Bill Whittle presents good news on Memorial Day that he said is long overdue: “160 retired Flag Officers serving in...
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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’
By Jim Nelles, Veteran | Washington Examiner I am a proud veteran. I attended college on a Navy scholarship and then...
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...
3,000 Military Veterans Reject Pentagon’s ‘Left-Wing Social Agenda,’ Support Tuberville’s Fight
The cavalry is coming to help Sen. Tommy Tuberville. For months, the Alabama Republican has waged a fight against...
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube Introduces Legislation to Eliminate DEI in the Military
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced The Eliminate DEI in the Military Act to prohibit...
Alabama Senator Blasts Lloyd Austin: ‘Most Political Secretary of Defense We’ve Ever Seen’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., once again stymied his Democrat colleagues from approving nearly 200 promotions for military...
Rep. Mike Waltz introduces bill to combat ‘woke’ military programs – including critical race theory
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday that would audit the US military’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)...
‘Gross Misuse of Taxpayer Funds’: GOP Bill Would Ban Military Base Drag Shows
Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a bill to ban taxpayer-funded drag queen shows on military bases, calling the shows...
Biden’s Permanent Diversity Industrial Complex
Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness interviews Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness, on his show...
I’m a U.S. senator and I want to know why the Air Force base in my state hosted a drag show for minors
By US Senator Steve Daines Social “equity” warriors believe America is infected with systemic racism and social...
Republican senator blasts Navy focusing on gender, sexuality amid recruitment crisis
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., warned the U.S. Navy was threatening our national security by focusing on sailors’...
As readiness and global standing erode, Biden Pentagon remains fixated on woke evangelizing
In recent years, the U.S. military has abandoned billions of dollars’ worth of arms in a frantic flight from...
The Woke Takeover of the Military: Reason why recruitment is falling
ON FIRE: Retired Navy Seal Robert O’Neill and Retired Air Force Brigadier General Blaine Holt react to the latest woke...
Letter to CJCS: We all know why recruitment is down
The president of the the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, The Catholic League, wrote a very direct...
Navy drag queen influencer has House GOP cranking up heat on Defense Secretary Austin
Several House Republicans called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to “put an end to any drag shows and any ‘drag...
Going ‘woke’ won’t fix the military’s recruitment problem
(Washington Examiner Editorial) The U.S. military is failing to meet its recruitment goals. The Army reported falling short...
DoD Reassigns School Official Kelisa Wing and Disbands CRT-Promoting DEI Office
By Elaine Donnelly Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors Member After months of criticism of the philosophy...
Pentagon doctor claims prescribing transgender drugs to minors can cause psychotic illness to ‘melt away’
Children taking anti-psychotic medication in the military health system for serious mental illness were later administered...
A Multitude of Factors Are Destroying Public Trust in the Military, Not Tucker Carlson
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret A recent article published by Defense One, titled “How Tucker Carlson Helped Turn Americans...
DEI’s New Battleground: the U.S. Military
By Christian Watson, Spokesman for Color Us United Since President Joe Biden signed an executive order requiring the federal...
Is the military more concerned with wokeness than winning the next war?
By Tucker Carlson, March 2021 Joe Biden was elected as a moderate who was going to stay the course and return this country...
Can A Woke Military Win Wars?
For a couple of years now, the U.S. military has had a serious recruitment problem. That isn’t really a surprise. Our...
“Diversity” is destroying our once proud military
By Jerry Keenan, US Navy veteran Once upon a time the United States had the most powerful, most advanced military in the...
Deep State Celebrates Tucker Carlson Departure from Fox with Anonymous Leaks
Senior ranking officials within President Joe Biden’s Department of Defense who spoke on condition of anonymity were...
Energy secretary doubles down on electrifying US military’s vehicle fleet by 2030
Department of Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm said that she supports efforts from the Biden administration to require the...
Concerns grow as US military faces recruitment crisis for second year in a row: ‘Cultural rot’ is spreading
A retired Navy SEAL is sounding the alarm about a declining number of young men and women willing to serve in the U.S...
Biden Set to Grade Military On Its ‘Efforts to Advance Environmental Justice’
Joe Biden will grade the U.S. military and all other government agencies on their “efforts to advance environmental...
Getting back to ‘mission first’
By Col. William Connor, USA ret The Citadel, ’90 Member, Citadel Board of Visitors With military recruitment and...
DEI Executive Order Expands Diversity Industrial Complex, Harming Meritocracy in the Military
By Elaine Donnelly STARRS Board of Advisors Founder and President of the Center for Military Readiness On February...
DIE Means the Death of Military Professionalism
By John Cauthen, USNA ’02 Active member of the Calvert Group, which collaborates with STARRS...