By George Mayforth, VMI ’82 My recent visit to the Institute during Parents Weekend—an occasion traditionally marked...
Category - Academies
Current State of the US Air Force Academy by Three Cadets
By Three Members of USAFA Class of 2026 Introduction The current state of the United States Air Force Academy is far from...
USAFA NCLS 2026 Theme – Courage to Lead in the Profession of Arms
USAFA just released its 2026 National Character & Leadership Symposium (NCLS) theme, what do you see, what do you think...
Partying in uniform: Former Naval Academy commandant’s carousing raises conduct questions
By Benjamin Rothstein | The Baltimore Sun Gilbert Clark, the former commandant of the Naval Academy dismissed from his post...
Mike Rose’s Statement at USAFA BOV Meeting
STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Mike Rose, USAFA ’69, made a short public statement at the US Air...
Update on how the US Air Force Academy is getting rid of CRT/DEI ideology
At the December 8, 2025 meeting of the Board of Visitors for the US Air Force Academy, a report was presented on how USAFA...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 8 DEC 2025
The US Air Force Board of Visitors met virtually for a public meeting on Tuesday, December 8, 2025. Watch or scroll down to...
Seditious Conspiracy on Capitol Hill
By Maj. General Paull Vallely, USA ret, USMA ’61 Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 The ongoing coup conspiracy against...
A New Era Of Accountability: Hegseth’s Vision Takes Hold At The Naval Academy
By Douglas Ross, USNA Grad | The Miami Independent In a swift and unflinching move emblematic of the Trump...
An Interview With Under Secretary Of The Navy Hung Cao
By Todd Wood, USAFA ’86 | Armed Forces Press Pentagon, Washington, D.C.- I sat down with Under Secretary of the Navy...
Air Force Academy tightens rules on conferences, public appearances for faculty
By Mary Shinn | Denver Gazette After the Department of Defense rolled out rules for employees to engage with the public in...
USAFA Superintendent Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind’s 2025 Year in Review
(USAFA) As the calendar year draws to a close with cadets and permanent party preparing for the holiday season, we are...
West Point History Department Launches War Studies Program and Major
FINALLY, considering it’s a warfighting military academy. (West Point AOG Press Release) Much of human history can be...
Navy Relieves USNA Commandant of Midshipmen
From U.S. Naval Academy Public Affairs: ANNAPOLIS, Md.- United States Naval Academy Superintendent Lt. Gen. Michael...
West Point and Naval War College Professor Calls the America First Movement a ‘Hateful Cult’
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News …and bragged that he would celebrate President Trump’s death with champagne. Retired...
West Point Grad: Sen. Slotkin unsuited to be on the West Point Board of Visitors
Letter from a 1971 West Point graduate to Senator Jack Reed expressing concern over Sen. Slotkin being a member of the West...
Matt Lohmeier interviewed by Jack Posobiec, Veterans Day 2025
Former STARRS Executive Vice President Matthew Lohmeier, now the Under Secretary of the Air Force, was interviewed by Human...
Why Are Our Colleges Deserting Military History?
By Kali Jerrard | National Association of Scholars In honor of Veterans Day, we at the National Association of Scholars...
Being Back in “The Yard” 60 Years Later
By Jack Devine, USNA ’65 I just returned from the 60th reunion of our U.S. Naval Academy class of 1965. Aside from the...
Lt Gen Rod Bishop on Charlie Kirk Assassination, DEI in Military & Vaccine Mandate Fallout
Join Wayne Laugesen on Wayne’s Word Podcast for an explosive interview with retired Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop Jr.—a 34-year...
Air Force Academy grad behind controversial motions to honor Charlie Kirk explains why he did it
By Brett Forrest | KOAA News 5, Colorado Springs Retired Lieutenant General Rod Bishop isn’t backing down from his...
MacArthur Society Commanders Call with Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret
The MacArthur Society held its monthly Commanders Call on 30 October 2025 with special guest Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF...
Background on fight to honor assassinated USAFA Board of Visitor member Charlie Kirk
A local Colorado radio station interviewed Lt. Gen Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, in his role as a member of the...
Retired Air Force Academy Professor Brig. General: “We are ANTIFA”
In an Executive Order, the Commander-in-Chief designated Antifa as a domestic terrorist organization: “Antifa is a...
Depriving Servicemembers of Spiritual Fortification
By Col. William Connor, USA ret The Citadel, ’90 Member STARRS Board of Advisors Despite the repudiation of cultural Marxism...
The War for Truth: Efforts to Honor Charlie Kirk Knock Down the Lies
Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, was interviewed by Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret on Rob’s show. From Rob: Ten days ago...
Coast Guard lawsuit shakes up HR rules on vaccine mandates and compliance
By Matthew Sellers | HRD Coast Guardsmen’s challenge to their COVID-19 vaccine-related separations puts religious...
Trump Calls Out Air Force Academy Chapel Construction Disaster
By L. Todd Wood, USAFA ’86 | Armed Forces Press The saga of the renovation of the U.S. Air Force Academy chapel is a...
Air Force Academy association to revisit honoring activist Charlie Kirk
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette The Air Force Academy’s Association of Graduates board will revisit whether...
USAFA Association of Graduates to vote on honorary membership for Charlie Kirk
By Cleo Westin | Colorado Springs Gazette Board members of the U.S. Air Force Academy Association of Graduates will vote on...
Recentering the Rudder at the U.S. Naval Academy
The following article appeared in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings. Copyright U.S. Naval Institute. Reprinted with...
Social Justice Warriors Shouldn’t Control West Point
By Doug Truax, USMA ’92 CEO Restoration of America Under War Secretary Pete Hegseth, America’s military is...
VMI’s “Struggle Session”
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D., VMI grad Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian Nearly five years ago I entitled...
Mixed Reviews of the Naval Academy Board of Visitor’s Meeting
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News The U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors (USNA BOV) September meeting in D.C...
Disgraced Pup Fetish Colonel Resurfaces As a Naval Academy Midshipman’s Sponsor
By streiff, Army veteran | RedState It appears that a disgraced, retired U.S. Army colonel who led a “pup...
Transgender West Point instructor on administrative leave but still at West Point
Update on this story, Transgender West Point Instructor Sues the Commander-in-Chief: A female Army Captain who thinks...
Restoration of Historic “Christ on the Water” Painting at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
(US Dept. of Transportation) U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean P. Duffy today announced the newly restored “Christ on the...
In memory of Charlie Kirk: A call to end political violence and restore American unity
By Congressmen Col. August Pfluger, USAF (USAFA 2000) and Don Davis As members of Congress from opposite sides of the aisle...
MacArthur Society Commanders Call with Gen. Michael Flynn
The MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates held its monthly Commanders Call on 30 September 2025 with special guest Lt...
VMI’s Missed Response to a National Tragedy Regarding Charlie Kirk
The Cadet Editorial Staff | The VMI Cadet Newspaper On September 10, 2025, Charlie Kirk was assassinated during a campus...
After renaming DEI office, VMI board shifts oversight of ‘inclusive excellence’
By Nathaniel Cline | Virginia Mercury As the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors awaits the state Supreme...
Matthew Lohmeier featured in USAFA Checkpoints Magazine
The September 2025 issue of the USAFA Association & Foundation’s Checkpoints magazine featured an article on Matt...
News5 Reporter Waits 1 Year for Air Force Academy FOIA
Ha! So STARRS is not the only ones turning old waaaiiittttiiinnnggg for responses to our over 60 FOIAs, the majority with...
Lawsuit against West Point reveals what USMA has been doing to eradicate radical leftist DEI ideology
STARRS An article by the Associated Press about a West Point law professor (above) suing the military academy on behalf of...
Lt Gen Bishop nominates Charlie Kirk to be an honorary member of the USAFA AOG
Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, is on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Academy Association of...
Future of America’s service academies
STARRS Board of Advisors member Brigadier General Christopher S. “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...
West Point Should Demonstrate Merit-Based Admissions
By usmaData The Class of 2029 has started at West Point. And so kicks off admissions activities for the class of 2030...
Why Are There So Many Social Justice Warriors at America’s Military Service Academies?
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Past Democrat presidents used America’s service academies as social justice...
Service academies to accept conservative alternative to SAT and ACT
By Sophia Cai | Politico The nation’s service academies next month will announce they will accept scores from the Classic...
‘We’ll Never Surrender’: Erika Kirk Gives Emotional, Fiery Address Following Husband’s Assassination
“You have no idea the fire you have ignited in his wife. The cries of this widow will echo around the world like a battle...