By Nate Raymond | Reuters In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump’s views, the U.S. Naval Academy...
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US Naval Academy ends race consideration in admissions
Senator: “The Academies must always remember why they were created in the first place.”
(Press Release) Yesterday, as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel,U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville...
VMI at War: Defiant Leadership vs. National Authority
The piece below summarizes four important, informative, and highly researched “must-read” articles written by Virginia...
Capt. Brent Sadler named Commandant of the U.S. Merchant Marine
By John Konrad | gCaptain In a significant and long-awaited move that could reshape the trajectory of American maritime...
End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies
By David Kane | Minding the Campus Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on...
Senate Hearing on Status of Military Service Academies – March 26, 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing, “To conduct oversight and receive testimony on the status of the...
Naval Academy will not remove DEI-related materials from library
This doesn’t make sense By James Matheson | Baltimore Sun The U.S. Naval Academy will not be forced to remove...
Habits of Honor, Faith, and Patriotism – Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai
One of the new appointees to the USAFA Board of Visitors is retired Air Force Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai, a 1989...
Sean Spicer: From the White House to the Naval Academy BoV
On Newt Gingrich’s podcast, Newt talks with Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary, about his recent...
USAFA DEI Chief’s Title Changes
A USAFA grad alerted us to the fact that USAFA’s Chief, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Officer had changed his...
Naval Academy: A “House Divided”
A former Naval Academy professor writes about his concerns that SECDEF Hegseth might remove some civilian professors at...
Unity Letter to USAFA AOG
The five STARRS-recommended Unity slate of candidates to be on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Association of...
President Trump Appoints New Members to Three Service Academy Board of Visitors
After removing members of USAFA, USMA and USNA Board of Visitors appointed by Biden, President Trump named their...
VMI Alumnus Nominated to Serve as Army Undersecretary
(VMI) Congratulations to VMI alumnus and retired Army colonel Michael Obadal ’96 who has been nominated to serve as Army...
Coast Guard Academy Removes References to ‘Climate Change’ from Its Curriculum
By Brian Hallenbeck | The Day, New London, Conn. A U.S. Department of Homeland Security order banning “climate change...
Air Force Academy Reverses Decision, Allows Muslim Cadets to Forgo Physical Training During Ramadan
The Air Force Academy recently held a new more rigorous “cumulative exercise” which is “an essential...
USAFA Cadets test warfighter readiness in spring CULEX
(USAFA) U.S. Air Force Academy cadets took on the rigorous Spring 2025 Culminating Exercise (CULEX), an essential training...
A Premature Death Sentence for DEI at the U.S. Naval Academy?
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 During a tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) as a Company Officer in...
President names allies to Naval Academy Board of Visitors
By Ali Bianco | Politico President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S...
West Point Must Come Clean
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 On Spring Break in 2022, five West Point cadets overdosed on cocaine laced with fentanyl...
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
STARRS & Stripes podcast host Al Palmer and guest Ron Olds, two veteran F-4 Phantom pilots during the Vietnam War...
Unity Slate wins seats on USAFA AOG Board of Directors
STARRS recommended five Unity Slate candidates to run for the Board of Directors of the Air Force Academy’s...
SECDEF Hegseth: “The warfighters are back in charge.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was recently interview by Laura Ingraham during their visit to GITMO and as part of that...
Ever wonder why there are no statues of a post-WW2 West Point General?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Several factors go into demand for immortalization of a West Point graduate in the form...
Lethality in Education: Athenian Scholarship, Roman Virtus, Maccabean Grit, & Muscular Christianity
By Lt. Col. Chuck Duray, PhD, USA ret, USMA ’92 STARRS Volunteer For many years, the U.S. military possessed...
VMI won’t extend superintendent’s contract, following increase in DEI efforts
Here is AP’s actual headline which focuses on his race thus continuing the divisive CRT/DEI agenda pitting people...
Air Force Academy Investigating Nearly 100 Cadets for Cheating, Honor Code Violations
By Thomas Novelly | Military.com Nearly 100 cadets at the Air Force Academy in Colorado are being investigated after...
Did a woke West Point professor mock then Rep. Michael Waltz?
Did a woke West Point professor mock then Rep. Michael Waltz over his concern of racial indoctrination of cadets at the...
To Achieve Unity, DEI Must End
Letter to the Editor by Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 to the Baltimore Sun regarding the article: “Military academies review...
President Trump ends discriminatory DEI and LGBT programs at King’s Point.
By Daniel Bissell | Restoration News The U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA)—also known as King’s Point—was...
Military Academy Alters Historic Painting to Appease Anti-Christian Zealot
By Daniel Bissell | Restoration News In January 2023, the United States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) Superintendent...
Woke Ideology Has Captured Military Academies—It Must Be Eradicated to Strengthen National Security
By John Gentry, retired US Army Reserve officer and CIA analyst President Trump’s ban on “diversity, equity, and inclusion”...
Commander-in-Chief Names USAF Lt Gen. Dan Caine, VMI ’90 Grad, as Next Chairman Joint Chief of Staff
On his Truth Social account, President Trump named US Air Force Lt. General Dan “Razin” Caine to be the next...
Three Groups Call for an Investigation into Political Intimidation and Free Speech at VMI
(Press Release) The Cadet Foundation (www.thecadetfoundation.org) joined by Alumni Free Speech Alliance partners the...
Senators Introduce Legislation to Restore Merit-Based Hiring in the Federal Government
(Press Release) Senator Rick Scott led Senators Marsha Blackburn, Cindy Hyde-Smith and Tommy Tuberville in introducing...
West Point: “A once storied institution overcome by corruption”
A recent post on LinkedIn about West Point has been receiving a lot of attention. Entitled, “Behind the Walls of West...
DEI-charged claims fly over contract talks for VMI’s leader as lawmaker demands ethics probe
By Charles Creitz | Fox News Virginia Democratic lawmakers are raising racially tinged concerns that the Virginia Military...
USNA Courses “Gender Matters: the Sociology of Gender” and “Gender and Sexuality Studies” CANCELED
Good and finally! Who needs stupid courses like this in a military warfighting academy? By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com...
Following Trump EOs, Naval Academy Prohibits Class Materials
By Ryan Quinn | Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Naval Academy’s provost told faculty last week not to use course readings “or...
ATTEND or Submit Statements: West Point Board of Visitors Meeting 11 March 2025
UPDATE: On 27 February, the Designated Federal Officer for the West Point Board of Visitors sent out an email stating...
We all know who is in the diversity commissariat
By CDR Salamander Let’s speak candidly: our Navy needs friends. We don’t need to generate enemies nor have those in the...
NEW BOOK: “West Point’s Cult of DEI” by John Hughes
The #1 graduate in the 1996 West Point graduating class, John Hughes, MD, a veteran of Iraq, Afghanistan and Haiti, has...
LTG Gilland Is DEI At West Point
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 John was the #1 graduate in his class and a 3rd Generation West Pointer. He had 4 combat...
Identity/Affinity Clubs at Military Academies Divide People
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72, Attorney If you are not aware of this recent social media post by the USMA Deputy...
Naval Academy Launches Review Of School Clubs To Ensure Compliance With Trump’s DEI Prohibition
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy is reviewing school-sponsored clubs and activities to ensure...
Political Infighting Over VMI’s Board of Visitors Puts Cadets at Risk
By The VMI Cadet Editorial Staff The Virginia Military Institute (VMI) has long stood as a symbol of discipline, leadership...
Reaction to President Trump Firing the Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
Mike Rose, USAFA ’69, STARRS General Counsel and Executive Vice President, was on the Richard Randal show talking...
DAF Curriculum and Training Guidance to comply with Executive Orders
Curriculum and Training Guidance Implementation Subsequent to Executive Order, “Restoring America’s Fighting Force,” 27...
STARRS Attorney Mike Rose on the firing of Service Academy Board of Visitors
Mike Rose, USAFA ’69, STARRS General Counsel and Executive Vice President, was on the show Output to talk about the...