Statement to DACODAI by Greg Salsbury, PhD April 22, 2024 To: General Lester L. Lyles (USAF, Ret.) Chairman Defense Advisory...
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Statement to DACODAI – Greg Thompson
Statement to DACODAI by Greg Thompson DEL must DIE I have been taught, and always believed that “THE RIGHT PERSON FOR...
Statements to DACODAI – Additional
Additional shorter statements to DACODAI: I would like to express my objection to CRT/DEI in our U.S. Military. I am a U.S...
America’s Department of Defense: We Don’t Like Diversity of Thought, Only Skin Color
STARRS leaders had a great interview today on the Rob Maness Show about the DACODAI meeting. Watch: In this episode of...
Webinar: America’s Military Requires Merit-based Readiness, Not Marxist D.E.I.
Watch the testimonies of some of the members of the Military Readiness and Merit Coalition who had planned to attend the May...
Pentagon Says It Can’t Calculate Diversity Training Costs Because Congress Defunded DEI Offices
By Michaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Pentagon told Congress it could not provide a required...
NEW BOOK: Unfit to Fight: How Woke Policies Are Destroying Our Military
Amber Smith, former Defense Department official and Army OH-58D Kiowa Warrior helicopter combat veteran, is author of a new...
Open Letter to General Lyles: Here are Some Facts on the Ground
By Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board Biography As many of you know, DACODAI...
URGENT: DOD canceled our attendance at their DEI public meeting
On Monday STARRS was informed by the Executive Director of the Secretary of Defense’s DEI advisory committee that...
Congressman Introduces DEI Dead on Arrival Act
(Press Release) As first reported by Fox News, Congressman Alford introduced the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) Dead on...
Rescuing Our Military Teams From DEI Destruction
In this episode of “Rob Maness Live,” the discussion centers on critical issues affecting the military, notably...
“They Don’t Do He/Him” – China, Russia & Iran Mock U.S. Military’s Woke Culture
Patrick Bet-David and Vincent Oshana are joined by former Navy SEAL Andy Stumpf as they discuss how the military’s...
Former SECDEF: DEI Divides Us
Former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper, USMA ’86, was recently asked about the woke military on Bill Maher’s...
The Warrior Caste
By Will Thibeau, Army Veteran Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth is concerned about the risk of “developing a warrior...
Lawmakers decry U.S. military’s drift to DEI culture
By Casey Harper | The Center Square The U.S. military’s ongoing embrace of the far-left culture war has drawn increased...
Military Could Hit Troops With Courts-Martial For Refusing To Use Preferred Pronouns, Experts Say
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation The military could seek to formally punish service members for...
Senator: Service Members are Disgruntled About DEI
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) questioned Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth and Chief of Staff...
CMR Statement to DoD: Reassess and Revoke Harmful DEI Policies
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness The Center for Military Readiness (CMR) has submitted a formal...
Congressman: “Even as Americans have pushed back, the DOD continues its focus on DEI”
“The backlash is real.” (Press Release) U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Military Personnel...
Pentagon’s Austin pressed on whether DEI hiring freeze has harmed national security
By Cami Mondeaux | Washington Examiner A congressman is pressing the Biden administration to explain how the creation of...
Ridding America of CRT/DEI: Target the Budget
By Richard Kline, USMA 1967 Served in the US Air Force, Senior Executive Service in the govt The battle to rid America of...
Biden Is Building A Military Based On DEI And Wokeness — We Need Merit And Preparedness
By Will Thibeau, Army veteran | The Daily Caller News Foundation The military is rightly understood as an apolitical...
Veterans Speak Out Against Military’s DEI Advisory Group
By J.M. Phelps | Epoch Times Veteran advocates are speaking out against a group of civilian leaders that provides the...
Our Time To Choose: The Institution or The Constitution
On the Rob Maness Show, interview with Commander Rob Green and Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee, USCG ret: Description: The...
DACODAI Public Meeting: 2-3 May 2024
The SECDEF’s senior DEI advisory committee (DACODAI) will be holding a public meeting at the beginning of May in...
Congressman Demands Pentagon Hand Over Stats That Could Debunk COVID-19 Vax Argument
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana demanded the Pentagon give updated data on...
Pentagon Won’t Respond To New Research Casting Doubt On Studies Supporting Military’s DEI Push
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Pentagon failed to respond to questions about a peer-reviewed...
Flag Officers 4 America Summary of Letters
They warned and predicted all that’s happened. From Flag Officers 4 America, retired U.S. Generals and Admirals...
Pete Hegseth’s ‘The War on Warriors’ examines how the military was ‘manipulated into going woke’ by the left
Pete Hegseth’s latest book, “The War on Warriors,” was a passion project for the Fox News host who says the Army...
Analyzing the Decline: How ‘Woke’ Trend is Taking Military Recruitment to Historic Lows
A political scientist is blaming the unprecedented shortage in military recruitment in the government’s decision to turn...
STARRS President Ron Scott interviewed on Voice of Freedom
STARRS President Ron Scott was interviewed on the Lee Elci – The Voice of Freedom radio show, 94.9 talk radio in Connecticut...
The Playbook and its Players
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 Leader Quality Matters Who would continue DEI training/indoctrination when the majority of the...
An insider explains what has gone disastrously wrong with Boeing
By Chris Rufo | City Journal Boeing is—or was—a great company. From its manufacturing plants in Seattle, it produced the...
Truth and Myths About The Vietnam War
The Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association Foundation is proud to present a new 47-minute documentary film, entitled...
House Republicans urges Secretary of Defense to Address Left-Wing Extremism in the Military
(Press Release) Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting...
Pentagon Used Debunked McKinsey Studies To Justify DEI In The Military
By Spencer Lindquist | Daily Wire The Department of Defense leaned on debunked McKinsey and Company studies touting the...
The Failure of DEI in the U.S. Military
By Gary Beatty, Vietnam War Veteran The United States of America, as a political entity, came into existence in 1787. For...
New Study Shows McKinsey’s Studies Promoting DEI Profitability Were Garbage
Yet the Navy used it as justification for DEI in their Task Force One report By Tristan Justice | The Federalist...
If ‘Diversity Is Our Strength,’ Why Is Our Military So Weak?
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors Our military is in trouble. Chronic...
Military chaplains appeal to Supreme Court over COVID-19 policies that forced out religious objectors
A group of military chaplains is urging the Supreme Court to stop the Department of Defense from enforcing policies that it...
Senator continues to demand answers on DOD abortion policy usage
(Press Release) The Biden administration has stated that the abortion travel regulations would have a significant effect on...
‘Unfit to Fight’: DEI Called Detrimental to Armed Forces, but ‘Prevalent Throughout Military Culture’
By Noah Slater | The Daily Signal Policies pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion are pervasive throughout the U.S...
The Institution or the Constitution
By Commander Robert A. Green Jr., US Navy and Vice Admiral W. Dean Lee, US Coast Guard, ret STARRS Board of Advisors Member...
Will DEI End America—or America end DEI?
By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness At the nexus of most of America’s current crises, the...
I Will Not Fight for DEI
By J.B. Shurk | American Thinker Would you be willing to fight and die for multiculturalism? Would you put your life on...
Additional Material Worth Sharing with the DACODAI Committee
By Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board General Lyles, once again there has been a...
Why the DoD Should Drop DEI and Affirm Meritocracy in the Military
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors For more than 30 years, mostly civilian...
Defense Spending Bill Cuts Diversity Programs, But Leaves Out Provisions Blocking Trans Procedures, Abortion Funding
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller The defense spending bill unveiled in the House early Thursday cuts millions in...
House Conservatives Target Critical Race Theory in Govt in Budget Proposal
The largest bloc of conservatives in the House is targeting critical race theory (CRT) throughout the federal government in...
Congressman Grothman’s Statement on DEI in the Military
A STARRS delegation met with the Congressman in early February 2024. (Press Release) Congressman Glenn Grothman (R-WI)...