By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian On 1 September 1939 – the day Hitler...
Category - DOD
Why Scott Perry, Brigadier General, ultimately resigned: the Army’s woke agenda betrayed his core values
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News After nearly four decades of military service, it was one small task that pushed Rep. Scott...
DEI: A Cancer on the Armed Forces
By Maj. General John Deyermond, US Army ret STARRS New Hampshire State Leader Today our military services face growing...
Helping to Correct DoD Vaccine Mandate
In this article, the author recommends that Matthew Lohmeier be named the SECAF. Good idea. By John Frankman, former U.S...
DoD Schools Are a Potemkin Village
By Amy Haywood First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website with his note: Our constitutional order is being replaced...
What would they say?
By Edwin R. Jonas III STARRS North Dakota State Leader For more than 40 years, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial has stood as a...
Short Takes
Various articles seen this week too short for an entire post: Wonder why they don’t have enough sailors or pilots...
Identity in the Trenches: The Fatal Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion on U.S. Military Readiness
By Will Thibeau, US Army veteran, Ranger Director, American Military Project Claremont Institute (NOTE: This is the full...
Unwinding The Dangerous Politicization Currently Gripping Our Military
By Troup Hemenway and Will Thibeau, Army veteran, Ranger Recently, former President Donald Trump stated his intent to “ask...
Electing the Next Commander-in-Chief
By Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness Republican and Democrat Platforms Reveal Stark Contrast...
Senator: The Left has hijacked DEI to pit Americans of different races, religions, and genders against each other
(Sen. Blackburn) Senator Marsha Blackburn believes that under the Constitution, all Americans must be treated equally. Yet...
The U.S. Military is in CRISIS – The culture is TRASH and no one is joining
YouTuber Nate Cornacchia, a retired Green Beret out of 1st SFG with a decade of experience in Army Special Forces and...
APP Releases a New Documentary: “Culture War: The Deadly Consequences of a Woke War Machine”
(Press Release) American Principles Project (APP) released a new documentary titled “Culture War: The Deadly Consequences...
An Anti-Woke Agenda for the US Military
By Will Thibeau, Army Ranger veteran First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website. His Note: As observed at the outset of...
How the Department of Defense Went Woke
By Will Thibeau, Army Ranger veteran First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website. His Note: Understanding our present...
The Logic of the Woke Military
By Will Thibeau, Army Ranger veteran First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website. His Note: Perhaps more explicitly than...
We Have a Duty to Speak Up
By Christine Walker, Editor-in-Chief of AT EASE! Veterans Magazine US Navy Corpsman – Desert Storm As the editor-in...
Only Accountability Will Restore Faith in America’s Military
Col Rob Maness, USAF ret, and a STARRS Board of Advisors member, interviews Air Force veteran Briana Cespedes on his show...
The Crisis in the Armed Forces
By Will Thibeau, Army Ranger veteran First published on Tom Klingenstein’s website. His Note: A cold civil war is won...
‘Why didn’t you protect me?’: Will Army leaders get a letter like this?
And Air Force, Navy, Marines and Coast Guard. Riley Gaines wrote a powerful letter questioning why the Georgia Tech...
Veteran: DOD withholds docs on whether DEI hiring improves national security
By Casey Harper | The Center Square The U.S. Department of Defense is under scrutiny for refusing to release records about...
Cigarettes, DEI and Our Military
By Dr. Greg Salsbury STARRS Board of Advisors In the early part of the last century, the popularity of smoking was at its...
Response to a Retired Major General
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President & CEO Dear General _____, This is just a quick note...
Active-Duty and Former Service Members Affected by Vax Mandate Continue to Plead for Congress to Lend Them an Ear
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Over a month ago, former U.S. Army captain and Special Forces Green Beret John...
Candidate Trump on DEI and Covid Vax in the Military
‘Gone So Fast’: Trump Promises To Remove Military Commanders Who Have Pushed ‘Insulting’ Woke Initiatives (By Leif Le Mahieu...
Matthew Lohmeier on the Military Justice Today Podcast
On this episode of Military Justice Today, attorney Robert Capovilla interviews former space-based missile squadron...
The Corrupting Influence of DEI on Military Education
By CDR J.A. Cauthen, USN ret, USNA ’02 By now, the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) industry’s capture of...
Matt Lohmeier on Marxism, CRT, and the Unmaking of the Military joins Take FiVe
“I really want to emphasize that men and women have no better opportunity in their lifetime to exhibit courage on the...
Liberal policies are causing harm to the US military forces
By James H. Shott | Bluefield Daily Telegraph The current mentality that is gaining acceptance considers so many of our...
Top military leaders to blame for woke culture destroying armed forces
By J.M. Phelps | World Net Daily Throughout the Biden-Harris administration, hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars have...
Duty, Honor, Country replaced by Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Letter to the Editor of the Connecticut Examiner by Colleen Roberts, a STARRS Supporter To the Editor: Are Duty, Honor...
3 years later, Afghanistan War veterans haven’t forgotten – have you?
What happened with the pullout in Afghanistan is frequently cited by military-related people as to why they no longer...
DEI Is Costing Lives and Resources in America’s Military
Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret and STARRS Board of Advisors interviews CDR Randy Arrington, USN ret on The Rob Maness Show: The...
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Is the U.S. military compromising its unity and readiness for the sake of progressive ideologies? Join STARRS & Stripes...
Taliban Marks Three Years In Power By Showing Off American Military Equipment At Former US Base
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation After taking over Afghanistan three years prior, the Taliban hosted a...
Majority Of Americans Would Not Advise Family Members To Join Military, Poll Finds
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The majority of Americans would not advise their family members to join...
Expert: DEI Policies Are ‘Offensive’ to Servicemembers Who Want to Be Trained as Leaders
By Sarah Holliday | Washington Stand Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) measures have created their fair share of...
‘Draft Our Daughters’ Legislation Smacks Of Trojan Horse For Government Social Credit System
By Elaine Donnelly, President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors Members of the Senate Armed Services...
Matt Lohmeier Uncovers How DEI Is Undermining the U.S. Military
Matthew Lohmeier, STARRS Executive Vice President, was on Washington Watch With Tony Perkins to discuss how DEI is...
The Senate NDAA for FY 2025
By Wilson Beaver | Heritage Foundation The current Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal...
Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military And Our Nation
Col Rob Maness, USAF ret and STARRS Board of Advisors member interviews LCDR Bruce Davey, USN ret, USNA ’69, former...
The DOD Net Zero Climate Change Program Must Be Immediately Suspended
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors and Doug Goodman, USAFA ’72 In 1988 the United Nations...
Why hasn’t anyone been ‘fired’ for July 13th?
By Colonel Chris J. Krisinger, USAF, ret, USAFA grad Nine days after the shocking events of July 13 in Butler...
Every white heterosexual male at high rank understands this game
By Cynical Publius (X Handle) Retired US Army Colonel I have been posting a lot lately about the impact of DEI on...
DEI’s Impact on Military Unity, Readiness and Historical Lessons for Today
Are our military forces less prepared today than they were after World War II? Join us as Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, and...
Biden-Harris Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring, Combat Resistance to DEI
By Spencer Lindquist | Daily Wire The Biden-Harris Defense Department paid outside organizations millions of taxpayer...
Report: Congressional Panel Finds that U.S. Military Is ‘Not Prepared’ for War
By Elizabeth Weibel | Breitbart News A report has found that the United States military is “not prepared” to fight in a...
Biden admin’s military vaccine mandate damaged force levels and denied religious freedom
This can’t be repeated enough: “It is hard to escape the conclusion that the administration’s harsh mandate...
Who ordered military leaders to bust those who refused COVID jab on religious grounds?
By J.M. Phelps | AFN American Family News spoke to Air Force Col. (Ret.) Rob Maness, a former bomber squadron commander...
‘Sorry they got caught’: In Biden-era military, attacks on Christian values more frequent and flagrant
By J. M. Phelps | WND Recently, a U.S. Army anti-terrorism brief from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, identified various...