By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired Racially Discriminatory Admissions Prohibited When the Supreme Court...
Category - Naval Academy
Equal Protection, Racial Preferences, and Professional Military Judgment: What the Judge in SFFA v. USNA Got Wrong
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...
What They Learn at Annapolis is Brought to the Fleet
By CDR Salamander | Substack Having checked my notes, in Annapolis we have the United States Naval Academy. Sure, there is...
Naval Academy Ignores Students’ Right Not to Recite Preferred Pronouns
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret | Daily Signal Something is amiss in Annapolis, home of the U.S...
Postponing This Partisan Lecture Isn’t Enough
By Matthew Lee and Wilson Beaver | The Daily Signal Radical political historian Ruth Ben-Ghiat was scheduled to speak at...
‘I SEE NO APOLOGY’: Naval Academy Postpones Anti-Trump Lecturer, Critics Demand Answers
By Tyler O’Neil | The Daily Signal The U.S. Naval Academy announced that it would postpone a lecture featuring a...
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval Academy has postponed a previously scheduled lecture featuring a New...
Congressman Keith Self Denounces U.S. Naval Academy’s Decision to Invite Partisan Speaker to Historic Bancroft Lecture
(Press Release) Congressman Keith Self led a letter to U.S. Naval Academy Superintendent Yvette M. Davids condemning the...
Naval Academy Invites Outspoken Anti-Trump Guest To Give Keynote Speech At High-Level Lecture
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Naval Academy has reportedly invited an outspoken anti-Trump...
Naval Academy’s Choice of Speaker Runs Afoul of Pentagon Edict
By Hans von Spakovsky and Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, USN ret Daily Signal By inviting a speaker, history...