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Next Joint Chiefs Chair Wants White Male Officers to be a Minority
When I was working on the David Horowitz Freedom Center’s ‘Disloyal Military’ investigation, I predicted that Air Force...
Chip Roy slams Air Force LGBTQ+ Pride Month celebration, says GOP should take drastic action against military
Rep. Chip Roy, R-Texas, on Thursday called for Republicans to drop support for a must-pass military funding bill after his...
Heritage Foundation Launches Petition Supporting Sen. Tuberville Defunding New Military Abortion Benefits
As Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s, R-Ala., public fight to reverse a Department of Defense policy that unilaterally expanded...
2023 West Point Diversity & Inclusion Leadership Conference
Concerned about the Marxist-rooted CRT/DEI agenda at the US Military Academy at West Point producing military political...
Emasculation of the US military is the price it has paid for going ‘woke’
By Jim Nelles, Veteran | Washington Examiner I am a proud veteran. I attended college on a Navy scholarship and then...
Military leaders must learn the right lessons from the Covid-19 vaccine mandate debacle
By Col. Paul Vicars, USAF Covid-19 is no longer a threat to national security. And, contrary to prior opinions, neither are...
Airmen Get New System for Tracking Religious Accommodations After Pandemic Fiasco
Air Force officials unveiled a new effort Monday that will show airmen and Space Force Guardians the status of their...
Navy Veteran Lawmakers Demand Answers from Navy Secretary on Drag Queen Influencer
Ten House Republicans and Navy veterans, led by Rep. Andrew Clyde (R-GA), are demanding answers from Navy Secretary Carlos...
180 Retired Generals and Admirals Request Congress Remove Diversity, Inclusion and Equity Funding from DoD
Citing national security concerns, 180 retired generals and admirals ask Congress to ensure no diversity, equity, and...
An Appeal to Those Who Went Along: A Call for Courage Among U.S. Military Leaders
By Brad Miller, former Army officer NOTE from LTG Bishop: Brad–you really lay it out there! You, bb, and Rob have a...
The U.S. Military is in Trouble
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) The US military is in trouble. How do we know? First, the services are facing...
3,000 Military Veterans Reject Pentagon’s ‘Left-Wing Social Agenda,’ Support Tuberville’s Fight
The cavalry is coming to help Sen. Tommy Tuberville. For months, the Alabama Republican has waged a fight against...
Presentation to the USAF Academy Association of Graduates
STARRS Chairman of the Board, LTG Rod Bishop (USAF ret, USAFA ’74) and STARRS President COL Ron Scott, PhD (USAF ret...
Can the Military be saved from far-Left indoctrination?
LTC Matthew Lohmeier, USAFA graduate and author of a best-selling book about the infiltration of Marxist ideology into the...
West Point Professor writes Leftist, anti-military book disparaging WW2 Vets
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Elizabeth H. Samet has been an English professor at the United States Military Academy since...
Admiral dodges question over US Merchant Marine Academy official’s tweet about ‘white, male’ misogyny, racism
By Jon Brown | Fox News A retired rear admiral with the U.S. Maritime Administration gave what Rep. Brian Babin, R-Texas...
Military lied about drag queen recruitment
Some members of Congress claim drag queen and sailor Joshua Kelley’s comments during an interview with “On Balance” host...
U.S. Rep. Greg Steube Introduces Legislation to Eliminate DEI in the Military
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Greg Steube (R-Fla.) today introduced The Eliminate DEI in the Military Act to prohibit...
Alabama Senator Blasts Lloyd Austin: ‘Most Political Secretary of Defense We’ve Ever Seen’
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., once again stymied his Democrat colleagues from approving nearly 200 promotions for military...
PACAF Political Commissars Hold DEI Training
(AF Press Release) YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan—Pacific Air Forces hosted a diversity and inclusion training for senior non...
Woke Wars with Major General Joe Arbuckle
STARRS Vice Chairman of the Board MG Joe Arbuckle, USA ret, was interviewed by Col. Phil Williams, USAR ret, host of the...
Rep. Mike Waltz introduces bill to combat ‘woke’ military programs – including critical race theory
Rep. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) introduced a bill Thursday that would audit the US military’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)...
‘Gross Misuse of Taxpayer Funds’: GOP Bill Would Ban Military Base Drag Shows
Senate Republicans on Tuesday introduced a bill to ban taxpayer-funded drag queen shows on military bases, calling the shows...
Biden’s Permanent Diversity Industrial Complex
Retired Air Force Col. Rob Maness interviews Elaine Donnelly, President of the Center for Military Readiness, on his show...
‘Covers Up History’: Retired Army Rangers Hammer The Pentagon For Purging Confederates From The Ranger Memorial
After the Army erased names on the Ranger Memorial believed to be associated with the Confederacy, retired Rangers told the...
NATO Goes Woke
NATO is a goner too. How many Marxist-rooted woke words can you find?: NATO officials and staff discuss racial diversity at...
I’m a U.S. senator and I want to know why the Air Force base in my state hosted a drag show for minors
By US Senator Steve Daines Social “equity” warriors believe America is infected with systemic racism and social...
Retired Navy commander defends branch’s Drag Queen recruitment ads
It’s not surprising that she is a Senior Advisor at the McChrystal Group. See after the article for more info. Retired...
Biden’s Pick For Joint Chiefs Chair Made ‘Diversity’ And ‘Inclusion’ Focal Points In Air Force Personnel Decisions
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist President Joe Biden’s purported pick to head the Defense Department’s Joint Chiefs of...
Republican senator blasts Navy focusing on gender, sexuality amid recruitment crisis
Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., warned the U.S. Navy was threatening our national security by focusing on sailors’...
US Merchant Marine Academy official under fire for tweet on ‘white, male’ roots of racism, misogyny
By Jon Brown | Fox News A U.S. Merchant Marine Academy official is under fire for a series of racially charged tweets –...
US Air Force Ran A Social Experiment To Graduate More Minority Pilots. It Didn’t Go As Planned
The U.S. Air Force abandoned an experiment aimed at boosting pilot training graduation rates for women and minority pilots...
Like Bud Light, The U.S. Navy Steps On A Rake With Drag Influencers
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors The U.S. Navy has embarrassed itself...
As readiness and global standing erode, Biden Pentagon remains fixated on woke evangelizing
In recent years, the U.S. military has abandoned billions of dollars’ worth of arms in a frantic flight from...
Open Letter to Virginia’s Chief of Diversity who said DEI is Dead
By Kendall Qualls President of TakeCharge STARRS Board of Advisors member This is an open letter in solidarity with Martin D...
The Woke Takeover of the Military: Reason why recruitment is falling
ON FIRE: Retired Navy Seal Robert O’Neill and Retired Air Force Brigadier General Blaine Holt react to the latest woke...
Letter to CJCS: We all know why recruitment is down
The president of the the nation’s largest Catholic civil rights organization, The Catholic League, wrote a very direct...
Woke is Marxism Evolved to Take on the West
Watch or read this important 25 minute speech by Dr. James Lindsay explaining how “Woke” is Marxism, how it came...
Our Navy needs more focus on War, less on War Colleges
By “CDR Salamander”, US Navy Let’s take a look around the planet with a maritime national security lens, shall...
Navy drag queen influencer has House GOP cranking up heat on Defense Secretary Austin
Several House Republicans called on Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to “put an end to any drag shows and any ‘drag...
Navy OK with Drag Queen Ambassador’s Racy Instagram Content as Long as It’s ‘Unofficial’
The Navy was made aware as far back as March of racy photos posted on the Instagram account of one its Navy Digital...
Going ‘woke’ won’t fix the military’s recruitment problem
(Washington Examiner Editorial) The U.S. military is failing to meet its recruitment goals. The Army reported falling short...
LTC Lohmeier: Why do senior military leaders continue to push an agenda like this?
Former Space Force Commander, LTC Matthew Lohmeier (USAFA ’06) was on Jesse Watters show talking about the...
Critics explode over US Navy’s use of drag queen to solve recruiting crisis: ‘What NOT to do’
Critics lambasted the U.S. Navy Wednesday over its use of a “drag queen influencer” to help persuade new...
Army Expects to Miss Its Recruiting Goal Again This Year
Hmmmm, wonder why? It’s a great mystery. The Army does not expect to hit its ambitious recruiting goal of 65,000 new...
DoD Reassigns School Official Kelisa Wing and Disbands CRT-Promoting DEI Office
By Elaine Donnelly Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors Member After months of criticism of the philosophy...
West Point is an echo chamber for divisive identity politics
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 In early April 2023, West Point Superintendent LTG Steven Gilland authorized the...
When did we decide to abandon all we stand for as a nation?
By Captain Tom Burbage, USN, ret; USNA graduate President, The Calvert Task Group Too much of our national debate these days...
The Spirit of VMI Speaks: Youngkin Administration Official Declares DEI Dead.
In an address to the faculty and staff of the Virginia Military Institute during its annual Inclusive Excellence training...