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Now West Point is Graduating Beauty Queens
Here’s the THIRD Beauty Queen from a military academy recently and to boot, she’s “committed” to DEI...
Zampolits at the Coast Guard Academy
By CDR Salamander | Substack It has been a couple of years since we last checked in on the United States Coast Guard...
VMI administration countermanded direct orders from the Governor for one of VMI’s oldest and most honored traditions
Glenn Youngkin won election as Virginia Governor on a platform to end DEI/CRT and divisive policies in Virginia Schools that...
‘Gender neutral restrooms’ at U.S. military academies
By J. M. Phelps | WND It was just one more sign that Marxist “woke” ideology has infiltrated the U.S. military...
Lt Gen Rod Bishop: America faces an enemy that is clearly “inside our gates”
STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, recently gave a talk at a VFW in...
Rep. Banks Passes Amendment to End Racial Discrimination at Military Academies
(Press Release) Today, Chairman of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee Jim Banks passed an amendment to...
USAFA Graduated Another Beauty Queen
First USAFA 2023 grad Miss America Madison Marsh and now her 2023 classmate, Jessica Ahner is Miss Baltimore, in line to...
Air Force special operations boss tapped to run USAFA
Air Force special operations boss Lt. Gen. Tony Bauernfeind has been nominated to lead the U.S. Air Force Academy in...
Naval Academy’s Diversity “Search Advocate” Program
by CDR Salamander | Substack There was once a time when the US military was a positive, forward moving force in bringing...
West Point’s Brand Is Gay
By USMA Data West Point Admissions & Data Insights A while back we got a takedown notice for our use of the West Point...
Update to West Point Cadet Projects
UPDATE to this post: West Point Cadet Projects: Deconstructing Patriotism and Cross-Dressing in the Military According to...
West Point 2025 Diversity and Inclusion Studies Courses
Spot the CRT/DEI agenda in these courses offered to West Point cadets in 2025 who choose, for whatever unknown reason, to...
West Point Cadet Projects: Deconstructing Patriotism and Cross-Dressing in the Military
Former Virginia Congressman and Navy Seal Scott Taylor tweeted a photo of a list of classes he said are being taught at West...
The Coast Guard Academy’s Newest DEI Push
By Michael R. Shevock, USCGA ’76 DEI is a bad idea. It is divisive, racist, and anti-meritocratic. Coleman...
Testimony – Scott McQuarrie
Testimony from member of the Military Readiness and Merit Coalition, Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 and President of...
Statement to DACODAI – Scott McQuarrie
Statement to DACODAI by Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72, President of Veterans for Fairness & Merit A RECOMMENDATION FOR...
Statement to DACODAI – Larry Purdy
Statement to DACODAI by Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 To: General Lester L. Lyles (USAF, Ret.), Chairman Defense Advisory...
Statement to DACODAI – Lt Col Marc Van Ells
Statement to DACODAI by Lt. Colonel Marc Van Ells, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 Dear Sir/Ma’am, In anticipation of your...
Statement to DACODAI – Col. Daniel Bohlin
Statement to DACODAI by Colonel Daniel J. Bohlin, USAF ret Comment for Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity and Inclusion...
Statement to DACODAI – Bob Neumann
Statement to DACODAI by By former Navy Lt Commander Bob Neumann, USNA ’69 Equity A record 41,000 recruits short in...
Marxist CRT at the US Naval Academy
On 18 & 19 April 2024, the U.S. Naval Academy Stockdale Center for Ethical Leadership held the 23rd annual McCain...
USAFA Grad: Disillusioned with the Direction of the Academy
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board Recent email sent to General Bishop:...
Our Service Academies Must Discard Race-Based Admissions
By Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 Eliminating racial discrimination means eliminating all of it… [T]he Equal Protection Clause …...
West Point Grad: Diversity chief who espoused anti-American ‘Marxist dogma’ will ‘destroy the State Department’
USMA 1986 grad Mike Pompeo (#1 in his class) on the State Department–which represents America to the...
West Point ’64 grad says ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ saved him and his soldiers in Vietnam
By Dan Chalk | Midland Daily News In the view of retired U.S. Army Captain Michael Miller of Midland, the late Gen...
Around the Naval Academy
The U.S. Naval Academy hosted all the Supes at the annual Conference of Service Academy Superintendents (COSAS) with tours...
30-Year Naval Academy Teacher Details Depth Of DEI Rot In America’s Military Institutions
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist It’s no secret the Biden administration has “reimagined” the U.S. military into a left...
Correcting The Air Force Academy’s Accountability And Transparency Problems
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 Who in the profession of arms possess the requisite courage to storm the beaches of...
VMI’s Elephant in the Room
Many of the experiences of cadets at USAFA (as seen in this recent post “USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and...
Everything is Wonderful at West Point
By pyrene, a USMA grad On 11 March 2024, the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY sent a...
What exactly are “Army Values?”
By Capt. Gene Thomas Gomulka, US Navy ret In 1992, while serving as the Deputy Chaplain of the U.S. Marine Corps, I was...
USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and physically challenged, not be constantly told “I’m the victim”
Recent post on Service Academy Forum by a USAFA Cadet: “Disclaimer: This might not represent the views of the Cadet...
VMI Board of Visitors struggles with politics and free speech
The importance of attending Board of Visitors meetings: By Cody Bartmann and The Cadet staff | The VMI Cadet The Cadet...
USMA Supe briefs Class Leaders re Mission Statement Change – “Build[ing]” Diversity Creeps into the Mission Statement
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness & Merit USMA’s Supe briefed class leaders on 3/19...
To combat bullying and extremism, Air Force Academy turns to social media sleuthing
By Will Carless | USA Today After years of internal and external alarms that the military isn’t doing enough to address...
Leadership Standards and Accountability: The United States Naval Academy
This letter by a 1970 Naval Academy graduate, who was in the nuclear power industry, was written in November 2021 and...
Answers to Questions re Service Academy Admissions and a Change to the Mission Statement
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit A USNA grad emailed some perceptive questions...
USAFA Cadet at Genderbread Person Training: “Why aren’t we learning about China instead?”
STARRS heard there was a mandatory lecture at the US Air Force Academy that all cadets had to attend, given by two PHD...
West Point removing the words Duty Honor Country from mission statement
By John T. Reed, USMA ’68 Seriously? The words “Duty Honor Country” were on the cover of Time once. Why? it was the...
Why Did West Point Change Its Mission? (Part 2)
By pyrene, USMA Grad Part 1 of why did West Point change its mission asked about the specific choices of words. This Part 2...
Why Did West Point Change Its Mission? (Part 1)
By pyrene, USMA grad The Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY sent a letter out to all...
West Point Recruiting Pitch Is Big On Career But Doesn’t Mention The Army
True, we are a more “selfish” society, so appeals to values like selfless service may not resonate with as many as in former...
Spirit of VMI Chairman’s Update
By Matt Daniel, VMI ‘85 | The Spirit of VMI The Spirit of VMI was founded in the winter of 2021; it has been 3 years of...
VMI Eschews Standards of Excellence, Devalues Diploma
By Joseph D. Elie, VMI ’88 | The Spirit of VMI As an alumnus living in Florida, I have a dearth of information about...
Latest wave of wokeness to hit West Point reveals one simple solution
Cut to the chase re Doug MacKinnon’s unusual solution: instead of just complaining about wokeness in the service...
Many top colleges, including service academies, ‘training a cadre of political commissars’ through DEI certificate programs
Many American colleges and universities are offering diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) certificates that are not only a...
West Point Gives in to Creeping Liberalism
By Col Mackubin Owens, USMC ret Taught at the US Naval War College for 35 years In May of 1962, General Douglas MacArthur...
Senator Probes West Point’s Decision To Drop ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ From Mission Statement
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) sent a letter to United States Military Academy superintendent, Lt...
Duty, Honor, Nothing
By Citizen Soldier My father remembers a trip with my grandfather to the U.S. Military Academy in the early 1960s to watch a...