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Category - Academies
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
By Jon Brown | Fox News A retired rear admiral with the U.S. Maritime Administration gave what Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas...
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
By Jon Brown | Fox News A U.S. Merchant Marine Academy official is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets –...
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...
U.S. Rep Greg Steube Secures U.S. Coast Guard Guarantee to Readmit Wrongfully Disenrolled, Unvaccinated Cadets
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) announced he secured guarantee from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to...
On this day in history, March 16, 1802, United States Military Academy established at West Point
The United States Military Academy at West Point, which has trained generations of American leaders to serve from the...
Rep. Banks Pressures Merchant Marine Academy and West Point to Finally End Vaccine Mandates
(Press Release) On Saturday, three days after this oversight letter from Military Personnel Subcommittee Chairman Rep. Jim...
Merchant Marine Academy rescinds COVID vax mandate after Post report
By Caitlin Doornbos | New York Post The US Merchant Marine Academy canceled its COVID-19 vaccine mandate on Friday – two...
Merchant Marine Academy still won’t take COVID vaccine exemptions
By Caitlin Doornbos | New York Post Months after the Pentagon lifted its COVID-19 vaccine mandates, the US Merchant Marine...
New changes underway at VMI addressing DEI issue
(Spirit of VMI Press Release) The Spirit of VMI Political Action Committee (SOVP) was founded in February of 2021 in...
Racial Preferences At Our Service Academies Are Not Essential To National Security
By Gen. Arthur E. Brown Jr., U.S. Army, retired, former Army vice chief of staff, former deputy superintendent of the U.S...
Midshipmen warn left-wing politics are infiltrating Merchant Marine Academy: ‘Last frontier for woke ideology’
By Jon Brown | Fox News Multiple current and former midshipmen at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York...
Virginia Military Institute Alumni Withhold Donations to Fight Diversity Agenda
Alumni of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) are leading an effort to redirect donations toward a foundation that...
Former Naval Academy student claims COVID booster gave him a blood clot
Former U.S. Naval Academy student Duke Paane speaks out after he allegedly got a blood clot from the COVID-19 booster...
VMI alumni work to disrupt alumni donations to force school to end DEI programs
‘The only way you can influence them is by hurting their pocketbook.’ The Virginia Military Institute continues to face...
West Point Said Applicants Needed The COVID Vaccine Weeks After Mandate Ended
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point affirmed a COVID-19 vaccination requirement for incoming cadets weeks after the...
Washington Post Article Backfires; Draws Attention to DEI at VMI
(Spirit of VMI Press Release) As anticipated by the SOVP Press Statement dated 17 February 2023, Washington Post Columnist...
Oldest US military college breaks out into chaos over diversity push
The oldest public senior military college in the US has found itself embroiled in a very modern form of cultural warfare...
Sen. Cruz sends letter to US Merchant Marine Academy demanding answers
(Press Release) U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and...
What Kind of Military Does Our Country Need?
By Anthony Lentini, West Point ’71 Recent incursions into American airspace by Chinese spy balloons, an increasingly...
Naval Academy Removes Confederate Name From Campus Building
The U.S. Navy has changed the name of a Naval Academy campus building that formerly held the name of a Confederate leader to...
Merchant Marine Academy Statement on Painting
(Press Release) UPDATED Statement on Painting Entitled “Christ on the Water” at the United States Merchant Marine Academy –...
Republicans Raise Concerns over a Historic Painting Covered at U.S. Marine Academy
By Jacob Bliss | Breitbart News Four House Republicans, all of whom attended U.S. military academies, authored a...
STARRS Open Letter to Congressman Pat Ryan
Dear Congressman Ryan, Congratulations on your election to New York’s 18th Congressional District. Unfortunately, your...
Leftists Want a New Civil War
By Tony Lentini, West Point ’71 America’s Civil War, which raged from 1861 to 1865, was by far the bloodiest...
The Spirit of VMI Speaks: Deactivate DEI – A Call to Action
Often described broadly as a form of political correctness, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is a Marxist doctrine at...
Air Force cadet died of blood clot in lung, autopsy finds
A coroner has determined that Air Force Academy Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown died of a blood clot in his lungs that was...
Air Force Academy Vigil
The U.S. Air Force Academy Cadet Honor Guard performs a 21-Gun Salute in honor of classmate Cadet 3rd Class Hunter Brown...
‘Mean-Spirited’: West Point Denied Travel For Unvaccinated Cadet After Mandate Was Overturned
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has denied travel requests...