By Brent Ramsey, Captain, USN, Ret I have previously explained the concept of “shipmate” through the recounting of the Navy...
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Air Force pilot near retirement could lose pension despite vaccine mandate repeal: I’m in ‘purgatory’
An Air Force reservist sounded the alarm on the U.S. military’s treatment of service members who refused the COVID-19...
Navy Swats ‘Wokeness’ Claims in Bid to Reach Older Americans Who Could Influence Recruiting
As Navy leaders left another conference behind, one thing that emerged from the Surface Navy Association panels and...
US Coast Guard Apparently Had Pre-Written Denials For Vaccine Exemption Requests, Docs Show
The Coast Guard had pre-written justifications for denying COVID-19 vaccine exemption requests, according to documents...
Go Woke, Become Weak: The Consequences of Lowering Military Recruiting Standards, from a former Commander’s Perspective
By LTC Darin Gaub, USA, ret. The American military in which I served for twenty-eight years continues to struggle to meet...
Diversity Is Not Just a Navy Issue
By Captain Guy Higgins, U.S. Navy (Retired) In the August 2022 Proceedings, Navy Lieutenant Commander Aaron Marchant...
We the People Pulse – How to Increase Army Recruitments?
An op-ed was written on Fox News by a Washington intelligence insider and a marketing academic, both of whom never served in...
Army Guidance Says Vaccine Mandate Repeal Does Not Apply To National Guard, Reserves
STARRS LTG Rod Bishop was quoted in an article in the Daily Caller: The Army’s latest guidance on COVID-19 states that a...
No ‘sir’! Marines mull scrapping gender identifiers in training camps
U.S. Marines may stop saying “sir” and “ma’am” to avoid the risk of “misgendering” drill instructors...
US Military Going To The Dogs
By Rod Dreher | The American Conservative What the hell is wrong with the culture of the US military? Last week, an...
Battalion Commander Relieved for Refusing Vaccine – Resigns Commission
There have been a number of heroic officers and NCOs who have publicly spoken out and put their careers on the line in the...
‘Heroic Work’: Biden Congratulates Coast Guard Hero He’s Trying to Fire
President Biden lauded U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Zach Loesch as a hero for saving lives as...
Air Force Thinks Letting Men And Women Bunk With Each Other Will Boost Sagging Recruitment
The Air Force announced a new mixed gender training facility as a potential solution to recruitment challenges facing its...
Marines Dismiss Case Against Japan-based Lance Corporal Who Refused COVID-19 Vaccin
The Marine Corps has dismissed its case against a lance corporal who faced special court-martial charges stemming from her...
Air National Guard Board Finds Military’s Shaky COVID Vax Mandate Unlawful, As West Point Holds Out
In a unanimous decision similar to the Navy’s in the spring, an Air National Guard administrative separation board...
Tennessee National Guard Soldier Injured in Line of Duty Talks Adverse COVID Vaccine Experience
A National Guard Soldier was told he had to get the vaccine or he’d be kicked out, ending the on-going medical board process...
Military’s Recruitment Shortfall a Direct Result of Vaccine Mandate: GOP Lawmakers
Forty-seven Republican lawmakers recently expressed “grave concerns” about military readiness as a result of the Pentagon’s...
USAF Finds Itself with a Critical Shortage of Pilots While Claiming It Has Too Many White Officers
Mid-career Air Force aviators have been told that they aren’t wanted — meaning they have seen it in writing from Major...
USAFA Prep School Instructor Fired Due to COVID Vaccine Mandates
L. Todd Wood’s CD Media Interview with Dr. Sandy Miarecki Dr. Sandy Miarecki was an Air Force test pilot, instructor...
Army LtCol Theresa Long MD – Full Testimony
Exclusive testimony of Army Whistleblower LtCol Theresa Long MD (flight surgeon). Her testimony shows how the DOD, FDA and...
Marine Corps and SEALs Rolling Back Penalties for Service Members Seeking COVID Vaccine Religious Accommodations
The U.S. Marine Corps is rolling back strict punishments for service members seeking religious exemptions to the COVID-19...
Army Approves Appeal and Eviscerates DOJ’s Entire Argument in One Paragraph
The Acting Assistant Secretary of the Army for Manpower and Reserve Affairs, Ms. Yvette C. Bourcicot, approved the appeal...
The Woke Danger Within the US Military
Monica has an exclusive story that you’re not going to hear anywhere else – new reporting on destructive...
Navy SEALs spend more time on diversity training than warfighting, SEAL vets say
Multiple former U.S. Navy SEALs confirmed Donald Trump Jr.’s claim last week that members of the elite force are spending...
‘Woke’ Military Policies to Blame for Recruitment Crisis, Service Members Say
The U.S. Army is expected to fall nearly 40,000 troops short of its recruiting goals over the next two years. The Army is...
U.S. Marine Corps Commanders Defy Court Order for Shot Mandate
Despite the fact that last Thursday the U.S. District Court of Florida provided class action relief and granted a class wide...
Lt. John Bowes Discusses Challenges of 700 Unvaccinated US Pilots
From the time he was a child, USAF pilot Lt. John Bowes has dreamt of flying and protecting his nation. For now, the COVID...
Interview with Space Force Lt. Colonel Matthew Lohmeier
After serving in increasingly important positions in the U.S. Air Force for 20 years, Matthew Lohmeier achieved the status...
A Retired Marine 3-Star General explains ‘Critical Military Theory’
This excellent article linked below appeared on the Task & Purpose website. It is written by Marine Lt Gen Greg Newbold...
Interview with Matthew Lohmeier
Air Force Academy graduate and former US Space Force Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his squadron command for...
Signature block pronouns now allowed for Airmen, Guardians
(US Air Force Press Release) A recent update to the Department of the Air Force writing guide, The Tongue and Quill, now...
Four chaplains of the USAT Dorchester
By Charles C. Baldwin, Chaplain, Maj Gen (Ret), USAF They all were Chaplains, First Lieutenant, US Army. They all were in...
STARRS Leadership Spotlight: Ron Olds, Maj (Ret), USAF
Ron Olds, Maj (Ret), USAF, is the STARRS VP for Administration and on the Board of Directors. If you ever have the privilege...
Does the Navy’s New Emphasis on ‘Diversity’ Put the Nation At Risk?
By CDR Phillip Keuhlen, US Navy ret, USNA ’71 After the 2020 summer of riots, the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Naval...
Gen Colin Powell, A Soldier’s Soldier (1937-2021)
By Patti Stuart, USAFA ‘87 STARRS BOD Member Inspiring Quotes by Colin Powell: – Regarding America’s leadership in...
STARRS Leadership Spotlight: Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret)
Lieutenant General Rod Bishop retired from active duty in August 2008 after 34 years of service in the United States Air...
USAFA 1987 Graduate Leroy Homer who Heroically Died as the Co-Pilot of United Flight 93 on 9/11
By Patti Stuart, STARRS BoD Member, USAFA ‘87 From his earliest days growing up in Long Island, American hero LeRoy W. Homer...
Board Of Directors Spotlight: Ken Battle
Ken Battle is a retired Air Force Chief Master Sergeant with 33 years of service. He served as the Maintenance Group Chief...
Navy Update Part III
By Brent Ramsey, STARRS member, CAPT, USN (Ret), NROTC ‘69 Senator Cotton and Congressmen Banks, Crenshaw, and Gallagher...
STARRS Navy Update, Part II
By STARRS Member Brent Ramsey, Capt, USN (Ret) In Part I, we raised questions about the Navy’s establishment of Task Force...
Medal of Honor Recipient SSG Leroy A Petry, US Army
By STARRS Board Member, Patti Stuart, USAFA 1987 Modern-day hero Leroy Petry was born in New Mexico in 1979. Shortly after...
Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier Exposes Divisive, Woke Politics in Our Military
Dinesh D’Souza interviewed Matthew Lohmeier, former Lt. Colonel of the U.S. Space Force, who reveals how senior...
Medal of Honor Recipient Daniel K. Inouye – A Life of Service
STARRS believes it is important to tell the stories Medal of Honor recipients because they loved their country and fellow...
Space Force Officer, Punished After Denouncing Marxism, to Leave Military
The Space Force officer who was removed from his command post for condemning Marxism and critical race theory is leaving the...
Questions Regarding Navy Task Force to Address Racism
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN (ret) STARRS VP for Opertaions On 30 June 2020, the Chief of Naval Operations established Task...
A DOD Official Exposes The Intellectual Bankruptcy Of Diversity
By Claude M. McQuarrie III STARRS Supporter, former US Army Officer It is rare that U.S. Department of Defense officials...
Commie Lieutenant Spenser Rapone Shows the Radical-to-Academic Ratline Is Still in Operation
By a former infantry officer, CGSC grad and Army Operations Center alumnus A short four years ago, we had one of those...
Medal of Honor Recipient Sergeant William Harvey Carney
By Col Brent Ramsey, USAF (ret) STARRS CITATION “When the color sergeant was shot down, this soldier grasped the flag, led...
The Whistleblower Files: The Marxist Conquest of Our Military
Matthew Lohmeier is the former Space Force Commander who was fired after speaking out against the growing influence of...
Has The Military Gone WOKE? – Space Force Commander Opens Up
Matthew Lohmeier was interviewed by Patrick Bet-David where they talk about ideologies that are infecting the military, how...