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Base at center of military drag show controversy hosts ‘Pride’ reading event for kids
A U.S. Air Force base in Germany, which had been previously forced to cancel a drag event, hosted a “Pride”...
Biden’s Joint Chiefs chairman nominee accused of ‘race-based’ hiring in military
A conservative watchdog group is accusing Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. of embracing race-based hiring and promotions...
STARRS Supports and Recommends New Book by Robert A. Green, Jr.
‘Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines, A Story of Hope for Those Who Love Liberty’ is Available July 4...
Rubio, Colleagues Oppose DOD Taxpayer Funded Travel to Pride Events
This is in regards to Air Force uses taxpayer money for personnel to travel to pride events in DC, which former Space Force...
Waltz Leads Letter Pressing Air Force on General’s Political Comments
The storm surrounding Space Force LtGen DeAnna Burt’s woke comments made at a Pentagon pride event won’t let up...
Rep. Banks anti-woke military amendments included in NDAA
Congressman Jim Banks, US Navy Reserves, secured three amendments to be included in the FY 24 NDAA regarding anti-work...
Over 300 Canadian Soldiers Launch $500 Million Lawsuit Against Military For COVID Vaccine Mandates
Around 330 active or former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) who say they were harmed by COVID-19 vaccine mandates...
Army Special Operations Command Posts Intersex-Inclusive ‘Progress Pride’ Flag on Social Media
By Kristina Wong, Breitbart News United States Army Special Operations Command posted an intersex-inclusive pride flag on...
‘I Hire For Diversity’: Pentagon Nominees Blocked By GOP Senator Are Pushing Left-Wing Initiatives To Reshape Military
By Micaela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Several of the military officers whose promotions are held up due to a...
Where the DEI/CRT Indoctrination Came From, Part III
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian For many months, mainland China’s...
Senate GOP Works In Anti-‘Woke’ Provisions To Defense Bill Despite Democrat Majority
By Michela Burrow, The Daily Caller News Foundation Defense legislation approved by a key Senate committee Thursday seeks to...
‘Re-Name, Relocate, Deny’: Here’s Why The GOP Faces An Uphill Battle In Purging ‘Wokeism’ From The Military
By Micaela Burrow The Daily Caller Foundation House Republicans’ planted provisions aimed at stripping funding for racist...
House GOP moves to slash Pentagon DEI bureaucrats: ‘Massive victory for the Anti-Woke Caucus’
A House Republican amendment in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) slashes the federal diversity, equity and...
Beyond ‘wokeness’: Recovering the military’s warrior ethos
By Kevin Roberts President, Heritage Foundation As Biden officials pay tribute to the pride flag this month, they might as...
Ideological warfare: Woke culture is poisoning the military
By Bodi Williams, former Navy surface warfare officer There is no other way to put it: We are at war right now. Our...
How leftist ideology has distorted the Army’s ‘readiness’ pillars
By Janice Roberts, military academy graduate and parent [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect...
Rekindling the warrior spirit: Why embracing traditional masculine virtues is vital for the US military
By Dr. Meaghan Mobbs West Point 2008 graduate and former US Army officer In a rapidly changing world, our national security...
What about the other 80 percent?
By Janine Guidry, TRMLX.com The military is looking at another year of missed goals when it comes to recruitment, and they...
Too woke to wage war
By Jim Nelles, former Naval officer The world is seeing tensions rise between major global powers, reaching levels not seen...
Why we need to promote innovative military leaders
By James Rogan, former U.S. foreign service officer The United States must have general officers and admirals who are...
STARRS Open Letter to Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman
The bottom line up front:-our experience over the last 3 years tells us that the great majority of Americans we have...
Defense Secretary Austin Needs To Obey Orders And End The Military Vaccine Mandate
By M. Oakland, attorney On Aug. 14, 2021, Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, after months of build-up, mandated that all...
Why Is Ridiculous Woke Ideology Being Accepted By America’s Military?
According to the Atlantic, in “2018 three scholars—James Lindsay, Helen Pluckrose, and Peter Boghossian—wrote 20 fake papers...
Inside the DEI Reading Room at the Air Force Academy
In the Soviet Army, each company had “political enlightenment dayrooms” (ie indoctrination rooms) which...
Military leadership is trying to hide its efforts to force leftist ideology on the ranks
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President Since the summer of 2020, members of Stand Together...
Where are the generals and admirals willing to defend the military from wokeness?
By Dr. Scott Sturman, MD US Air Force Academy ’72 If the United States military had to undergo a comprehensive, annual...
Conservatives Wonder Who Navy Is Trying to Recruit With Petty Officer Drag Queen ’Stunt’
It was a rough summer for drag queens, with uproars over public library story hours and bruising boycotts against Jack...
Pentagon Paying the Price For Going ‘Woke’
The directive came from the top: A memo from the U.S. secretary of defense ordering Pentagon leaders and the commanders of...
The US needs warriors, not ‘woke’ commissars
By James Rogan, former US Foreign Service Officer Members of the military are a brotherhood, bands of brothers and sisters...
The destruction of the military by euphemisms
By Dr. Scott Sturman, MD, US Air Force Academy ’72 Marxists are masters of patience, disguise, and the use of...
Leftist obsession with diversity has conquered the US military
By Forrest Marion, PhD, retired USAF officer and military historian As 1919 began, the victors of World War I gathered in...
Republicans take aim at Biden Pentagon policies on diversity, climate, vaccines
Pentagon personnel policies took center stage early on Wednesday in the House Armed Services Committee’s deliberations over...
There is no justification for the Navy’s DEI push
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret The Constitution is the supreme law of the land. The oath that I took upon commissioning was...
Protections for Troops Booted over COVID Vaccine Mandate Added to House Defense Bill
House Republicans moved Wednesday to protect former service members who were discharged over the military’s now...
Woke ideology is at odds with the oath military service members swear
By John Cauthen, USNA ’02, former Naval officer Every commissioned officer and enlisted member of the armed forces swears an...
Is the US military trying to lose wars?
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96, Veteran of OIF/OEF More than 10 years ago, military analysts declared the war in Afghanistan...
Defense Department’s DEI strategic plan damages military cohesion
By Garret Exner, former USMC Officer U.S. Marine Corps recruit training, often referred to as “boot camp,” turns civilians...
The Left’s civic religion is a threat to national security
By Senator Marco Rubio This year’s Pride month reveals more clearly than ever how “wokeness ” undermines...
Inside the ‘woke’ takeover of the US Air Force Academy
By Evan Smith, US Air Force Academy cadet [The author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect the...
The Air Force has abandoned its mission in pursuit of radical social justice
By Mike Uecker, US Air Force Academy grad, USAF officer As a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy and a veteran with more...
There’s no such thing as social justice in a foxhole
By Peter Laffin The military can and should only be judged by its ability to carry out its primary function, which is to...
In the military, going woke can be deadly
By Mark Judge It’s amazing, or maybe not, that the media does not get the correlation. There is currently a debate about...
Rep. Wesley Hunt: Woke Initiatives Have No Place In Our Military
Texas Republican Congressman Wesley Hunt (USMA ’04) joins Fox Across America With Jimmy Failla to share his thoughts...
Wokeness is antithetical to military service
By Tom Klocek, USNA ’69 Member of the Calvert Group “Wokeness” is all about oneself. It is political correctness on...
Lowered standards and disregarded data have weakened the US military
By Dr. Meaghan Mobbs West Point 2008 graduate and former US Army officer Member, VMI Board of Visitors The primary role of...
The military isn’t the place for woke social experiments
By Bill Smith Parent of a US Air Force Academy Cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect...
How DEI is destroying trust and unity within the ranks
By Lauren Evans U.S. Air Force Academy cadet [This author’s name has been changed to a pseudonym to protect the...
The Army must choose: Diversity or meritocracy?
By Forrest L. Marion, Ph.D. Retired U.S. Air Force officer and military historian In March 2023, amid an ongoing recruiting...
How DEI infiltrated the military
By Dr Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ‘72 STARRS Board of Advisors How is it possible that in a matter of a few years, the...