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Sen. Wicker introduces bill to protect merit-based military; counter CRT
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, today introduced...
‘Extremism’ in US Military: Stand-Down Was a Solution in Search of a Problem
By Lt Gen Thomas Spoehr, USA (ret) Based on reports that more than 80 of the 700 defendants charged in the aftermath of the...
Milley says canceling drag show on military base was ‘absolute right thing to do’
Gen. Mark Milley, the nation’s highest ranking military officer, defended the Pentagon’s decision to cancel a drag show on a...
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Is Destroying Our Military From Within
STARRS Chairman LtGen Rod Bishop (USAF ret) and Vice Chairman MajGen Joe Arbuckle (USA, ret) were on the Rob Maness Show...
Poll: Voters Don’t Want Military Inserting Itself into Social Issues
Americans strongly believe the U.S. military should focus on defending America and avoid inserting itself into politicized...
House Democrats Defend Teaching Critical Race Theory in the Military
More evidence of the Great Split in reality. Democrats have been blindly taken in by a Marxist reality where 2+2=5. By...
Better Late Than Never
Bill Whittle presents good news on Memorial Day that he said is long overdue: “160 retired Flag Officers serving in...
Congressman demands list of Pride Month events sponsored by military
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, is investigating how the Defense Department (DoD) will spend taxpayer dollars to promote diversity...
Go Woke and Go Up in Smoke?
By William Kilpatrick, Crisis Magazine If you’re looking for a single sign that the world’s going to Hell, my candidate...
Reps. Mike Waltz and Wesley Hunt warn military ‘woke’ politics negate ‘effectiveness and readiness’
The military’s “woke” policies are putting race before effectiveness, according to two veterans who now serve in Congress...
Despite dismissal, attorneys ‘never giving up’ on military members punished under COVID vaccine mandate
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square Even though a federal judge dismissed a religious freedom case that lasted for nearly...
The Last Full Measure
By LTC Darin Gaub, US Army ret Co-founder of Restore Liberty When I was eighteen years old, I was stationed in the US Army’s...
Standing Up on Abortion to Most Politicized Pentagon in American History
(Press Release) . . . . Excerpts from Congressman Tuberville’s op-ed in the Washington Times can be found below, and...
Congressman Introduces Bill to Reinstate Unvaccinated Servicemembers
(Press Release) Congressman John Rutherford (FL-05) introduced H.R. 3458, the Reinstate Our Troops Act, to require the...
CQ Brown’s Confirmation Hearing Will Get Nasty
Another shrill article from the DC elitist executive editor of Defense One, who apparently lives in a different rarified...
The Real Threat is Ideological: Interview with STARRS Ron Scott
On News Radio 790 WAEB, STARRS President Ron Scott was interviewed by News Director Dan Holtzman. They talked about...
Lt Col Allen West: The Truth About Military Enrollment Decline
Dive into the real crisis facing military recruitment in this enlightening conversation with Allen West on the Better for...
Retired Military Brass Urge Congress To Root Out DOD’s Poisonous ‘Diversity’ And ‘Equity’ Programs
More than 160 retired generals and admirals recently signed a letter calling on Congress to remove so-called diversity...
The biggest threat to our military just might be DEI indoctrination
By Glenn H. Reynolds Sometimes I look at the destructive things done in the name of DEI — diversity, equity and inclusion —...
Rep. Gaetz Demands Answers from Secretary Austin, General Milley on Military Drag Show Events
(Press Release) U.S. Congressman Matt Gaetz (FL-01) sent a letter to Department of Defense (DoD) Secretary Lloyd Austin and...
The GOP’s ‘war on woke’ forced the Pentagon to axe its ‘countering extremism’ initiative
A “Countering Extremism Working Group” formed by President Joe Biden’s administration was...
Driving CRT/DEI from the Military
STARRS VP for Education Col. Sam Thiessen, USA ret and 1973 West Point graduate was on LtCol. Denny Gillem’s...
Heritage Foundation Launches Petition Supporting Sen. Tuberville Defunding New Military Abortion Benefits
As Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., public fight to reverse a Department of Defense policy that unilaterally expanded...
Emasculation of the US military is the price it has paid for going ‘woke’
I am a proud veteran . I attended college on a Navy scholarship and then served more than four years on active duty. I...
Military leaders must learn the right lessons from the Covid-19 vaccine mandate debacle
By Col. Paul Vicars, USAF Covid-19 is no longer a threat to national security. And, contrary to prior opinions, neither are...
180 Retired Generals and Admirals Request Congress Remove Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Funding from DoD
Citing national security concerns, 180 retired generals and admirals ask Congress to ensure no diversity, equity, and...
Deploy AI to solve the military’s recruiting crisis
What could go wrong? Op-ed by Col. Raul Lianez, USMC ret and Col. Bill Gray, USMC ret American military recruiting is in...
An Appeal to Those Who Went Along: A Call for Courage Among U.S. Military Leaders
By Brad Miller, former Army officer NOTE from LTG Bishop: Brad–you really lay it out there! You, bb, and Rob have a...
The U.S. Military is in Trouble
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) The US military is in trouble. How do we know? First, the services are facing...