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Pentagon Officials Deny They Have ‘Diversity’ Targets, But Their Own Documents Tell A Different Story
Military officials told lawmakers the services do not entertain diversity quotas of any kind on Wednesday, but the...
Senator unloads on Pentagon’s ‘obsession’ with equity agenda: ‘Totem pole of grievances’
Sen. Eric Schmitt on Wednesday tore into Pentagon leaders for defending an agenda that stresses issues like diversity and...
Pentagon doctors claim 7-year-olds can make decisions to be injected with hormones, puberty suppressants
Health providers at U.S. military bases, some of whom are involved in treating military-connected minors, blasted the idea...
Sen. Schmitt Demands Answers from SECDEF on DOD’s Prioritization of DEI over Military Preparedness
(Press Release) Senator Eric Schmitt sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding answers on the Department...
Evidence that the DEI/CRT agenda in the military DOES hurt recruiting and retention
From January 2023 to December 2024, STARRS collected evidence of a large elephant in the room regarding the recruiting...
Our military is not ready to fight the PRC
By Brent Ramsey, USN Captain (ret) STARRS Member We are at war but most Americans are blissfully unaware. Folks are busy...
Retired Green Beret’s testimony to Congress on Afghanistan pull-out
The House Foreign Affairs Committee received testimony from retired Lt. Col. David Scott Mann, a Green Beret and founder of...
New VA Mission Statement
(VA Press Release) On Thursday, the Veterans Administration announced an updated version of its 1959 mission statement: “To...
Pentagon Personnel Official Prioritizes DEI Over Recruiting
Two Senators wondered why 20 pages of the 26-page prepared statement by Defense Undersecretary for Personnel and Readiness...
US Military Recruitment Flatlines as American ‘Propensity to Serve’ Fades
. . . .Wagner was among eight officials representing the individual military branches and the Pentagon to testify on March...
Congressmen Reintroduce Bills to Stop Critical Race Theory in the Military
Republican Rep. Dan Bishop (NC-08) and Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) have reintroduced measures to stop funding of Critical Race...
Pentagon’s legal woes over COVID vaccine mandate persist
At the height of the global pandemic, the Pentagon in August 2021 decreed that all U.S. troops must get the COVID-19...
PR campaign to deny wokeness in military
Ongoing PR campaign to deny that leftist woke policies in the military are affecting recruiting: These are all the same...
Pentagon ‘Actively Working’ To Find Doctors Who Will Provide Hormones, Puberty Blockers For US Military Kids Abroad
Department of Defense (DOD) medical providers in Europe are stepping up efforts to identify civilian providers of hormone...
Grassroots Army Backs Senator’s Effort to Overturn Pentagon Abortion Policies
Conservative leaders representing millions of pro-life Americans are joining forces with Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., to...
General: Woke Military Stifling Recruitment
The Pentagon is blaming declining military recruitment numbers on the state and health of today’s youth, but that is a...
Pentagon’s ‘Strategic Management Plan’ Devotes Roughly One Out Of Every Six Pages To Diversity, Climate Change
Nearly one of every six pages of a document detailing the Pentagon’s management strategy are devoted to combating climate...
An unpatriotic Generation Z hesitates to join the military
Generation Z no longer believes in American exceptionalism, having been taught in schools about America’s wrongdoing and...
What People are Saying
The Defense One editor recently rebuked Sen. Ted Cruz who announced his upcoming book, “Unwoke: How to Defeat Cultural...
Sen. Tom Cotton Introduces Bill to Stop Teaching CRT in the Military
By James Nault USNA ’81, ret Navy Captain Critical race theory and associated racist ideologies have “Established a...
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is ‘insidious’ for portraying ‘virtue’ of U.S. military: MSNBC editor
MSNBC opinion editor Zeeshan Aleem recently condemned “Top Gun: Maverick” as the “most insidious...
Military Leaders Say DEI Initiatives Aren’t Hurting Recruiting, Accuse Congress Of Politicizing Armed Forces
The armed services’ top enlisted leaders asserted that diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives haven’t damaged...
Addressing the US Military Recruiting Crisis
. . .The number of young people who are eligible to serve in the military dropped precipitously last year — from an already...
Thousands of unvaccinated service members could still be booted over rescinded COVID-19 policy
Thousands of military service members could still be discharged because they didn’t apply for a COVID-19 vaccination...
At congressional hearing, US military leaders deny assertions force is being politicized
Senior enlisted US military leaders pushed back against Republican lawmakers’ assertions on Thursday that the force is...
Biden Budget to Fund ‘Transgender’ Treatments for Veterans
The Biden Administration’s proposed budget for 2024 includes funding for genital mutilation surgeries and hormone treatments...
STARRS Provides Model Privacy Act Request to Access Vaccine-Related Military Records
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO, UNITED STATES– Military authorities repeatedly continue to claim that the military’s COVID...
Is the military too ‘woke’ to recruit?
Lt. Col. Dan Rooney, former US Air Force fighter pilot and founder of Folds of Honor, and Maj. Gen. Edward Thomas, the...
STARRS Vaccine Education Task Force
Military authorities repeatedly continue to claim that the military’s COVID vaccine mandate was legal before it recently was...
Senator slams woke Pentagon policies in Senate floor speech
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Roger Wicker, R-Miss., ranking member on the Senate Armed Services Committee, on Thursday...
‘Woke’ Defense Department DEI education official’s books now in one third of Pentagon schools
Nearly one-third of all Defense Department school libraries carry copies of the controversial “racial justice”...
Congressman Banks Opening Remarks and Video of Hearings
U.S. Representative Jim Banks (R-IN), Chairman of the Military Personnel Subcommittee, delivered the following opening...
‘Single Digits’: Only a Handful of Sailors Booted over the COVID-19 Vaccine Reportedly Want Back In
Is anyone surprised? Fewer than 10 of the more than 2,000 sailors discharged for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine have...
Military continuing reviews of service members who defied coronavirus vaccine orders
Military branches are continuing to review cases of service members who refused a coronavirus vaccine without asking for an...
Congressman Demands Substantive Response from DOD After Receiving Four-Sentence Reply
(Press Release) On Monday, Rep. Brad Wenstrup, D.P.M. (R-OH) sent a follow-up letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin...
Pentagon Mulling Discharges For Unvaccinated Troops Who Didn’t Seek Exemptions
The military is considering discharging servicemembers who did not seek a medical or religious exemption to the COVID-19...
Military Services Will Amend COVID Vaccine Refuser Records So They Aren’t Passed Over for Promotions
All of the military services are currently reworking their policies to adjust separation and promotion records for service...
Senators introduce bills to stop teaching CRT in military institutions
(Press Release) Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced two bills, the Stop CRT Act and the Combatting Racist...
Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Is Bad For Business. In The Military, It Might Be Lethal
The Department of Defense recently deployed its Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access committee, declaring diversity to...
Pentagon sets deadline for services to stop enforcing vaccine mandate
The military services have until March 17 to rescind their COVID-19 vaccination policies, according to a Pentagon memo...
STARRS Open Letter to Secretary of Defense Austin
The Honorable Lloyd J. Austin III Secretary of Defense 1000 Defense Pentagon Washington, DC 20301-1000 Dear Secretary...
What the Data Says About the Military’s Recruiting Crisis
The U.S. military is facing an “unprecedented” recruitment crisis, with most branches of the armed forces failing to meet...
GOP Reps Demand Army Release Full Results Of Recruiting Study, Allege Leaders ‘Cherry Picked’ Data
Republican members of the House Armed Services Committee called on the U.S. Army to release the full results of a survey...
Elon Musk reminds the Pentagon what its job is
(American Thinker) In one of the most satisfying tweets seen on Twitter, Elon Musk took the time to remind the Pentagon what...
Take Action: Demand the VA Acknowledge COVID Vaccine Injury
(CHD) It’s time we stand up for our veterans and demand that our veterans, who have honorably served our nation but...
Biden Pentagon Quietly Expands Woke Transgender Policies in the Military
By Elaine Donnelly STARRS Board of Advisors The nation is worried about serious national security threats, including Chinese...
Spouse Satisfaction with Military Life at a New Low, DoD Survey Finds
The percentage of military spouses who say they are happy with military life and would support their member staying in the...
Rubio, Banks Introduce Bill to Regulate Transgender Service in U.S. Military
(Rubio Press Release) Under President Joe Biden, people who identify as transgender or have gender dysphoria can serve...
Military to Cover Travel Costs and Offer Leave for Troops Seeking Abortions
Service women will soon be able to have their travel expenses paid and receive up to three weeks of leave to obtain an...