart. It’s special. It’s above...

Commanders Call with Guest Speaker Congressman Keith Self, USMA 1975

The MacArthur Society’s July 9, 2026 Commander’s Call featured U.S. Representative Keith Self (USMA ’75)...

How America’s Military Academies Lost Their Way

From Restore the Military podcast: West Point was built to produce warriors. So was Annapolis. So was the Air Force Academy...

Alumni upset Naval Academy didn’t celebrate 50th anniversary of female enrollment

Great line: “I never want to be known as a woman midshipman,” she said. “My identity is as a midshipman.” She spent her 20...

Clean Sweep at West Point

by pyrene i am pyrene. i am the head mouser cat in the united states military academy’s mess hall. previous pyrenes wrote...

2009 USAFA Grad/Air Force Major arrested on Capitol steps during protest calling for Trump impeachment

The shame, disgrace and dishonor of a USAFA grad and active duty USAF Major in uniform publicly turning against the...

West Point cadets talk America250 on national TV

Listen to these West Point cadets talk about America and service on the 250th anniversary of our country: Duty, Honor...

Gen. Frank McKenzie, ’79, returns to The Citadel as the 21st president

(Press Release) Gen. Frank McKenzie, USMC (Ret.), ’79, officially took over as the president of The Citadel on July 1, 2026...

Meeting of the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors – July 20, 2026

The USAFA Board of Visitors will hold a virtual public meeting on Monday, July 20, 2026 from 11 am to 1:15 pm Mountain Time...

Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors – July 20, 2026

(Federal Register) The USNA Board of Visitors will hold a public meeting on Monday, July 20, 2026 from 9 am to 11 am ET at...

1999 West Point Grad Becomes New Commandant of Cadets

(WP Press Release) Brig. Gen. Joseph Katz assumed command as the 82nd Commandant of Cadets at the U.S. Military Academy...

USAFA Updates Core Values Ramp

(USAFA Press Release) As a primary commissioning source for two military branches, the U.S. Air Force Academy is updating...

Congress Warned the Pentagon About VMI

By Mike Staso, VMI ’79 and Aric Southworth, VMI ’94 A New Lawsuit Alleges Its Board Was Already Governing in...

Citizen Sues Virginia Military Institute and Its Board, Alleging Secret “Group Text” Meetings, Withheld and Altered Public Records

By Bob Morris, VMI grad A new lawsuit accuses the governing board of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) — one of the...

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