“The Pentagon’s Pride obsession is a force-wide political pander that is degrading morale and mission readiness across...
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Whose Flag?
By Major Chase Spears, US Army ret | The American Mind For most of my life, June signified the arrival of summer and...
What is Congress doing to fix problems in our military that are tearing it apart?
Read the Center for Military Readiness (CMR)’s first Interim Report Summary on the progress of many proposals and...
House Republicans opt for partisan approach in teeing up anti-woke amendments to defense bill
By Lindsey McPherson – The Washington Times House Republicans are teeing up amendment votes to the annual defense bill...
How Did the Military Fall Off the Cliff and What to Do About It
By Lt General Marvin L. Covault, US Army, retired From his We the People Speaking blog BACKGROUND: While campaigning in...
Pride Month targeted by House GOP in must-pass defense bill
DACODAI on the chopping block: “Several of them are aimed at eliminating the department’s two principal diversity...
Lt Col Lohmeier: Speak the Truth, Exhibit Courage
Matthew Lohmeier, former USAF/USSF Lt. Colonel and 2006 USAFA grad, has powerful words about the actions of US leaders have...
Hit on ‘woke’ Pentagon pushes new Pete Hegseth book to No. 1
By Paul Bedard | Washington Examiner Pete Hegseth’s latest poke at “woke” America, this time the growing politically...
The Scourge of DEI
By CDR Breck Henderson, US Navy veteran, nuclear submarines Writes “The Truth Is Out There” Substack I’ve been arguing with...
Pentagon’s Pride Month Event Pushes The Agenda
The apparatchik of the Pentagon recently held a gathering in the courtyard to worship and push an ideological political...
How The Military Went Woke
Ben Shapiro interviewed Pete Hegseth on Pete’s journey from the battlefield to the newsroom and discuss his views on the...
Woke Defense Department Mistakenly Posts LGBT Pride Graphic for PTSD Awareness Month
By Kristina Wong | Breitbart News The Department of Defense (DOD) is being roasted online for accidentally posting a...
MORE Military Beauty Queens, but now a Transgender
More weirdness and in competition with a recent West Point grad (a real woman) for Miss USA. Ladies might as well go home...
If the military goes woke, it’s less equipped to fight wars: Pete Hegseth
Lots of interviews with Pete Hegseth on his brand new book, “The War on Warriors“. Pick your favorite. Also Pete...
How a woke military has created a recruiting crisis — and put Americans in danger
By Pete Hegseth | New York Post Pete Hegseth joined the Army in 2001 to combat extremism. He fought in the Iraq and...
The Left Have Stuck Their Claws Into The Military — But House GOP Is Fighting Back
By Capt. Morgan Murphy, US Navy Reserves Former press secretary to SECDEF The Daily Caller News Foundation Republicans on...
Do I want my sons to follow in my footsteps and serve in the military?
By Pete Hegseth | Fox News The motivating question for my new book – “The War on Warriors” – was simple and...
Republicans’ Defense Amendment Would Rescue Military Kids From Lefty Indoctrination In DOD Schools
By Max Eden and Amy Haywood | The Federalist Among the many national security liabilities created by the Biden...
Military Commissaries failing to provide kosher and halal foods “undermines the military’s diversity”
Now it’s food. From the Air Force Times: Military grocery stores need to provide more options to meet the needs of...
House GOP Touts Removal Of ‘Far-Left’ Initiatives In Defense Spending Bill
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation Republicans on the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) are touting...
‘The War On Warriors’ A Painful Account Of Today’s Military
Book review by Jeff Walker in Charleston.com At first glance reading the main title only, ‘The War On Warriors’...
CRT/DEI and the Military
By Richard Kline, USMA 1967 When the Roman legions returned from victorious campaigns, they were treated to a cheering...
Today’s Generals and Admirals: Children of a Lesser God
By Col. Gary Anderson, USMC ret It was 2012 when I first realized that our current group of four star military leaders are...
CIA DEI Commissar at DACODAI Briefing: If I have issues with someone, they are not promoted
Open letter to the DACODAI Chairman from STARRS President Col Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 General Lester L...
NDAA FY25 Update
Elaine Donnelly, President of Center for Military Readiness, gives an overview/update on Congressional activities on the...
STARRS MUSINGS: About Military Assimilation
By STARRS Vice Chairman Maj Gen Joe Arbuckle, USA ret The Department of Defense (DoD) leadership claims that “diversity is...
F-35s in the Hangar/USAF Pride Month Memo
By STARRS Chairman Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 Dear General Lyles, It has been about a week and a half...
Chaplains spurned by SCOTUS, DOD will continue to push for religious liberty
By J.M. Phelps | American Family News The Supreme Court announced its decision on April 29 to deny the petition by 38...
Lawmakers press investigation into DEI agenda at the Pentagon
By Casey Harper | The Center Square A coalition of lawmakers is pushing forward the ongoing investigation into just how much...
Pentagon’s DEI efforts under scrutiny as House investigators launch new oversight probe
By Elizabeth Elkind | Fox News The House Oversight Committee is launching an investigation into the effects of diversity...
Why I Signed the Declaration of Military Accountability
By Col. Jon Trainor, USAF | Real Clear Defense I am a military chaplain who signed the controversial Declaration of...
Biden’s Military Extremism Review Overlooked the Real Extremists in the Military
The below article is in reference to: New Jersey Marine arrested after allegedly making threats to kill White people...
Congressman Demands Oversight into Reports of Racist DEI Programs at the VA
(Press Release) U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) sent letters to House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Chairman...
DEI and the DOD
STARRS Chairman Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, is interviewed by CDM Media’s and USAFA graduate Todd L...
‘Advancing Gendered Security in a Complex World’: Inside the Woke Symposium at the Naval War College
By Adam Kredo | Washington Free Beacon Amid an escalating war in the Middle East, Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and...
DOD Contractor IBM sued over replacing white males with diversity hires
A defense contractor choosing diversity quotas over merit: IBM’s Red Hat SUED over culling 21 white men employees as...
DOD Diversity Committee Shuns Sunlight
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors In an earlier article, Patriot Post readers were introduced to...
Obesity Problem in Armed Forces Due to Lowering the Standards
By Maj Gen Joe Arbuckle STARRS Vice Chairman 68% of active duty troops are obese or overweight according to a report on...
DEI Hits the VA: Biden’s Veterans Affairs Department Offers Race-Based Training Programs That Exclude White Vets
By Peter Hanson | Washington Free Beacon President Joe Biden’s Department of Veterans Affairs is offering race...
Letter from Chairman of the Board of STARRS to the Leader of DACODAI
Friends, family, supporters of STARRS, and especially cadets and parents of cadets, active duty service members, members of...
DACODAI Information for Congress, II
Background, news, testimonials and statements regarding the 2-3 May 2024 Defense Advisory Committee on Diversity &...
DACODAI Avoids Public Criticism
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors In September 2021 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin announced the...
10 Reasons Why Identity Preferences Are Bad Policy for the Military
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness & Merit Ten reasons why the use of identity...
Decline of Senior Officer Integrity and Civilian Control of the Military
By Brigadier General Keith T. Holcomb, USMC ret Public confidence in the military has slipped. One major reason is the...
A Conversation on Women in the Armed Forces
Jordan Peterson recently interviewed a female Canadian military veteran on his show. In a short clip from the interview, he...
Project 100,000 And DEI—Two Birds Of A Feather
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors DEI has festered within the ranks of the military for over a...
NEW BOOK: Woke Warriors: How the Left Is Destroying America’s Ability to Fight and Win Its Wars
Another new book about wokeness in the military: “Woke Warriors: How the Left Is Destroying America’s Ability to...
If the military were to scrap DEI, nobody but activist busybodies would regret it
Article from the Wall Street Journal, but let’s cut to the chase with this section: . . . . Why is the number of men...
A DEI Military Cannot Protect or Defend America
By M.B. Mathews | American Thinker DEI has infiltrated our American military like a deadly toxin, making it incapable of...
Typically, that General is Removed
By LTC Stuart Scheller, formerly with USMC Do general officers have an obligation to publicly tell the truth? I have an...