By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 LTG Steven Gilland’s West Point hosted the 20th annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)...
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Army: An Alternate Opinion of its Readiness
By LTC Tricia Vinson, US Army ret My topic is the COVID-19 vaccine mandate and potential impacts on the military’s readiness...
West Point’s New ‘Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion’ Minor Teaches America is Unfair
The motto of the United States Military Academy at West Point is “Duty, Honor, Country.” Or at least that was the motto...
At West Point, the Honor Code will become “aspirational”
West Point graduates have alerted STARRS to a questionable statement from the USMA Superintendent when he was speaking to a...
Army Lawyer COL Winston Williams Signals Service Academy Cadets Can Violate UCMJ…If They Are Woke
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 LTG Steven Gilland hosted the 20th Annual Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Conference last...
A Student Wants to Join West Point. But He’s the Wrong Race
B is a high school student with a 4.2 GPA. One of his grandfathers fought in the Army on D-Day. Three of his family members...
Stick a fork in West Point, they’re done… wait until you see the new degree they’re offering…
Well, West Point had a good run, didn’t it? Once a beacon of prestige and elite training, this institution produced some of...
PAPER: Should We Play Politics with the Nation’s Defense?
Read a new research paper entitled, Should We Play Politics with the Nation’s Defense? The Supreme Court’s...
At West Point, Racism Becomes More Important Than Military Readiness
By Hans von Spakovsky, senior legal fellow at The Heritage Foundation Students for Fair Admissions, the same group that...
West Point Sued After Director of Admissions Brags About What Happens to White Applicants
When Ibram X. Kendi’s preposterous thesis that “the only remedy to past discrimination is present discrimination” becomes...
‘Not Grounded In Fact’: Military Academy Set To Be The New Battleground Over Race-Based Admissions
By Kate Anderson, The Daily Caller News Foundation The West Point military academy is set to be the center of a lawsuit...
Lawmakers grill military academies on if they ‘condone’ DEI speakers’ controversial statements
Two veteran congressmen are demanding answers from the heads of West Point and the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) regarding...
When a Diversity Conference Could Benefit from an Increase in Diversity
Col. (Ret.) William F. Prince, U.S. Army Special Forces USMA 1970, MacArthur Society Board Member From 30-31 August 2023...
US anti-affirmative action group challenges West Point admissions policy
The group that successfully challenged race-conscious collegiate student admissions policies at the U.S. Supreme Court sued...
Uniformed USAFA Cadet Publicly Disrespects Congress at 2023 West Point DEI Conference
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 On 30-31 August 2023, LTG Steven Gilland’s West Point hosted the 20th Annual Diversity, Equity...
No one wants to accept blame for the Afghanistan war
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Veteran of Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan President of MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates The...
Why the MacArthur Society?
By LTG Thomas McInerney, USAF ret, USMA Class of ’59 MG Paul E Vallely, USA ret, USMA Class of ’61 Col. Andrew P...
Not Anymore: Why I no longer recommend military service
By Tony Lentini, USMA ’71 Just back from Normandy, where 9,387 Americans who lost their lives in the D-Day invasion...
Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen H. Hicks’ Roundtable Meeting With West Point Cadets on Climate & Resilience
(DOD Press Release) Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks met via Zoom today with cadets and a newly-commissioned...
Does LTG Gilland (West Point Supe) Hate WW2 Veterans?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Veteran of Haiti, Iraq, Afghanistan President of MacArthur Society of West Point...
After Supreme Court victory, anti-affirmative action group turns to military academy exemption
The group that took its case against affirmative action in college admissions to the U.S. Supreme Court and won is seeking...
Waltz Presses U.S. Military Service Academy Superintendents on CRT
(Press Release) On Wednesday, U.S. Congressman Mike Waltz (FL-6) questioned Superintendents Lieutenant General Steven W...
Banks Opening Statement at Military Service Academies Hearings
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, delivered the...
A Matter of Life and Death: America’s Military Academies Must Return to Meritocracies
By Wilson Beaver Senior Policy Analyst for defense budgeting The Heritage Foundation’s Center for National Defense Served in...
Admissions, Curriculum, and Diversity of Thought at the Military Service Academies
The House Armed Services Committee held a hearing today to receive testimony on admissions criteria and process, curriculum...
SFFA v. Harvard: Should our nation’s service academies be exempt from this landmark ruling?
By R. Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 It is all but impossible to make the case that there are “potentially distinct...
Jim Banks To Grill Military Academy Heads On Race-Based Admissions
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation House lawmakers plan to grill leaders of the military service academies...
Supreme Court affirmative action ruling exempts military academies. But for how long?
The organization that led the crusade against affirmative action at Harvard and the University of North Carolina is eyeing a...
The Military Academies Have Turned Into Woke Wastelands
By Francis Sempa | American Spectator In 1962, General Douglas MacArthur said to the Corps of Cadets at the US Military...
Concerned West Point Alumni Establish New Graduate Organization – MacArthur Society
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 In June 2023, several hundred concerned West Point graduates established the MacArthur Society...
Pentagon Can Expect Legal Challenges To Race-Based Admissions Policies After Supreme Court Ruling, Experts Say
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Military academies will likely face legal challenges for their use of...