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Justice Department Settles Lawsuits Challenging Race-Based Admissions at West Point and Air Force Academy

(DOJ Press Release) The Justice Department announced the settlement of litigation challenging former race-based admissions...

USAFA Grad Congressman Pfluger Voted Chairman of U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors

(Press Release) Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11), a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate, former fighter pilot, and Colonel in...

DEI Admissions Gatekeeper Gives Briefing at USAFA BOV Meeting

In the section of the USAFA Board of Visitors meeting today on admissions (video below), it was a surprise to see Col...

USAFA BOV Vice Chairman: “The enduring truth is that unity, not diversity, is our strength.”

USAFA Board of Visitors Vice Chairman Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai, USAF ret, USAFA ’89 gave these closing...

Making sure cadets can articulate and feel in their soul American Exceptionalism

Air Force Academy Board of Visitors member Charlie Kirk’s end remarks at the meeting today: “The importance of...

“The discipline is to teach, not to punish”

Remarks today by USAFA Board of Visitors member Dan Clark, a motivational public speaker who is also on the STARRS Board of...

Video of August 7, 2025 USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting

Full video of the August 7, 2025 meeting of the US Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. Well USAFA pulled it: But we...

Bringing Academies & War Colleges Back to Centerline

By Commander Salamander | His Substack For those who’ve watched for a long time, especially over the last decade, our...

Status of the CRT/DEI Agenda at the Air Force Academy

USAFA Board of Visitors member Charlie Kirk, appointed by President Trump, asked the Air Force Academy Superintendent about...

The Air Force Academy Deserves Real Oversight. Will the Board of Visitors Follow Through?

By Doug Truax, USMA ’92 | Restoration News America’s military has been the plaything of the radical Left for far...

Navy secretary pushes review board to purge DEI from Naval Academy and restore ‘warrior ethos’

By Morgan Phillips | Fox News The Navy may soon install a new educational review board aimed at restoring a “culture...

West Point Leadership Thumbs its Nose at the Trump Administration & Loses

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News A recent scuffle with West Point’s woke leadership reveals how hard the Left is...

Army Secretary Orders Removal Of Biden Censorship Czar From West Point

By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist On Wednesday, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered West Point to terminate the...

Two USAF Generals School Biased Reporter on Marxism in the Military

STARRS In its typical left-wing bias manner, a Military.com article by Rebecca Kheel about Matt Lohmeier entitled...

Decision to remove West Point crest from chapel Bibles reversed by Secretary of the Army

By Diana Stancy | Fox News The Secretary of the Army has ordered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point to restore the...

Judicial Watch Sues for Records on Removal of West Point Crest from Bibles in Academy Chapel

(Judicial Watch) Judicial Watch announced it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S. Department...

West Point emails reveal how the prestigious military academy messed up Pete Hegseth’s admissions status

By Jack Newsham | Business Insider Recently released West Point records shed new light on exactly how the December snafu...

Frontline of Freedom Radio: Ernie Audino interviews Bill Prince

MacArthur Society President Col. Bill Prince, US Army ret, USMA ’70, was interviewed by the new host of Frontlines of...

Habits of Honor, Faith, and Patriotism – Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai

Last week Col. Doug “Stoli” Nickolai (USAF ret) gave his “Habits of Honor, Faith and Patriotism”...

Supplemental Notice of Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy Meeting

From the Federal Register. The Air Force Academy now joins with the other military service academies in allowing the public...

Naval Academy Settles on Shorter List of Banned Books as Pentagon Panel Weighs Ultimate Decision

By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com As the legal court battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to ban...

West Point expands academic modernization with development of Department of History and War Studies

By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications West Point is transforming the Department of History into the...

Time to Appoint an Alum to Run USMMA

Op-ed in The Maritime Executive: There are five United States Federal Academies – the United States Military Academy...

Marine 3-Star to Lead Naval Academy, Davids Heading to OPNAV Staff

By Mallory Shelbourne | USNI News A Marine Corps officer is in line to lead the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time in...

General Flynn Challenges DEI, Champions Warrior Ethos and Honor at West Point Board Meeting

By Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96 MacArthur Society Board Member Lt General Mike Flynn, USA ret, said at the West Point...

“They will face an enemy with ZERO care for diversity.”

Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret is a Presidential Appointee to the West Point Board of Visitors and attended his first...

DEI Still Infects West Point

By Will Thibeau and Jeshua Grose DEI employees are still running amok in the hallowed halls of the United States Military...

Leftist Accrediting Organizations Influence U.S. Military Academies

By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Agencies responsible for approving accreditation of America’s five military service...

Conscientious Objector USAFA ’23 Grad has to pay back $150K

Update on that 2023 USAFA cadet who became a conscientious objector after Israel’s bombing of Gaza. We covered her...

USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – August 7, 2025

The next US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors meeting open to the public will be on Thursday, August 7 from 8:30 am to...

West Point still has Professors Pushing Critical Race Theory

By John Hughes, USMA ’96 In February 2025, SECDEF Pete Hegseth posted the following online: “Last week, I met with the...

Students for Fair Admissions and Naval Academy File Motion to Vacate Opinion Allowing Academy to Use Race in Admissions

By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Imagine judging a trial, ruling for one party, and writing a 179...

Service Academy’s Woke Leadership Removed

Comment about this article from STARRS Chairman Lt Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74: Another win for STARRS...

US Merchant Marine Academy leadership steps down day after Duffy speech

By Jon Brown | Christian Post The superintendent and deputy superintendent of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings...

Vice Admiral Nunan and Rear Admiral Wulf Announce Departures from USMMA Leadership

(US Dept of Transportation Press Release) Vice Admiral Joanna M. Nunan, 14th Superintendent of the United States Merchant...

How to Monitor Military Academy Admissions

By David Kane | Minding the Campus From the Military Times: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has barred the U.S. military...

Civilian Service Academy Profs Complain about “Academic Freedoms” in Military Academies

Professors used to having academic freedoms from their colleges and universities—nearly all of which have a left-wing bias...

Naval Academy Ignored Standardized Test Scores for Class of 2025-2028 Applicants

Note on this article by Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72: The article highlights one of USNA’s many workarounds they used for...

Will the Military Academies Comply on Admissions?

By CDR J.A. Cauthen, US Navy ret, USNA ’02 After years of obfuscation and denial, the U.S. Naval Academy, in a suit brought...

An Analysis of West Point’s Diversity and Inclusion Plan 2020-2025

By David R. Jackson, USMA ’73 Many West Point graduates don’t realize how strongly the school’s leaders were promoting...

Justice Department Addresses Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit Challenging Race-Based Admissions at United States Naval Academy

(DOJ Press Release) The Justice Department announced a joint filing with the plaintiff challenging former race-based...

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