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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...

Identity/Affinity Clubs at Military Academies Divide People

By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72, Attorney If you are not aware of this recent social media post by the USMA Deputy...

Naval Academy Launches Review Of School Clubs To Ensure Compliance With Trump’s DEI Prohibition

By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy is reviewing school-sponsored clubs and activities to ensure...

STARRS Attorney Mike Rose on the firing of Service Academy Board of Visitors

Mike Rose, USAFA ’69, STARRS General Counsel and Executive Vice President, was on the show Output to talk about the...

The President Dismisses Board of Visitors for Service Academies

This morning, President Trump posted on his social media his plans for the Board of Visitors of the service academies while...

SECDEF reminds Academy Supes: “These are MILITARY ACADEMIES, not civilian universities.”

Secretary of Defense Hegseth recently posted on his social media that he had met with the three superintendents of the...

Naval Academy closing DEI offices to align with Trump executive orders: memo

By Greg Norman | Fox News The head of the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, says the school is “taking steps...

Calvert Task Group Presents the Audiobook Edition of Popular Title, ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’

(Press Release) Now available at Audible.com, “Don’t Give Up the Ship!” encourages the change the American...

Defense Department runs kindergartens?

By David Goodwin With less than a week on the job, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has just been directed by President...

Coast Guard Academy rolls back DEI as cuts at Naval Academy may soon follow

By CJ Womack | Campus Reform The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has disbanded its Office of Culture and Climate (OCC), while the...

The Military and the End of DEI

By R. Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 One of President Trump’s first Executive Orders, signed on January 20, 2025,[1] explicitly...

Equal Protection, Racial Preferences, and Professional Military Judgment: What the Judge in SFFA v. USNA Got Wrong

By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired Racially Discriminatory Admissions Prohibited When the Supreme Court...

The Naval Academy Should Jettison Race-Conscious Admissions Policies

By R. Lawrence Purdy, USNA ’68 As we await the anticipated rollout of formal orders from the new Commander-in-Chief to end...

US military academies should not use race in admissions, Trump’s Pentagon pick says

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali | Reuters President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Pentagon, Pete Hegseth, has told...

DEI efforts are wrecking America’s military

By Michael Poliakoff and Karrin Taylor Robson | AZ Central In 1962, President John F. Kennedy admonished: “There is little...

Anchors Astray: Why the Service Academy Exception is Wrong

By Matthew Ormsbee, an active-duty military officer and assistant professor of law at the U.S. Air Force Academy writing in...

US Navy Admiral James R. Hogg, 1934-2025

STARRS was sadden to learn that one of our supporters, four-star Admiral James R. Hogg, USNA ’56 passed away on 2...

When a Judge Incorrectly Rules Race as Legit in Naval Academy Admissions (Part 3 of 3)

By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in...

Judge upholds U.S. Naval Academy’s race-conscious admissions program

USNA can continue being racists By Melissa Quinn | CBS News A federal district court on Friday upheld the U.S. Naval...

Don’t Give Up The Ship … Coronadan Contributes Essay To New Book

By Linda L. Austin | Coronado Eagle & Journal The Calvert Task Group website leads with a picture of the group’s book...

US Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (Part 2 of 3): The Witnesses

By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in...

U.S. Service Academies Must End Race-Based Admissions

By Senator Todd Young, USNA ’95, former Captain in the USMC Ending racial preferences at America’s service academies...

Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group

STARRS & Stripes host Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, leads a thought-provoking discussion that challenges current...

Purdy Statement to USNA Board of Visitors

To: The Honorable C. A. “Dutch” Ruppersberger (D-MD) Chairman U. S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors -and...

Naval Academy Professor fluent in DEI and male-shaming

By STARRS Brad Johnson is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Leadership, Ethics and Law at the United States...

USNA dodged the bullet by uninviting this unhinged speaker

If you recall from previous articles on this site (see below), author and historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to be the...

Naval Academy Graduate Charged with Hate Crime After Pride Flag Ripped from Annapolis Shop

By Luke Parker | Catonsville Times A Naval Academy graduate was charged with a hate crime Saturday after a tattoo shop in...

Notice of the Meeting of the U.S. Naval Academy Board of Visitors – Dec 2, 2024

From the Federal Register. Attend or submit a statement. SUMMARY: The DoD is publishing this notice to announce that the...

Supreme Court turns away Trump military board appointees’ fight against Biden firings

By Zach Schonfeld | The Hill The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from several allies of former President Trump...

Reviewing ‘We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red’

By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Larry Purdy has written a lengthy article titled “We All Wear Green...

How Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military and Our Nation

“A review of one of the most important books of the last decade.” —Jason Hill, Professor, author of, “What...

The Diversity Zampolits at Annapolis

By CDR Salamander | Substack Let’s revisit my post from 25 months ago to see how USNA has operationalized their Diversity...

We All Wear Green, We All Bleed Red, There is No Difference: Race-conscious Admissions Policies Have No Place at Our Military Academies

By Larry Purdy, USNA ’68 Abstract While the thousands upon thousands of dedicated military officers do not share the...

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