By C. Todd Lopez | DOD News (Pentagon) The Defense Department today gained a new leader as Matthew Lohmeier was confirmed...
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Former F-15 Pilot Confirmed by Senate as Air Force Undersecretary
Senate Confirms Matthew Lohmeier As Next Under Secretary Of The Air Force
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist In a 52-46 vote, the U.S. Senate confirmed former Space Force Lt. Col. Matthew...
Frontline of Freedom Radio: Ernie Audino interviews Bill Prince
MacArthur Society President Col. Bill Prince, US Army ret, USMA ’70, was interview by the new host of Frontlines of...
Habits of Honor, Faith, and Patriotism – Col. Doug “Stoli” Nikolai
Last week Col. Doug “Stoli” Nickolai (USAF ret) gave his “Habits of Honor, Faith and Patriotism”...
As an Esteemed Navy Commander is Subjected to Investigation, ‘You Come for All of Us’ Becomes the Rallying Cry for Former Service Members
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit On July 9, active-duty Navy Commander Robert A. Green, Jr., announced on X that he has...
U.S. Navy commander now investigated for exposing ‘unconstitutional and illegal actions by military leadership’ during COVID-shot mandates
By J.M. Phelps | WorldNet Daily One of the U.S. military’s most high-profile and respected whistleblowers, active...
Persecution in the Air Force
Chase Spears hosts Brennan ‘Skip’ Schilperoort, an Air Force major who faced persecution for resisting unlawful...
Army secretary vows ‘grievous error’ targeting pro-life groups will never happen again
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Army Secretary Dan Driscoll called a set of training slides that deemed pro-life groups as...
Pentagon Withdraws Promotion for Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows on USS Ronald Reagan
By Joshua Arnold | The Washington Stand The U.S. Department of Defense has withdrawn its nomination to promote Rear...
Sen. Banks Blocks Promotion of Woke Air Force Colonel Advocating Race, Gender-Based Promotion
By Bradley Jaye | Breitbart News Sen. Jim Banks (R-IN) has placed a hold on the promotion of an Air Force colonel...
Do the President & SecDef Orders On Unlawful COVID Actions Matter?
By Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors I’m getting the distinct impression they don’t. As our friend J.M...
Pentagon Ditches Admiral Who Allowed Drag Queen Performances On Aircraft Carrier
By Mary Margaret Olohan | The Daily Wire The Defense Department is withdrawing the nomination of Rear Adm. Michael “Buzz”...
OH NO! The Air Force Bans False Eyelashes
Whatever will female warfighters do? New USAF regulations drop: Air Force updates, clarifies DAFI 36-2903 guidance The Air...
Army will look for false accusations, consider ‘credibility’ in misconduct cases
Comment on article from STARRS Vice Chairman Maj General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret: “This is fantastic! DEI made it easy...
4 years after objecting to mandated COVID-19 shot, former Space Force officer receives ‘zero guidance’ to return to duty
By J.M. Phelps | World Net Daily A former Space Force officer’s objection to the military’s Biden-era COVID-19...
White House, Pentagon Won’t Say Why Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows On Navy Ship Was Nominated For Promotion
By Jacqueline Annis-Levings | The Federalist President Trump recently recommended Rear Admiral Michael “Buzz” Donnelly, who...
A Tribute to CDR Phillip Keuhlen, USN (Retired)
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Calvert Task Group Board of Directors It is with extreme sadness it...
Hegseth announces Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader renamed after Medal of Honor recipient
By Morgan Phillips | Fox News Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced a Navy oil tanker named after gay rights leader...
Trump DEI ban ripples across Wisconsin National Guard, emails show
A look at the implementation of the CinC and SecDef’s anti-CRT/DEI/Woke orders: By Andrew Bahl | The Cap Times On Jan...
U.S. Navy Sails To 2025 Recruiting Target Three Months Ahead Of Schedule
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist With the wind in its sails, the U.S. Navy hit its recruiting goal for the 2025 fiscal...
Air Force On Track To Smash Recruiting Target Ahead Of Schedule
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Air Force is on track to hit its annual recruitment goal three...
State of the Army
STARRS Vice Chairman Major General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret, was interviewed on Rightside Radio by Colonel Phil Williams, USA...
Army Plans to Eliminate Programs Not Contributing to Lethality
By David Vergun | DOD News The Army Transformation Initiative will reexamine all requirements and eliminate unnecessary...
Radicalized Former Coast Guard Officer Threatened to Assassinate Trump
ALERT: Severe radicalism in the services*, in this case an officer who served in the US Coast Guard for 33 years (1988...
U.S. Army’s 250th Anniversary
The U.S. Army celebrated its 250th anniversary on June 14, 2025 and held a military parade in Washington, DC. The Story of...
Process to reinstate Coast Guard servicemembers discharged due to COVID-19 vaccination mandate announced
(Coast Guard) By Kathy Murray, Senior Writer, MyCG The Coast Guard announced the process to allow members who separated...
US Navy JAG Officer Accused Of Making Violent Threat Against J6 And ICE Agents
By Ashley Brasfield | The Daily Caller News Foundation U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General (JAG) Officer Benjamin France is...
If Senators Showed Up To Work, They Could Easily Confirm Fighter Pilot Matthew Lohmeier
By Mark Lucas, US Army veteran The Senate must expedite Matthew Lohmeier’s confirmation as Under Secretary of the Air Force...
‘Warrior Spirit Being Restored’: Retired General Weighs In on Renaming USNS Harvey Milk
Zachary Gohl | Washington Stand Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a U.S. Navy vessel to be stripped of its name...
Transgender Troops may get $125K for voluntarily leaving
Yet those who left because of the vax or harmed by DEI got nothing. (Request for Help form) This small percentage of people...
Army Hits Annual Recruiting Goal Months Ahead of Schedule
By Steve Beynon | Military.com The Army announced Tuesday that it had already reached its annual goal of recruiting 61,000...
Navy Reportedly Considering Renaming Ship Honoring Alleged ‘Homosexual Predator’
By Wallace White | The Daily Caller News Foundation Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is reportedly weighing ordering the...
Faith-Based Objections to Unjust Decrees
This week, Chase Spears hosts Colonel Brandi King of the US Air Force Reserve on Finding Your Spine podcast. An airline...
With a September 1 Date to be Separated From Service Over the COVID-19 Shot Mandate, an Army Pilot Makes a Desperate Plea
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Despite efforts by President Trump and SecDef Hegseth to the restore the military...
Let Us Now Praise Steadfast Men: Trump’s Pardon of Mark Bashaw Rights a Military Injustice
By Major Chase Spears, USA ret How hard it is to find a man willing to brave the storm, to stand when most everyone else...
Low-Trust Military
By Major Chase Spears, USA PAO ret Sir Winston Churchill is known to have remarked that “In wartime, truth is so precious...
Retirement from Coast Guard offers time to reflect on wrongs, hope for better times under Trump
By J.M. Phelps | American Family News Looking back on a 20-year career in the U.S. Coast Guard, a retired IT chief says an...
SASC Advances DOD Civilian Nominations
(SASC Press Release) This week, the Senate Armed Services Committee voted by roll call to report out favorably the...
Command Board at USAF Base Vandalized
A command board from the 55th Wing unit at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska was vandalized with the letters...
Whatever happened to that woke USAF Colonel blocked by the Senate?
So many posts on the STARRS website regarding Air Force Col. Ben Johnsson whom Republicans kept blocking from becoming a...
Meink Confirmed as 27th Secretary of the Air Force
By Chris Gordon | Air & Space Forces The Senate confirmed Dr. Troy Meink to be the 27th Secretary of the Air Force May...
Disciplined Delusion and the Lohmeier Hearing
By Forrest Marion, PhD Military Historian and Air Force Veteran For a bit of ancient history, it was four years ago this...
“Constructivism and Feminism” Course at Naval War College
By CDR Salamander | Substack Last week we looked at the Naval War College. We’ll call that Episode 1. Time for Episode 2...
The Fruits of Institutional Capture: “Women, Peace, and Security”
By CDR Salamander | Substack Institutional capture is very real. Regardless of what initial intentions are, if you create...
New Chase Spears Podcast: Finding Your Spine
Retired Army PAO Chase Spears, who spoke on our last Town Hall “The Military’s Leftwing Ideological Resistance:...
Former Air Force major who defied Biden vaccine mandate speaks out, applauds Hegseth
By Preston Mizell | Fox News A 16-year veteran and former Air Force major who voluntarily left the military after she...
Lohmeier defends qualifications for Air Force post as senators question past remarks
By Sandra Erwin | Space News Matthew Lohmeier, President Trump’s nominee for undersecretary of the Department of the Air...
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...
Lohmeier, Nominee for Under SECAF, Defends Record in Confirmation Hearing
By Greg Hadley | Air & Space Forces Magazine Matthew Lohmeier, who was fired from a Space Force squadron command just...