By Lt. Col. Allen West, USA ret “Duty, Honor, Country…mere words to some” Duty – A moral or legal...
Category - Academies
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...
Toxic Bosses Like United Airlines’ Vaccine-Pushing CEO Must Be Held Accountable
More on ’89 USAFA grad with a sterling woke pedigree: By Stella Morabito | The Federalist Every American should be...
USAFA Cadets Unveil Class of 2024 Painting
A beautiful painting of Air Force fighter jets flying over the Air Force Academy was recently unveiled for the Class of 2024...
Run down on woke speakers at USAFA’s 2024 NCLS
23 FEB 24 Update: Cadets have advised that this year’s NCLS and the speakers “did not resonate with any of...
Open Letter on the Air Force Academy’s Cultural Change
A letter to the Superintendent of the Air Force Academy by 1973 graduate Col. Ron Scott, PhD (ret). His class was...
Does West Point still reflect “Duty, Honor, Country?”
Col. Bill Prince, US Army ret, USMA ’70, and President of the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates was on the...
What’s Wrong at West Point?
Today, in 2024, the United States Military Academy is in jeopardy, as well as the other academies. Its recent graduates are...
Expand Fair Admissions to the Military Academies
By J.A. Cauthen, retired Naval officer, USNA ’02 In June 2023, Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. (SFFA) prevailed in...
Public Meeting of the West Point Board of Visitors
Are you a West Point graduate or supporter? Attend the public meeting of the USMA Board of Visitors in Washington, DC on...
The Hostile Takeover of the Air Force Academy
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors The transformation of the Air Force Academy (AFA) from a...
United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby instigated bullying of unvaxxed employees, lawsuit alleges
By Doug Mainwaring | LifeSite News A lawsuit brought against United Airlines (UAL) by employees — who say the airline...
Scott Kirby is NOT the kind of leader who should be inspiring future officers
Ken Delfino, US Navy, ret Regarding USAFA NCLS speaker Scott Kirby: I am a second generation United Air Lines (UAL) retiree...
Is a Drag Queen CEO the Right Choice to Be Speaking at This Air Force Academy Symposium?
By Patrick “Kit” Bobko, USAFA ’91, USAF veteran There was a collective gasp among some U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) grads...
SCOTUS West Point Ruling Analysis
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit SCOTUS’ ruling yesterday was, given the state...
Tone Deaf: USAFA Names as NCLS Speaker Woke United CEO who blew up Twitter
After the door blew out on a passenger jet, a video was posted on Twitter of United Air Lines President Scott Kirby (USAFA...
Explicit Graphic Book in USAFA DEI Reading Room
The popular X account “Libs of TikTok” recently posted disgusting book that was in the Tulsa school system...
Supreme Court Lets West Point Keep Using Race in Admissions
Once again, West Point is allowed to be racists The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday declined a request to block the U.S...
West Point defends race-based admissions as Supreme Court weighs emergency petition
West Point defended using race in its admissions process in response to a student group’s request that the Supreme...
Therapy Dogs Bring Smiles at USAFA; Reduce Cadet Stress
(Air Force Academy Press Release) Cadet 3rd Class Nicolina Brown said she loves Go Team Therapy Crisis and Airport Dogs so...
DEI Poisons The Air Force Academy
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors I came to the Air Force Academy (AFA) in 1968 from Wyoming...
Student Group Files Emergency Petition With Supreme Court Over West Point Race-Based Admissions
By Kate Anderson | The Daily Caller News Foundation Students for Fair Admissions (SFFA) filed an emergency petition with...
US Supreme Court is asked to stop West Point from considering race in admissions
A group opposed to affirmative action on Friday asked the Supreme Court to block the U.S. Military Academy at West Point...
STARRS finally receives response from USAFA re a 2021 FOIA but 38 out of 48 pages are redacted
USAFA has something to hide? What are they, the CIA? On January 16, 2024, USAFA responded to STARRS FOIA 2021-03598-F, filed...
Military Leaders Do What Makes Them Look Good
Another excerpt from US Naval Academy professor Bruce Fleming’s new book, Saving Our Service Academies: My Battle...
Major donor calling on Cornell president to resign over DEI sees outpouring of support
USAFA, and probably the other service academies, get their DEI training and certifications from far-left Cornell University...