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Civilian Service Academy Profs Complain about “Academic Freedoms” in Military Academies
Professors used to having academic freedoms from their colleges and universities—nearly all of which have a left-wing bias...
Naval Academy Ignored Standardized Test Scores for Class of 2025-2028 Applicants
Note on this article by Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72: The article highlights one of USNA’s many workarounds they used for...
Will the Military Academies Comply on Admissions?
By CDR J.A. Cauthen, US Navy ret, USNA ’02 After years of obfuscation and denial, the U.S. Naval Academy, in a suit brought...
Justice Department Addresses Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit Challenging Race-Based Admissions at United States Naval Academy
(DOJ Press Release) The Justice Department announced a joint filing with the plaintiff challenging former race-based...
Congressman Protects Women’s Sports at U.S. Military Service Academies
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Protection of Women in Sports at Military...
The Naval Academy History Department is in a Spot of Bother
By CDR Salamander | Substack The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD has been—like so many degree-granting...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Protect Women’s Sports at Military Service Academies
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced legislation to prohibit men from participating in women’s...
Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think
Not too sure about his point about recommendations from the 2011 Military Leadership Diversity Commission not being...
This bill will help make military officers worthy of our republic
By Tim Feist, USMC vet, taught at USNA Earlier this month, Sen. Jim Banks introduced legislation to require the U.S service...
New bill in House would codify Trump’s order banning woke curriculum from U.S service academies
By Kerry Picket | The Washington Times A House GOP lawmaker introduced legislation Thursday that would codify President...
At Annapolis, not so much who is admitted, but who is hired
By CDR Salamander | Substack This took place in the Biden Administration. With the discussions about what is going on with...
Most books pulled from Naval Academy library are back on the shelves in latest DEI turn
By Lolita Baldor | Associated Press All but a few of the nearly 400 books that the U.S. Naval Academy removed from its...
Forgive? First we need to drag out and discuss what we cannot forget
“Until we have a full Truth and Reconciliation Commission-like public accounting about the active discriminatory...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Expand Classical Learning Test to Service Academies
(Press Release) Senator Jim Banks (R-Ind.) introduced the Promote Classical Learning Act. The bill requires U.S. military...
Certification of Merit-Based Military Service Academy Admissions
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman and Senior Advisor, Sean Parnell, on Certification of Merit-Based Military Service...
SEN. TIM SHEEHY: 100 Days Of Putting Warfighters First
By Senator Tim Sheehy Former Navy Seal, USNA grad When I met with Pete Hegseth in early December ahead of his confirmation...
DEI at Annapolis
By CDR Salamander, Substack In what was the last moment of reprieve for the agents of division inside the Annapolis...
Cheating Without Consequences: The Rise and Tolerance of Mass Cheating at America’s Military Academies
By Lt Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret In March 2025, the U.S. Air Force Academy announced that nearly 100 cadets were under...
The Fight Against Race-Based Admissions at the US Naval Academy
This is a monumental, in-depth investigation into race-based admissions at America’s elite military academies—and the...
Military schools offer test case for Trump education reforms
By Lexi Lonas Cochran | The Hill Military academies could increasingly show what President Trump wants to see from public...
Tuberville’s proposal for academy athletes to go pro undermines duty
By Lt. Col. Ken Segelhorst, USA ret. Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently said he would pursue new rules in this year’s National...
Naval Academy Superintendent’s Congressional Testimony Contradicts Facts About Race-Based Admissions
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News On March 26, the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel required...
How DEI Left Service Academies In A ‘State Of Decay,’ And How Trump Can Fix It
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist Since returning to office, President Trump has taken significant action to...
List of DEI-Related Books Removed from Naval Academy Library
In its ongoing gaslighting of the American public, the legacy news media feigned angst that the Naval Academy removed DEI...
Let’s see the metrics and data re discrimination by race at USNA
By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack As everyone may have noticed, DivThu are few and far between recently...
Service Academy Hearing a Missed Opportunity
By Richard Kline, USMA 1967 Served in the US Air Force Senior Executive Service, retired On March 26th, the Senate Armed...
A Capitol Hill Dud
By Colleen Roberts STARRS co-CT State Leader Anyone anticipating verbal ‘fireworks’ during the March 26, 2025 SASC “Status...
‘Forge Warriors, Rebuild Strength, Restore Deterrence,’ Hegseth Tells Midshipmen During Naval Academy Visit
By Army Maj. Wes Shinego | DOD News The Brigade of Midshipmen greeted Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with thunderous...
Naval Academy Removes Hundreds Of Books That Push DEI
By Jaryn Crouson | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy on Monday began removing nearly 400 books that...
US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions: ‘Implementing all directives’
By Alexandra Koch | Fox News A U.S. Court of Appeals ruled the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) can no longer consider race...
Senators question Air Force Academy superintendent, others about civilian faculty
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette After the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for more service members to...
US Naval Academy ends race consideration in admissions
By Nate Raymond | Reuters In a policy reversal in line with President Donald Trump’s views, the U.S. Naval Academy...
Senator: “The Academies must always remember why they were created in the first place.”
(Press Release) Yesterday, as Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel,U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville...
Capt. Brent Sadler named Commandant of the U.S. Merchant Marine
By John Konrad | gCaptain In a significant and long-awaited move that could reshape the trajectory of American maritime...
End Athletic Admissions to Military Academies
By David Kane | Minding the Campus Secretary Peter Hegseth’s first order to the Department of Defense promised “a focus on...
Senate Hearing on Status of Military Service Academies – March 26, 2025
The Senate Armed Services Committee held a hearing, “To conduct oversight and receive testimony on the status of the...
Naval Academy will not remove DEI-related materials from library
This doesn’t make sense By James Matheson | Baltimore Sun The U.S. Naval Academy will not be forced to remove...
Sean Spicer: From the White House to the Naval Academy BoV
On Newt Gingrich’s podcast, Newt talks with Sean Spicer, former White House Press Secretary, about his recent...
Naval Academy: A “House Divided”
A former Naval Academy professor writes about his concerns that SECDEF Hegseth might remove some civilian professors at...
President Trump Appoints New Members to Three Service Academy Board of Visitors
After removing members of USAFA, USMA and USNA Board of Visitors appointed by Biden, President Trump named their...
A Premature Death Sentence for DEI at the U.S. Naval Academy?
By CDR Phillip J. Keuhlen, USN ret, USNA ’71 During a tour of duty at the U.S. Naval Academy (USNA) as a Company Officer in...
President names allies to Naval Academy Board of Visitors
By Ali Bianco | Politico President Donald Trump is nominating his close allies to serve on the board of visitors for the U.S...
SECDEF Hegseth: “The warfighters are back in charge.”
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was recently interview by Laura Ingraham during their visit to GITMO and as part of that...
To Achieve Unity, DEI Must End
Letter to the Editor by Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 to the Baltimore Sun regarding the article: “Military academies review...
Woke Ideology Has Captured Military Academies—It Must Be Eradicated to Strengthen National Security
By John Gentry, retired US Army Reserve officer and CIA analyst President Trump’s ban on “diversity, equity, and inclusion”...
USNA Courses “Gender Matters: the Sociology of Gender” and “Gender and Sexuality Studies” CANCELED
Good and finally! Who needs stupid courses like this in a military warfighting academy? By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com...
Following Trump EOs, Naval Academy Prohibits Class Materials
By Ryan Quinn | Inside Higher Ed The U.S. Naval Academy’s provost told faculty last week not to use course readings “or...
We all know who is in the diversity commissariat
By CDR Salamander Let’s speak candidly: our Navy needs friends. We don’t need to generate enemies nor have those in the...