By CJ Womack | Campus Reform The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado has removed the “Diversity and Inclusion...
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What Happened When DEI Came to the Military?
By Madeleine Rowley | Free Press Retired Air Force Brigadier General Christopher Walker, 59, spent almost two years as...
US military academies should not use race in admissions, Trump’s Pentagon pick says
By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has told...
DEI at USAFA re-designated to “Dignity Respect and Leadership”
By STARRS Chairman Lt Gen. Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 Dear Friends and especially Parents and Cadets, If you...
DEI efforts are wrecking America’s military
By Michael Poliakoff and Karrin Taylor Robson | AZ Central In 1962, President John F. Kennedy admonished: “There is little...
Woke Warfare: A Documentary Exposing DEI’s Dangerous Grip On The U.S. Military
Secure America Now has released a new documentary on the threat of CRT/DEI ideology in the military. STARRS leaders Ron...
I Fell in Love with the Law: Interview with Attorney Mike Rose, USAFA ’69
STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Mike Rose was interviewed by Brad Dacus of the Pacific Justice Institute...
Anchors Astray: Why the Service Academy Exception is Wrong
By Matthew Ormsbee, an active-duty military officer and assistant professor of law at the U.S. Air Force Academy writing in...
Our Woke Military
By Mike McDaniel, USAF veteran Harris/Biden military officials have denied their addiction to DEI, CRT and wokeness in...
Ponytails and braids ‘foster inclusivity’
A female admissions liaison officer at the U.S. Air Force Academy recently wrote an op-ed in the Air Force Times titled...
USAFA’s NCLS 2025: “Examining Warrior Ethos”
By Randy Roughton U.S. Air Force Academy Strategic Communications The upcoming National Character and Leadership...
Air Force Academy sued over race-conscious admission practices
By Haylee May | Colorado Public Radio News The United States Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is being sued over its...
Affirmative Action Opponents Sue US Air Force Academy
By Nate Raymond | Reuters The group that successfully persuaded the U.S. Supreme Court to ban race-conscious admissions at...
Potential cadet prep meeting with USMA and USAFA: “You’re going to have to act super woke in order to pass this”
The woke agenda starts off potential academy cadets lying from the very beginning. And then if they do get in, they still...
Message from Brig. General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
For those who don’t know me, my name is Chris, callsign “Mookie”, Walker and I retired last year as a Brigadier General...
U.S. Service Academies Must End Race-Based Admissions
By Senator Todd Young, USNA ’95, former Captain in the USMC Ending racial preferences at America’s service academies...
Let’s Make the Air Force Academy Soar Once More
By Patrick “Kit” Bobko, USAF veteran, USAFA ’91 Here are five things to make the venerable institution, which has struggled...
Air Force Academy official forms refer to Fathers and Mothers as “Non-Birthing Parents”
By STARRS Utah’s Senator Mike Lee posted on X that he had recently spoken with the father of a U.S. Air Force Academy...
Military Leadership Indoctrinated by DEI?
Tom Fitton of Judicial Watch talks about the military, including Judicial Watch’s recent FOIAs of the service...
A Conversation with USAF Brigadier General Christopher “Mookie” Walker
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, talks with retired Air Force Brigadier General...
USAFA Grad Congressman Pfluger Demands DOD Re-Affirm First Amendment After USAFA-SJSU Shirt Controversy
By Dan Zaksheske | Outkick Last month, OutKick exclusively reported that an Air Force Academy graduate was denied entry...
Securing America interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop
Securing American host Frank Gaffney interviews STARRS Chairman LTG Rod Bishop, USAF re, on the divisive DEI agenda...
Supreme Court turns away Trump military board appointees’ fight against Biden firings
By Zach Schonfeld | The Hill The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from several allies of former President Trump...
Reviewing ‘We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red’
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Larry Purdy has written a lengthy article titled “We All Wear Green...
Two Disturbing Stories Regarding the Academies
These two similar stories were recently seen in comment sections on two different articles on different websites: “A...
Service Academy Complacency or Scandal?
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President Tony Lentini’s recent article, “West Point Selectively...
UPDATE: USAFA Athletic Director Apologizes to Grad “Wearing Keep Women’s Sports Female” Shirt
From Mike Rose Mike Rose Law Firm, PC STARRS Executive Vice President and General Counsel Please find in the screenshot...
Air Force Academy Forces Graduate To Conceal ‘Keep Women’s Sports Female’ Shirt At Volleyball Match
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Air Force Academy forced a graduate attending the school’s recent volleyball...
We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red, There is No Difference: Race-conscious Admissions Policies Have No Place at Our Military Academies
By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Abstract While the thousands upon thousands of dedicated military officers do not share the...
USAFA Stops ’02 Grad From Wearing ‘Keep Women’s Sports Female’ Shirt During Match Against SJSU
Background: Five schools in the Mountain West Conference refused to play against San Jose State University women’s...
Response to 2nd Lt Metzler
This is in response to the article: USAF 2nd LT: “It’s thanks to the Air Force Academy that I currently have an anti-war...
USAF 2nd LT: “It’s thanks to the Air Force Academy that I currently have an anti-war stance.”
Well, there goes $400,000-$500,000 of taxpayer’s money down the drain paying for her education at USAFA. She is...
Judicial Watch Sues Department of Defense for Records on U.S. Air Force Academy’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plans
(Press Release) Judicial Watch announced today it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit on behalf of Stand...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – 23 Oct 2024
A USAFA Board of Visitors meeting will be held on Wednesday, 23 October 2024 from 9 am to 1 pm Eastern Time (7 am to 11 am...
A Visit to the US Air Force Academy
Late 1950s video when USAFA was brand new. Show talks about the new traditions that will be made there. But first, this...
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
This is what happened to the West Point DEI office, they renamed it to the “Office of Engagement and Retention.”...
Proposed Amendments to the USAFA AOG Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 In response to a retired USAF Colonel who stated he was a “Past...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
