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Supreme Court Excludes Military Academies From Ruling Striking Down Race-Based Admissions
Unfortunate, because cadets still won’t know if they are selected because of their abilities or because of their skin...
‘White Identity Is Inherently Racist’: Waltz Quotes CRT Readings Covered In Military Academies
During a House Armed Services Committee hearing last week, Rep. Michael Waltz (R-FL) spoke about Critical Race Theory...
New commandant of cadets at the Air Force Academy
(USAFA press release) As he assumed command of the Cadet Wing, Brig. Gen. Gavin Marks described returning to the U.S. Air...
Inside the DEI Reading Room at the Air Force Academy
In the Soviet Army, each company had “political enlightenment dayrooms” (ie indoctrination rooms) which...
Military leadership is trying to hide its efforts to force leftist ideology on the ranks
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President Since the summer of 2020, members of Stand Together...
The destruction of the military by euphemisms
By Dr. Scott Sturman, MD, US Air Force Academy ’72 Marxists are masters of patience, disguise, and the use of...
Is the US military trying to lose wars?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96, Veteran of OIF/OEF More than 10 years ago, military analysts declared the war in Afghanistan...
Inside the ‘woke’ takeover of the US Air Force Academy
By Evan Smith, US Air Force Academy cadet [The author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect the...
The Air Force has abandoned its mission in pursuit of radical social justice
By Mike Uecker, US Air Force Academy grad, USAF officer As a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a veteran with more...
To push woke ideology, Biden illegally gutted military academy oversight boards
By Michael Rose, USAFA ’69 and STARRS General Counsel and Richard Epstein The military academies present positive...
Rep. Wesley Hunt: Woke Initiatives Have No Place In Our Military
Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt (USMA ’04) joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share his thoughts...
Wokeness is antithetical to military service
By Tom Klocek, USNA ’69 Member of the Calvert Group “Wokeness” is all about oneself. It is political correctness on...
Lowered standards and disregarded data have weakened the US military
By Dr. Meaghan Mobbs West Point 2008 graduate and former US Army officer Member, VMI Board of Visitors The primary role of...
The military isn’t the place for woke social experiments
By Bill Smith Parent of a US Air Force Academy Cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect...
How DEI is destroying trust and unity within the ranks
By Lauren Evans U.S. Air Force Academy cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect the...
New commandant of cadets named at West Point
Brig. Gen. Lori Robinson will assume command as the 80th commandant of cadets at the US Military Academy during a change of...
Military academies use affirmative action. Will the Supreme Court stop them?
The nation’s military service academies now enroll far more people of color than they did at the turn of the century, as...
Divide and Conquer: Radicalizing Military Education
By John Cauthen Retired naval officer, graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 2002 Taught in the history department from...
Proactive alumni credited with prompting VMI diversity chief to quit
A proactive alumni group working to curb diversity, equity and inclusion at the Virginia Military Institute has been given...
Military college’s chief of diversity quits amid debate over DEI
The chief diversity officer of the nation’s oldest state-supported military college, Virginia Military Institute, has turned...
At West Point Commencement, Kamala Harris Says Military’s Strength Lies in Diversity
NYT: The vice president’s address to graduates of the U.S. Military Academy came as the armed forces have sought to forge a...
Driving CRT/DEI from the Military
STARRS VP for Education Col. Sam Thiessen, USA ret and 1973 West Point graduate was on LtCol. Denny Gillem’s...
Pentagon IG Concludes Naval Academy Superintendent Made False Statements in Effort to End Career of Midshipman
(Judicial Watch Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it received 19-pages of records from the U.S. Department of...
2023 West Point Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Conference
Concerned about the Marxist-rooted CRT/DEI agenda at the US Military Academy at West Point producing military political...
Presentation to the USAF Academy Association of Graduates
STARRS Chairman of the Board, LTG Rod Bishop (USAF ret, USAFA ’74) and STARRS President COL Ron Scott, PhD (USAF ret...
West Point Professor writes Leftist, anti-military book disparaging WW2 Vets
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Elizabeth H. Samet has been an English professor at the United States Military Academy since...
Admiral dodges question over US Merchant Marine Academy official’s tweet about ‘white, male’ misogyny, racism
A retired rear admiral with the U.S. Maritime Administration gave what Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas, described as an...
Service Academy Admissions Examining Eliminating Standardized Test Scores
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA 1972 I have confirmed that USMA, USNA and USAFA are studying how to revise their admissions...
Retired Navy commander defends branch’s Drag Queen recruitment ads
It’s not surprising that she is a Senior Advisor at the McChrystal Group. See after the article for more info. Retired...
US Merchant Marine Academy official under fire for tweet on ‘white, male’ roots of racism, misogyny
A U.S. Merchant Marine Academy official is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets – including one in which he...
Open Letter to Virginia’s Chief of Diversity who said DEI is Dead
By Kendall Qualls President of TakeCharge STARRS Board of Advisors member This is an open letter in solidarity with Martin D...
West Point is an echo chamber for divisive identity politics
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 In early April 2023, West Point Superintendent LTG Steven Gilland authorized the...
The Spirit of VMI Speaks: Youngkin Administration Official Declares DEI Dead.
In an address to the faculty and staff of the Virginia Military Institute during its annual Inclusive Excellence training...
‘DEI Is Dead’: Heritage President Applauds Virginia Chief Diversity Officer’s Bold Declaration
(Heritage Foundation Press Release) Martin D. Brown, chief diversity officer and director of the Office of Diversity...
Air Force Chief of Staff has no problem with USAFA DEI training not to say Mom or Dad
At a House Armed Service Committee hearing, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Brown responded to Rep. McClain and Rep...
‘DEI is dead’: At VMI, Youngkin’s diversity chief slams diversity, equity, inclusion
It’s great and very encouraging that Virginia’s chief diversity and opportunity (not equity) officer, Martin...
Rear Adm. Yvette Davids Nominated as Next Naval Academy Superintendent
Rear Adm. Yvette Davids has been nominated to serve as the next superintendent of the Naval Academy, USNI News has learned...
Merit and Preferences: Never the Twain Shall Meet
By John Cauthen, USNA ’02 Active member of the Calvert Group, which collaborates with STARRS Diversity, as commonly...
West Point think tank worries about racial biases in drone strikes
The Modern War Institute at West Point published on their website an article by by two Army LT Colonels entitled, “Do...
Air Force Academy Touts New Program To Combat Politicization In The Military
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Administrators and a cadet at the Air Force Academy think a new program...
Prominent DEI Proponent and Black Scholar Gives Colvin Lecture at USAFA’s 2023 National Character and Leadership Symposium
By Tracey Meck, Colonel, USAF (Ret) USAFA ’87 STARRS Newsletter Editor and Chief Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr. was the Colvin keynote...
West Point Cocaine Party One Year Later
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Union Generals McClellan, Burnside, Pope, and Rosecrans were relieved of command in the...
If we cannot defend our nation rhetorically, we will be unable to do so kinetically
By Dr. Meaghan Mobbs, USMA 2008 Former Army Captain Bio My name is Dr. Meaghan Mobbs, and I am the daughter of two former...
Take Politics Out of the Military
By Jeremy Hunt, USMA, 2015 Former Captain, US Army Watch the latest video at foxnews.com US military has ‘serious...
Public Perceptions of the Politicization of the Military is Impacting Readiness Today
By Brent D. Sadler, USNA ’94 Captain, US Navy, ret Bio Bottom Line Up Front: Too many Americans believe the military...
Records Show Air Force Academy Focus on Anti-American Critical Race Theory Training of Cadets
Judicial Watch announced today it received 167 pages of records from the U.S. Department of Defense which show the U.S. Air...
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Defense on Behalf of STARRS
STARRS filed Freedom of Information Act Requests related to claims of systemic racism at the U.S. Air Force Academy. One of...
Waltz, Banks Press West Point on Preferred Pronoun Role Play Guide
(Press Release) House Armed Services Military Readiness Subcommittee Chairman Mike Waltz (FL-6) and Military Personnel...
West Point’s pronoun ‘play acting’ training exercise and CRT lecture
Congressmen Michael Waltz of Florida and Jim Banks of Indiana demanded answers from West Point regarding the school’s role...