By Richard Epstein, Hoover Fellow The United States military position is of increasing vulnerability as the Army, Navy, and...
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Florida congressman files article of impeachment against U.S. Defense secretary
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square U.S. Rep. Cory Mills, R-Florida, made good on his promise earlier this year to file...
Wokeness in Our Military Weakens It
By James H. “Smokey” Shott, Bluefield Daily Telegraph Last July a retired U.S. Army general spoke to an audience on the...
Federal diversity officers (political commissars) get caught up in ‘woke’ political fights
Since the Biden administration urged federal agencies to name designated leaders to spearhead diversity, equity and...
Military Mandates
On his show, Steadfast & Loyal, Lt. Col. Allen West, US Army ret, talks with Lt Mark Bashaw, who served 17 years first...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville to Oppose Woke Military Generals in Standoff with DOD
Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville told Breitbart News in an exclusive statement on Thursday he plans to oppose specific military...
Military Members Kicked Out For Refusing COVID Vaccine Seek To Have Their Discharges Upgraded
By J.M. Phelps Service members who received general discharges when separated from the military for their refusal to obey...
The Marxist March Through America’s Military: Enough Is Enough, Silence Is Consent
Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness talks with retired Navy Captain Tom Burbage on The Rob Maness Show: The evidence is...
Biden Pushes These 4 Woke Military Officers for Promotion as Sen. Tuberville Holds Firm
Generals who focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion, lecture a “white colonel” about the need for more diverse officers...
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...
‘Woke’ Pentagon Spending at Center of Upcoming Government Shutdown Fight
Risk of a government shutdown this fall is rising after a powerful bloc of House conservatives vowed to oppose any stopgap...
Military considers allowing calculators on entrance exam amid continued recruiting struggles
Now they think calculators can solve the recruitment crisis rather than facing the facts. The Pentagon is considering a...
FY 2024 House Appropriations Bills Take New Steps to Dismantle the Woke and Weaponized Bureaucracy
Heritage Foundation Report President Joe Biden has spent the past two years dramatically expanding and weaponizing the woke...
‘Disqualifying’: GOP Senator’s Hold On Pentagon Nominees Is Keeping Out Left-Wing ‘Diversity’ Advocates
By Jack Smith, Daily Caller News Foundation A number of the Pentagon’s military nominees currently blocked by Republican...
Sen. Tuberville’s Courageous Fight to Expose the Left’s Politicization of Our Nation’s Armed Forces
By Lt. Col. Matt Crouch, USMC ret The criticisms of Senator Tommy Tuberville’s holds on Department of Defense promotions are...
Gen. Dunford doesn’t get it
Retired Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., the 19th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under Obama, recently wrote an op...
Mark Milley: A ‘Handful of Drag Queen Shows’ on Military Bases Doesn’t Mean Military ‘Went Woke’
Rather clueless “A handful of drag queen shows” on military bases doesn’t mean that the military...
The Military Recruiting Crisis and Gen Z
Four college students wrote short essays about what would help military recruitment in The Wall Street Journal’s...
Holding the Pentagon to Account: Interview with Sen. Tuberville
By Dave Patterson Retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam Former Principal Deputy Under...
D.C. political class’s phony outrage about military readiness
Democrats and weak Republicans have launched a series of attacks against Sen. Tommy Tuberville in recent weeks for forcing...
Arlington National Cemetery Wants to Know What You Think About Removing Its Confederate Memorial
In 1914, President Woodrow Wilson unveiled the Confederate Memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Created by Confederate...
Biden wants a climate-fighting military, not war fighting
By Senator Joni Ernst Retired Lt. Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard Last year, on Earth Day, President Biden proudly...
In Their Own Words: “What is Critical Race Theory?”
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 Introduction: In over two decades of military leadership and a further...
Pentagon Doubles Down Stance On Abortion Travel Policy As Major Vacancies Mount
Abortion as “health care” — DOD using the Leftist narrative. The above pin from Planned Parenthood was worn by...
Defunding Division
By CDR Salamander For decades, and for the best of reasons at least in the beginning, the US military and its educational...
10 Shocking Examples Of Wokeism In The U.S. Military
By Aaron Flanigan, AMAC Earlier this year, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley—previously branded by...
American public waking up to bitter divorce over ‘woke’ armed forces
By J. M. Phelps, American Family News According to a recent Gallup poll, the public is paying attention to those failures:...
Save America’s Military from Radical Transformation
The U.S. military, traditionally a symbol of strength, unity, and commitment to national security, has been facing a...
Using vaccines as a political weapon, U.S. military leaders have wrecked the force’s combat readiness and morale
Under pressure from Republicans in Congress, the Defense Department announced at the start of this year that it would no...
Unvaccinated Green Beret Pressured to Leave the Army
My name is John Frankman. Up until very recently, I was a Captain in the United States Army serving as a Green Beret at 7th...
Congress Opens Investigation into DOD COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates
(Press Release) Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic Chairman Brad Wenstrup (R-Ohio) has opened an investigation...
Editorial Board got it wrong: McCarthy is not extremist on military bill
Good example of writing a letter to the Editor or an op-ed to your local news media: By John Gerardi The defense bill that...
Propaganda, Politicization Making Military Service Less Popular
Matthew Lohmeier, a former military commander, told NTD that a big reason why the U.S. military is not able to meet its...
Americans’ trust in military hits ‘malaise era’ territory
It’s official. The state of the U.S. military is on the fringes of malaise era territory and it isn’t clear how the...
Pentagon chief of personnel, diversity and inclusion to depart
The Defense Department’s head of personnel and readiness announced his upcoming departure from the Pentagon on Monday...
Diversity Isn’t ‘America’s Greatest Strength’
By Douglas Andrew, Patriot Post Last week, Joe Biden commemorated an important American anniversary. And then he defiled it...
Few Provisions Blocking Left-Wing Social Policies Squeak Through Senate’s Defense Bill
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation A completed Senate draft of the defense policy bill for 2024 scored a...
Service members discharged for refusing COVID vaccine still seek remedy after measure’s defeat
By Bethany Blankley, The Center Square Three Republican U.S. senators helped defeat an amendment to the fiscal 2024 National...
Hearing Wrap Up: COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Sacrificed Individual Freedoms for False Security
(Press Release) The Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic held a hearing titled “Because I Said So: Examining the...
Rebirth of military draft inevitable under Biden’s command, says vet
American Family News spoke to Air Force Col. (Ret.) Rob Maness, a former bomber squadron commander who served the U.S...
The Left fired the first shot in the military’s culture war
By Hudson Crozier In a speech on Thursday, President Joe Biden echoed the narrative that Republicans are bringing culture...
Sen. Eric Schmitt: Military Diversity Initiatives ‘Drives a Wedge’ Between Servicemembers
Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO) cheered the passage of the NDAA, which has his anti-diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI)...
Despite reversal, discharged military members still feel impact of COVID vaccine mandate
By Casey Harper, The Center Square Federal COVID-era vaccine policies hurt U.S. service members, according to witnesses...
‘We Didn’t Choose This Fight’: House and Senate GOP Claw Back Military from Woke Biden Forces
“I can’t even believe we’re having to discuss this in polite company.” That was Rep. Matt Gaetz’s (R-Fla.) response to the...
Defense Department Is Boxing Parents Out Of Their Children’s Medical Care And Records
It’s more important than ever for parents to push back on DOD policies, check in with their kids, and resolve to stay in the...
VA funding plan passes House with more anti-woke provisions
On Thursday, the chamber advanced a $320 billion funding measure for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal 2024...
Republicans Must Stand Strong on the NDAA Amid Biden’s Woke War on the Military
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness The ongoing debate over the National Defense Authorization Act...
Senate Democrats Block Cruz Amendment to Reinstate Servicemembers Wrongfully Discriminated Against Based on Covid-19 Vaccine Status
(Press Release) Senate Democrats blocked U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) from adding an amendment to the FY24 National Defense...
WOKE GAO Says DOD is not woke enough
The Government Accountability Office that “provides Congress, the heads of executive agencies, and the public with...
Biden’s Woke Crusade Undermines Military Readiness
By Marty Dannenfelser Joe Biden has been on an all-of-government cultural crusade since his first day as president. He has...