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Decorated Veteran Says Generals, Admirals Who Can’t Back Hegseth Should ‘Get The Hell Out’

By Harold Hutchinson | The Daily Caller News Foundation Former Marine Joey Jones praised Secretary of War Pete Hegseth’s...

Finding Marxist Revolutionaries in the Ranks

By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors We’ve been warning America for years about Marxist infiltration of...

They don’t want Hegseth out at DOD because he’s failing, but because he’s succeeding.

Charlie Kirk posted this social media on April 21, 2025: “They don’t want Hegseth out at DOD because he’s...

DOW MEMO: Adverse Information Policy

While the Department of War remains firmly committed to upholding the highest standards of integrity and exemplary conduct...

DOW MEMO: Requirement to Formally Present Purple Heart Medals and Valor Decorations

Effective immediately, all Purple Heart medals and valor decorations will be formally presented to the recipient, or their...

DOW MEMO: Policy Memorandum Revision re “Special Selection Review Boards

The Military Departments have developed comprehensive, multi-layered promotion review procedures that match or exceed the...

DOW MEMO: IG Oversight and Reform: Enhancing Timeliness, Transparency, and Due Process in Administrative Investigations

The Department of War is committed to restoring timeliness, predictability, and transparency in administrative...

DOW MEMO: Modern Workforce Management

My priority as Secretary of War is restoring the warrior ethos. This applies to every member of the Department, including...

DOW MEMO: Department of War Military Education and Training Standards 60-Day Review

To prepare for large scale combat operations in a rapidly changing global landscape, the Department of War requires a...

DOW MEMO: Review of Hazing, Bullying, and Harassment Definitions

Department policy defining conduct by Service members that constitutes hazing, bullying, and harassment is overly broad...

DOW MEMO: Reduction of Mandatory Training Requirements to Restore Mission Focus

The Department of War is committed to enabling our warfighters to focus on their core mission of fighting and winning our...

DOW MEMOS: Unfit, Undertrained Troops No Longer Tolerated

(Pentagon/DOD News) Physical fitness and combat training standards will be raised, said Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, who...

DOW MEMO: Hegseth Says Promotions, Retention to be Based on Meritocracy, Not Quotas

(Pentagon/DOD News) The War Department will focus on lethality and merit, not on political correctness and diversity, said...

Trump: Military Will Protect Nation With Focus on Merit, Reawakened Warrior Spirit

(Pentagon/DOD News) The U.S. military, said President Donald J. Trump, is strong again, with a focus on merit and a warrior...

TRANSCRIPT: Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Addresses General and Flag Officers at Quantico, Virginia

(Pentagon) SECRETARY OF WAR PETE HEGSETH: Mr. Chairman, the joint chiefs, generals, admirals, commanders, officers, senior...

Hegseth Announces War Department Reforms in Sweeping Speech to Top Military Brass

(Pentagon/DOD News) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced a series of new directives aimed at strengthening the War...

Secretary Hegseth Eliminates One of the Root Causes of ‘Woke’ in the Armed Forces

By streiff (Army veteran) | RedState Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has disbanded a 75-year-old Defense Advisory Committee...

The Army’s 2024 Extremism Policy Can Be Used Today

By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Poetic justice is defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “an outcome in which vice is punished...

So What Is This ‘Come to Pete’ Meeting, Exactly?

By retired Army Colonel Cynical Publius ( @CynicalPublius) Some really big news in the American military community broke...

SHOCKING: Servicemen Celebrate Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Retired Army Major Dr. Chase Spears confronts the shocking aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, diving into a...

Will Congress Fully Support Actions to End Wokeism in the Military?

By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness CMR Chart Compares Interim Progress on NDAA for 2026 ...

Hegseth Scraps Department of War Committee Promoting Radical Feminism in the Military

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell and Bradley Devlin | The Daily Signal The Department of War is discontinuing a committee...

I Was Wrong, There IS an Extremism Epidemic in the U.S. Military

By Major Chase Spears, USA ret One of the hard realities of life is making mistakes, of believing things in youth, naivety...

Army Major: “Why we in the military act so harshly when people celebrate the deaths of innocent Americans”

By @InfantryDort, active duty Army Major on X My fellow Americans. Listen to me. I’ll explain it in a different way...

At War Department, Shaving Waivers Out, Clean-Shaven Faces In

(Pentagon) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum in August directing the military services to stringently...

SecAF Memo re Social Media Conduct

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink issued this memo regarding conduct by Airmen and Guardians on social media: Airmen and...

At least 8 troops punished for social media comments about Charlie Kirk’s death

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White | Task & Purpose In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, at least eight service members have...

Secretary of War Praises K-12 Grade Civics Organization on Constitution Day

(Pentagon) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today offered praise to a national organization that teaches civics to school...

Future of America’s service academies

STARRS Board of Advisors member Brigadier General Christopher S. “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...

STARRS Town Hall with Guest Speaker Rick Addante: DEI is NOT Dead at the Department of War

At a STARRS Town Hall held on 18 September 2025, Dr. Rick Adante, a former tenured professor, reveals how universities...

Gather Information Regarding Negative Incidents Linked to the COVID-19 Shot, Say Army Flight Surgeon and Former Navy Medical Officer

By J. M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Service members are urged to report any adverse health events that occurred after the...

Get ROTC Programs Out of Blue States, Cities, and Colleges

By Will Thibeau, Army Ranger veteran When I served as an Army Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) cadet at Fordham...

Army updates standards for appearance, grooming, uniform wear in new directive

(US Army) The U.S. Army announced an update to its appearance, grooming, and uniform wear standards policy in a new...

Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman Sean Parnell, on Grooming Standards for Facial Hair Outlined in the Rapid Force-Wide Review of Military Standards

(Pentagon) After a rapid force-wide review of military standards, Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently directed the...

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