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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 Starbucks 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...
DEI, Critical Race Theory Pervades Military Trainings: Report
By Megan Rosevear | The College Fix Diversity, equity and inclusion and critical race theory topics now pervade U.S. Armed...
Air Force Academy makes changes to honor code
By Mary Shin | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy has revamped its honor code implementation for freshmen and...
Air Force Academy adding leadership training after critical DOD review
By Mary Shin | Colorado Springs Gazette The Air Force Academy is adding more leadership training to help cadets as they...
STARRS Town Hall 17 July 2024
Watch: STARRS held their 5th online Town Hall on 17 July 2024 hosted by STARRS President & CEO Colonel Ron Scott, PhD...
Leadership and Combat
By Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret STARRS Vice Chairman I’ve been deeply troubled by the social engineering verbiage...
Class of ’28: One of the most “diverse classes in U.S. Air Force Academy history”
The continued obsession with race, sex and identity. Focus on this divides rather than unifies as a team. (USAFA Press...
The Problem Isn’t that DEI Brings Us Women, The Problem Is that It Brings Us the Wrong Women
Michael R. Shevock, USCGA ’76 Like many of you, following the assassination attempt on former President Trump, I...
Calvert Task Group Announces the Upcoming Publication of ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’
The fate of our country is in the hands of the American people. The time to act is now. ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’ will be...
Liars Must Have No Connection to West Point
By Major General Paul Vallely, USA, Ret, USMA ’61 Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 Thirteen unequivocal words, simple and...
A Cadet and a Gentleman
A May 1960 letter to a West Point candidate from the Corps of Cadets: (click to enlarge) UNITED STATES CORPS OF CADETS West...
Letter to a General
Gen. Bishop responded to another general who dismissed or perhaps is unwilling to face the hard facts about what’s...
Pentagon “Personnel is Policy”
In the news recently were the controversial radical statements and woke lifestyle from the new associate communications...
Former Space Force Officer Says ‘Separate Chain Of Command’ Enforces ‘Divisive Ideology’ In Military Academy
By Harold Hutchinson | The Daily Caller A former United States Space Force officer said Saturday morning that diversity...
Judicial Watch Sues Defense Department for Records about Deletion of ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From West Point Mission Statement
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the U.S...
West Point Lecture Halls turned into Indoctrination Seminars
The experience of a West Point grad in dealing with the woke agenda at the Academy and in the military is detailed in Pete...
West Point Officer Arraigned on Charges of Drinking with Cadets, Violating No-Contact Orders
By Steve Beynon | Military.com A top West Point officer is facing a series of charges related to sexual misconduct...
As seen at the USAFA BX
On Sunday, a STARRS leader went to the Base Exchange at the Air Force Academy and saw this banner outside...
The Military Academies and a Biden Power Grab
By Richard A. Epstein | Wall Street Journal A lame-duck President Trump appointed Heidi Stirrup to a three-year term on...
West Point Teaches Lies
By “pyrene” West Point’s Cadet Honor Code says, “A cadet will not lie, steal, cheat, or tolerate those who do.”...
USAFA Class of 2024 by the Numbers
Typical obsessing about how many are or are not “minorities”. Who cares? In regards to Scott Sturman’s...
’95 USAFA Grad Becomes USAFA Vice Superintendent
(USAFA Press Release) The Secretary of the Air Force has named Maj. Gen. Thomas P. Sherman as the next U.S. Air Force...
2024 Thayer Award: What was the AOG Thinking?
By Richard Kline, USMA 1967 The woke forces in government are deeply entrenched. There are more of them than can be...
Sparks Fly As Republicans & Dems Clash Over Affirmative Action Ban For U.S. Military Academy Admissions
At last week’s House Armed Services Committee hearing mark up for the NDAA, lawmakers debated an amendment barring...
Air Force Academy Graduates Call It Quits Before Their Careers Begin
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors During their final year at the Air Force Academy (AFA), cadets...