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Is wokeness undermining military readiness?
On “The Real Story with Jeanne Ives” radio show, Jeanne (1987 West Point grad) and retired US Navy Capt. Guy...
Idaho Army National Guard Intolerant of Religious Speech of Infantry Officer
(Liberty Counsel Press Release) Liberty Counsel has notified Governor Brad Little that the Idaho Army National Guard has...
Dept of Air Force Guidance Letter to OTS Commander – 1979
16 July 1979 guidance letter to the Commander of USAF Officer Training School from General Bennie L. Davis, Commander...
Major General Joe Arbuckle on Meritocracy, Accountability and Military Reform
What does it take to rise from a private to a Major General in the U.S. Army? Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army ret, joins...
A Navy in Extremis
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Since 2017, I have written about the decline of the U.S. Navy. We...
Far-Left Propaganda at U.S. Naval Base
Military watchdog journalist Sam Shoemate posted on his X account (@samosaur) on 20 August: Less than 1 month after the...
‘Terrifying development’: New U.S. Army policy spells trouble for Christians
By J.M. Phelps | World Net Daily A policy revision adopted recently by the U.S. Army could spell trouble for soldiers who...
Combat Readiness Suffers While the DOD Pursues Diversity and Army Commanders Lie in Status Reports
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit According to documents shared exclusively with The Daily Wire, “the Defense Department...
A Double Funeral
By William S. Lind | American Conservative On July 29, I attended the funeral and interment at Arlington cemetery of General...
Lt General Rod Bishop: From USAFA to Leading Seven Commands
Meet STARRS Chairman of the Board Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, interviewed by STARRS & Stripes...
Woke Politics Are Endangering Our Military And Our Nation
Col Rob Maness, USAF ret and STARRS Board of Advisors member interviews LCDR Bruce Davey, USN ret, USNA ’69, former...
The Real Reason Army Recruitment Is Plummeting
Matt Walsh talks about why there is a recruitment crisis: the military is failing to attract men while they advertise to...
DEI recruiting nightmare: ‘We spent $1 million to get 1 kid in the Army’
By J.M. Phelps | World Net Daily Nearly two million dollars spent by one of the nation’s Army recruiting brigades...
Navy Seals on DEI Results: No merit, no accountability for failure, mission drift
Former Navy Seals Sean Ryan and Erik Prince discuss a wide range of issues relating to how the government failed to protect...
From USAFA to Air Force Leader: Discipline, Mentorship, and Duty with Colonel Ron Scott
STARRS & STRIPES Interviews: Meet STARRS President and CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 — his...
Biden-Harris Admin Paid Consultants Millions To Help Military Implement Race-Based Hiring, Combat Resistance to DEI
By Spencer Lindquist | Daily Wire The Biden-Harris Defense Department paid outside organizations millions of taxpayer...
Interview with Calvert Task Group
CDM Host L Todd Wood speaks to Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of Calvert Task Group on efforts to save the Naval Academy from...
War Stories – CMOH Recipient Maj Drew Dix – Tet Offensive Vietnam
USAFA grad and former USAF Special Ops L. Todd Wood speaks with Maj Drew Dix (USA, Ret) on his experience during the Tet...
‘Sorry they got caught’: In Biden-era military, attacks on Christian values more frequent and flagrant
By J. M. Phelps | WND Recently, a U.S. Army anti-terrorism brief from Fort Liberty, North Carolina, identified various...
Navy Service chiefs emphasize need for diversity at leadership conference in Norfolk
From WHRO Public Radio: The next generation of leaders from each of the sea-oriented branches of the military are in Norfolk...
What I learned from the Air Force Thunderbirds
By Lt Col Phil Bail, USAF ret STARRS Wisconsin State Leader Published in the 1 August 2024 print version of the Ozaukee...
Politics or People: What Does the Navy Value?
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors Board Member, Calvert Task Group From Military.com: “According to...
Congressman rips Air Force over ‘microaggressions’ document warning airmen not to tell someone to ‘toughen up’
By Andrew Mark Miller | Fox News GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz is slamming the United States Air Force over an internal memo his...
$450 Million B-1B Lancer Crash Attributed to Crew Failures and ‘Degradation of Airman Skills’
From Military.com: A B-1B Lancer valued at more than $450 million that crashed in South Dakota at the start of this year...
Navy SEALs, Sailors Who Refused COVID Vaccine Will Have Records Expunged After Legal Settlement
From Military.com: The U.S. Navy has reached a settlement with sailors who filed a lawsuit over the service’s COVID-19...
Army says slides labeling anti-abortion groups as ‘terrorists’ have been used for over SEVEN years
By Gabrielle M. Etzel | Washington Examiner Senior U.S. Army officials said Thursday that training materials labeling...
The US military ethos and its enemies
By Col. Mackubin Owens, USMC (ret) Taught at the US Naval War College for 35 years Over the past few years, public...
DEI has RUINED Special Forces, The Secret Service and Law Enforcement
Nate Cornacchia, a retired Green Beret out of 1st SFG with a decade of experience in Army Special Forces and multiple...
Focus on Warfighting Readiness—How to Fight
By Maj Drew Dix, U.S. Army (ret), Medal of Honor Recipient Co-founder of the Center for American Values Board of Advisor...
STARRS Town Hall 17 July 2024
Watch: STARRS held their 5th online Town Hall on 17 July 2024 hosted by STARRS President & CEO Colonel Ron Scott, PhD...
Rep. Jim Banks Says Air Force Is Violating Federal DEI Ban
By Spencer Lindquist | DailyWire The United States Air Force has continued pushing its diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Calvert Task Group Announces the Upcoming Publication of ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’
The fate of our country is in the hands of the American people. The time to act is now. ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’ will be...
Army Opens Investigation Into Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorists’
By Jake Smith | The Daily Caller News Foundation The U.S. Army opened an investigation after a training course at a base...
Lawmakers rip Army brass over training slides suggesting pro-life groups could be tied to terrorism
By Charles Creitz | Fox News More than two dozen members of the House Armed Services Committee demanded answers from the U.S...
Letter: A worrying trend in the military
Letter to the Editor in the New Brunswick News in Georgia: “I just had the honor to host three of this country’s...
Persecuted ex-Space Force commander calls for eliminating woke ideology from U.S. military
By Calvin Freiburger | LifeSite News A longtime military commander ousted from the U.S. Space Force in 2021 for criticizing...
Army Briefing Lists Pro-Life Groups as Terrorist Organizations
Military watchdog journalist Sam Shoemate posted on his X account (@samosaur) on 10 July: “An anti-terrorism brief was...
Army Training Tells Female Soldiers To ‘Accept’ Naked Men In Their Showers
By James Hasson, former Army Captain and Afghanistan veteran | The Federalist (STARRS NOTE: This article is from July 2017...
If you oppose their opinion, you are no longer welcome!?
By Rear Admiral William D. Rodriguez, US Navy, ret STARRS Board of Advisors Past Board Member, Hispanic Veterans Leadership...
End Affirmative Action in the Officer Corps
By Captain Karl Flynn, U.S. Marine Corps | US Naval Institute The Supreme Court’s decision in Students for Fair...
Pentagon “Personnel is Policy”
In the news recently were the controversial radical statements and woke lifestyle from the new associate communications...
The Woke Military: Recent Examples
Recent examples of the continual wokeness agenda in the military: Mentoring event emphasizes support, “Pride in all who...
Former Space Force commander Matthew Lohmeier sounds alarm on the ‘very dangerous’ impact of DEI policy
Former Lt. Col. Space Force commander Matthew Lohmeier joins ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to discuss how DEI in the military...
Former Space Force commander speaks out against the CRT/DEI Agenda in the Military
By Hannah Grossman, Alba Cuebas-Fantauzzi | Fox News A former space commander is calling for a change of leadership after he...
Army Makes It Harder for Commanders to Deny Soldiers Leave for Abortions
Sad. From Military.com: The Army has set new policies making it more difficult for units to deny soldiers’ requests...
Naval War College Hosts Trans-Identifying Colonel To Discuss LGBT ‘Experiences’
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist The U.S. Naval War College hosted a lecture last week featuring a trans-identifying...
Sailors Who Fail 2 Consecutive Fitness Tests Will No Longer Face the End of Their Career, Navy Says
More lowering of standards. From Military.com: Sailors who fail two consecutive fitness assessments will no longer...
The Continuing Politicization of the Military
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 | Bravo Blue Substack Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Served with the 1st Calvary...
Air Force Military Hero Featured in New Biography
By Jennifer Mulson | The Tribune, CO “Earthquake” Titus wasn’t afraid to make waves. Even though the swells might have cost...