By Janine Guidry, TRMLX.com The military is looking at another year of missed goals when it comes to recruitment, and they...
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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...
Not the 82nd!
Woke mind virus hits the 82nd Airborne, using the Left’s weaponized “nice” words. Why someone’s...
Military Members Kicked Out for Refusing COVID Vaccine Seek to Have Their Discharges Upgraded
By J. M. Phelps Service members who received general discharges when separated from the military for their refusal to obey...
Our Next President Must Fix Our Military First
By COL Kurt Schlichter, US Army, ret The federal bureaucracy is a smoldering smorgasbord of corruption, incompetence, and...
Woke initiatives are creating division in the US military
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board Biography What is wrong with today’s...
Top Army official blames anti-woke rhetoric of right for severe recruiting crisis
Blaming the weatherman for the bad weather The Army’s top civilian leader pushed back amid Republican criticisms that the...
Anti-constitutional military leadership is becoming more brazen
By Robert Arvay One of the chief characteristics of the stereotypical “banana republic” is that, whether or not...
Communist Goals from 1963
In 1963, a Congressman read into the Congressional Record a list of Communist Goals, taken from a book by a former FBI...
DOD anti-extremism efforts draw scrutiny in NDAA amendments
Provisions to defund the Pentagon’s anti-extremism efforts are on tap for potential inclusion in the fiscal 2024...
Air Force Library Plans Pride-Themed ‘Storytime,’ Promotes Kids Books Pushing Gender Transitions
By Micaela Burrow, Daily Caller News Foundation A U.S. Air Force library plans to stage a gay pride-themed storytime on...
Biden’s Elevation of Woke Admiral to Top NATO Post Among Blocked Promotions
For a top position at NATO, President Joe Biden’s pick is an admiral who has been outspoken about increased opportunities...
Candidate Selection Based on Worries About ‘Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws’ Reinforces Woke Military Concerns
It’s been a banner few weeks for the Biden administration’s priorities when it comes to Pride celebrations, and...
Texas Victorious In Case Challenging Biden’s Illegal Vaccine Mandate for Texas National Guard Members
(Attorney General of Texas Press Release) A federal appeals court sided with Texas Governor Greg Abbott in a case...
Biden’s Defense Department Chooses Social Justice Over National Security
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville and Republican Study Committee (RSC) Chairman U.S. Representative Kevin Hern authored the...
AFMC: Unconscious Bias Training Requirement for Civilian Hiring Panel Members
Woke mind virus infects the Air Force Material Command (Air Force Press Release) EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. — Air...
No Abortions, Pride Flags or Transgender Care: Republicans Use Spending Bill to Block VA Policies
Sounds like a dream House Republicans moved Tuesday to block the Department of Veterans Affairs from providing abortion...
BOOK REVIEW: Defending the Constitution Behind Enemy Lines
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret Dear Shipmates, Friends, and Colleagues, “Now Hear This!” is very familiar to all...
Promoting Merit over Quotas at the Pentagon
By US Senator Roger Wicker Retired Air Force Reserves Lt. Colonel Member of the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Congressional...
America First Legal Demands An IG Investigation of the “Navy Drag Queen” Joshua Kelley
(Press Release) America First Legal (AFL) sent a letter to the Secretary of the Navy, Chief of Naval Operations, Naval...