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Postponing This Partisan Lecture Isn’t Enough
By Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Radical political historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to speak at...
‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers
By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a...
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy has postponed a previously scheduled lecture featuring a New...
Inflection Point for West Point and the Army
By James Atticus Bowden US Army ret, USMA ’72 Recently, the Superintendent and Dean at West Point wrote “the Army and...
Congressman Keith Self Denounces U.S. Naval Academy’s Decision to Invite Partisan Speaker to Historic Bancroft Lecture
(Press Release) Congressman Keith Self led a letter to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Yvette M. Davids condemning the...
Naval Academy Invites Outspoken Anti-Trump Guest To Give Keynote Speech At High-Level Lecture
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy has reportedly invited an outspoken anti-Trump...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 23 Oct 2024
A USAFA Board of Visitors meeting will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm Eastern Time (7 am to 11 am...
Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By Hans von Spakovsky and Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, USN ret Daily Signal By inviting a speaker, history...
Naval Academy Allows Bancroft Lecture Series to Become Politicized
Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Anti-Trump historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat is scheduled to lecture midshipmen on...
Army Hit With Lawsuit After Stonewalling Inquiries Into West Point’s Removal Of Iconic Mission Statement
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Army was hit with a lawsuit on Friday after ignoring transparency...
Lawyers offer closing arguments in trial over whether Naval Academy can consider race in admissions
By Alex Mann | The Baltimore Sun The question of whether the Naval Academy can continue to consider an applicant’s race in...
U.S. Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (The Legal Arguments: Part 1 of 3)
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret | Daily Signal Can the United States Naval...
Naval Academy Defends Race in Admissions
So they are racist? Here is another stunningly bizarre headline: US Naval Academy says considering race in admissions helps...
West Point Needs a Reset, Part 2: In Their Own Words
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 See West Point Needs a Reset, Part 1 On Sept. 12, Real Clear Defense published my...
A Visit to the US Air Force Academy
Late 1950s video when USAFA was brand new. Show talks about the new traditions that will be made there. But first, this...
Congressman Keith Self, West Point Class of 1975: Barack Obama Does Not Embody Duty, Honor, Country
By Lt Col. Keith Self, US Army ret, USMA ’75 Current Member of Congress serving the Texas 3rd District The Colonel...
West Point grad who wrote ‘Communism will Win’ under military cap is now a Ph.D. candidate at UT Austin
By Emma Dayton | Campus Reform A West Point graduate who first made headlines for his “Communism will win” message written...
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
This is what happened to the West Point DEI office, they renamed it to the “Office of Engagement and Retention.”...
Affirmative action trial against Naval Academy begins in Baltimore
By Ian Round | Maryland Daily Record A retired Air Force general testified that racial diversity mattered “not one bit” to...
Proposed Amendments to the USAFA AOG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 In response to a retired USAF Colonel who stated he was a “Past...
‘Don’t Give Up the Ship!’ New Book from Calvert Task Group Available Today
In honor of Constitution Day, Calvert Task Group proudly announces the launch of their latest book, DON’T GIVE UP THE SHIP...
U.S. Naval Academy, affirmative action foe square off at Baltimore trial
(Reuters) The group that successfully convinced the U.S. Supreme Court to bar the consideration of race in college...
West Point Needs a Reset
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 When I attended West Point back in the late ‘60s and early ‘70s, cadets used to joke that we got a...
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Join STARRS & Stripes podcast with host CDR Al Palmer, US Navy ret, for an inspiring conversation with leaders of the...
Full Cadet Wing Attendance No Longer Required for Air Force Football Games, Marking the End of a Tradition
By Brent Briggeman | Colorado Springs Gazette Part of the pageantry of Air Force football will undergo a major change. No...
Goldwater Teams Up with Prof. Richard Epstein to Challenge Biden Admin’s Military Academy Power Grab
(Goldwater Institute) Joining forces with renowned legal scholar Richard A. Epstein, the Goldwater Institute filed a...
Marxist Indoctrination and Infiltration at West Point
Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret, interviewed Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96, and member of the MacArthur Society of West Point...
Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to base as classes started, leading to meat shortages
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy restricted all cadets to the base as classes were getting...
Anguished USAFA Cadet: “They are closing Starbuck’s and the bowling lane now.”
Oh the humanity! As seen on a thread on Service Academy Forum where parents are worried they won’t get to see their...
Your MacArthur Society Fact-Finding Visit to West Point . . . Ah, Not So Fast
By Col. Bill Prince, US Army ret, USMA ’70 President of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates MacArthur...
The Corrupting Influence of DEI on Military Education
By CDR J.A. Cauthen, USN ret, USNA ’02 By now, the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) industry’s capture of...
Dept of Air Force Guidance Letter to USAFA Superintendent – 2024
28 June 2024 guidance letter to new USAFA Superintendent Lt General Beaurnfeind from the Secretary of the Air Force, the...
Duty, Honor, Country replaced by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Letter to the Editor of the Connecticut Examiner by Colleen Roberts, a STARRS Supporter To the Editor: Are Duty, Honor...
Is DEI at West Point Cultural Marxism?
The American Security Council Foundation’s Peace Through Strength podcast host Joy Votrobek and cohost Laurence...
Is the Naval Academy Going Rogue?
Choosing candidates based on their skin color or gender over the most qualified? From the channel “Service Academy and...
West Point’s DEI Office Changes Name to “Office of Engagement and Retention”
The West Point Office of “Diversity, Inclusion and Equal Opportunity” is now called the “Office of...
MacArthur Society – Save West Point!
Matthew Newgent (USMA’96), board member of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates was interviewed by CDM Media...
West Point Grads Discuss Issues at the Military Academy
Jeanne Ives ’87, host of “The Real Story with Jeanne Ives” show interviews Matthew Newgent, ’96...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
Meet STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, interviewed by STARRS & Stripes...
The Man Who Brought Socrates to the Military
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Last week when I read of Brigadier General (ret) Malham Wakin’s...
Through six decades, BG Mal Wakin blazed trails at Academy
(USAFA) Colleagues and former cadets remember retired Brig. Gen. Malham M. Wakin as the service academy’s educational...
What I have seen at VMI the last 3 plus years is appalling to me
Response by a VMI grad to this article, VMI alumni file lawsuit against institute’s official alumni association: Good...
VMI alumni file lawsuit against institute’s official alumni association
By Giovanna Johnson | The College Fix A frustrated group of Virginia Military Institute alumni, some of whom have...
US Military Academies Producing Beauty Queens
Really?? Sign of things getting quite off track at the academies. From Task & Purpose: The women who wear the crowns...
New Air Force Academy superintendent promises a ‘more demanding’ experience for cadets
By Mary Shin | The Colorado Springs Gazette The roar of two MC-130 special operations airlifters Friday over the Air Force...
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
STARRS & STRIPES Interviews: Meet STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 — his...
Interview with Calvert Task Group
CDM Host L Todd Wood speaks to Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of Calvert Task Group on efforts to save the Naval Academy from...
Concerns I Have About West Point’s Ability to Accomplish Its Mission in Our Constitutional Republic
By LTC Victor Roeske, US Army ret USMA ’74 To: West Point Board of Visitors (BOV) From: Victor Roeske, West Point...
RIP: Brigadier General Malham M. Wakin
It is with heavy heart that STARRS learned of the passing on 29 July 2024 of an institution within the institution of the US...