House Armed Services Subcommittee for Military Personnel Chair Jim Banks (R-IN) in a recent exclusive interview with...
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The Military Depends on Virtues That Are Fading
The U.S. military is facing a recruitment crisis. It is so severe that in September, Senator Thom Thillis referred to an...
The DOD Plays Hardball with Covid Vaccinations
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors [STARRS Lt Gen Rod Bishop USA (ret) and MG Joe Arbuckle USA (ret)...
Washington’s Dangerous Unseriousness
Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian “In the U.S. military today, one...
Biden Defense Officials Defend Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in the Military
Biden Pentagon officials in charge of military personnel policy defended pushing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) in...
4 Takeaways as Lawmakers Probe Pentagon’s Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Efforts
President Joe Biden has extensively promoted diversity, equity, and inclusion as the focus of government agencies, including...
Pentagon Pulls Radical Anti-White DEI Official From Key Post
A radical activist who has made anti-white comments is no longer in charge of “diversity” at the schools children of...
Congresswoman Announces Removal of Woke Officer from Military Children’s Schools
(Press Release) Congresswoman Elise Stefanik announced that, following her advocacy, DoDEA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion...
Military Had “Concerning” Rise In Myocarditis Cases In 2021
Recently released data has revealed that the U.S. military saw a spike in the rate of myocarditis diagnoses in 2021...
Senator Schmitt Questions Biden Military Officials on Military Recruitment, DEI Initiatives
(Press Release) Senator Schmitt questioned Biden military officials from the Army, Navy, and Air Force about lagging...
STARRS: ‘What People are Saying’ about Radicalism in the Military
STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services) has collected perspectives on readiness issues from...
‘That’s Just Not True’: Senator Slams Military Officials For Blaming ‘Discrimination’ For Recruiting Problems
Sen. Roger Wicker denied at a hearing Wednesday that discrimination is a problem in the military after service leaders...
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
STARRS has collected evidence there is a large elephant in the room regarding the recruiting crisis that the military and DC...
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...