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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...
Duty, Honor, Country
By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret “Duty, Honor, Country…mere words to some” Duty – A moral or legal...
Congressman questions West Point dropping ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from mission statement
(New York Post) The chairman of the House Republican “anti-woke caucus” fired off a letter Monday to US Military Academy...
‘Duty, Honor, Country’: Political Correctness At West Point Leaves Our Military Distracted From Its True Mission
By Brian Schaeffer, former Naval aviator If you’re a veteran like me, you will find it increasingly more difficult to watch...
USMA Grads talk about West Point mission change
Jeanne Ives, USMA ’87 interviews MacArthur Society President Col (ret) Bill Prince, USMA ’70 on her show, The...
What does Gen. MacArthur have to say about those who would scrap ‘Duty, Honor, Country’?
By Capt. James Poplar, USN ret By now I suspect many of you have heard that Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s call to the Corps of...
‘Duty, Honor, Country’ versus ‘Army Values’
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 West Point’s superintendent created a firestorm among the American public with his announcement...
West Point Leadership Turns Its Back on ‘Duty, Honor, Country’
by Francis P. Sempa | American Spectator The headline in the Washington Times reads: “West Point deletes ‘duty, honor...
What Needs to be Restored, Reformed and Improved at West Point
From America Free News Network: Over the past several days, there has been a royal donnybrook spawned by the decision of the...
West Point Removes ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from Its Mission Statement
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News West Point Superintendent Army Lt. Gen. Steve Gilland on Monday announced a new mission...
West Point deletes ‘duty, honor, country’ from mission statement
By Bill Gertz and Mike Glenn | Washington Times The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has removed the words “Duty...
West Point military academy drops ‘Duty, Honor, Country’ from mission statement
We’re just here for the comments, 2.5K so far. Fox News: The U.S. Military Academy at West Point has made the decision...
West Point Deletes “Duty Honor Country” from its Mission Statement
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret; served with the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam First...
The Power of Social Media and a Connected Alumni Network
By LTC Bill Fletcher, USAF ret, USMA ’74 F-4 Fighter Pilot In modern America, if not the world, the impact of social...
West Point Changes Its Mission
By James Atticus Bowden, USMA Class of 1972 On March 7, 2024, the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at...
West Point Official Mission Statement eliminating Duty, Honor, Country
From the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates: Col. (Ret.) Bill Prince, President of the MacArthur Society of West...
Miss America Tours Alma Mater USAFA with 27 Other State Delegates
The Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall delivered a blunt warning about China’s 20-year effort to build a military that...
The indoctrination taking place within the DoD and the Air Force Academy
Another in a series of letters to the USAFA superintendent by Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAFA ’73 and STARRS President:...
A Man In Uniform
The below blog post, brought to our attention by a recently retired USAF Brigadier General, brings up an important point...
Members of Congress Press Air Force Academy on Trans Colonel’s Partisan Speech at Recent Conference
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News Rep. Jim Banks (R-IN), Navy veteran and chairman of the House Armed Services Military...
Air Force Academy Highlights Transgender Officer At Leadership Summit
By Spencer Lindquist | Daily Wire The United States Air Force Academy showcased a transgender-identifying activist and...
Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors
Calling all our Navy readers to attend the morning meeting of the Naval Academy Board of Visitors on March 19, 2024 from 9...
STARRS VIDEO: Out of Many, ONE
We’re DONE with all of the affinity/culture club groups at the service academies which separate, divide and have an...
Military Service Academy Affinity/Culture Clubs
No, not THAT Culture Club, but close. (Only people from the 1980s will get this) A look at identity-based clubs at the...
NCLS speaker tells cadets they need to be prepared to do what’s “uncomfortable and inconvenient” in the name of justice
Rather awkward press release from USAFA in light of what an anarchist Airman did this week in DC “in the name of...
Open letter exposes corruption, cheating and failing standards at West Point
This powerful letter was written in October 2017 by retired US Army LTC Robert M. Heffington (USMA 1997). Heffington was an...
Thoughts on NCLS for Superintendent
Letter from Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President and CEO To the USAFA Superintendent Dear General...