By Elaine Donnelly STARRS Board of Advisors he U.S. Supreme Court recently heard oral arguments in two cases challenging...
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Has the Air Force Academy Become Just Another Liberal Arts School?
By Scott Sturman STARRS Board of Advisors member The Cadet Honor Code; high attrition rates; intense competition in...
The Air Force Academy Recruiting Crisis A Self-Inflicted Wound
By Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ’72 STARRS Board of Advisors Like a B-17 Flying Fortress lumbering back to England with its...
The United States: Most Racist Nation Ever?
By Brent Ramsey, Capt USN, ret and Michael Pefley, Col, USAF, ret STARRS Officers Those that allege the U.S. is a racist...
RIP, Moral Courage in the Military
By Mike Pefley, STARRS VP Communications, USAFA ’74 Our nation was founded on the moral courage of patriots in order to free...
Fighting Windmills: The DOD’s Battle Against Covid
By Scott Sturman, M.D. STARRS Board of Advisors, USAFA ’72 Churchill observed, “Generals are always prepared to fight the...
Cadets On Verge of Expulsion After Religious Exemption Appeals Were Denied; STARRS Is Helping
By Tracey Meck, Col, USAF (Ret) USAFA ’87 STARRS Newsletter Editor-In-Chief Only the “best of the best” are offered...
The Black Community Has a Decision to Make
By Ken Battle, CMSgt, USAFR (Ret) STARRS Board of Directors Many black people in this country, including numerous so-called...
The Military’s Abusive Imposition of Mandatory Covid Vaccinations
By Scott Sturman STARRS Board of Advisors Member In the past, the widespread introduction of vaccines has reduced the...
How ‘Social Justice’ is Killing the Military
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN (Ret), STARRS Director at Large Col. Michael D. Pefley, USAF (Ret), VP of Communications for...
Yet Another Scandal at West Point? You Be the Judge (Part 3)
By William F. Prince, COL USA (Ret.), USMA ‘70 Sharp-eyed readers of the STARRS newsletters, editions 11 (15 Oct. 2021) and...
The Military’s Radical Imposition of Mandatory COVID-19 Vaccinations
By: Scott Sturman, MD, USAFA ‘72 Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret), STARRS President & BOD Chairman Sen (Ret) Mike Rose...
USNA CRT/CP Smoking Gun
By Phillip Keuhlen Commander, USN (Ret), USNA ’71 If you have doubts that Critical Pedagogy and Critical Race Theory...
USNA CRT/CP Smoking Gun Train the Trainers!
By Phillip Keuhlen, Commander, USN (Ret), USNA ’71 If you have doubts that Critical Pedagogy and Critical Race Theory...
Why the Bill of Rights is the Opposite of Radicalism
By Jane Hampton Cook STARRS Board of Advisors Author of 10 books including Stories of Faith and Courage from the...
Critical Race Theory (CRT) vs Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)
By Rod Bishop, Lt Gen, USAF (Ret) STARRS President and Board Chairman Many terms and acronyms used in public discussions...
How Implementing Diversity, Equity and Inclusion will Harm Readiness in the Armed Forces and Fail to Solve Anything
By Brent Ramsey, STARRS Director at Large, CAPT, USN (Ret) The Department of Defense is doggedly implementing the policies...
STARRS Responds to the Three Retired Generals
By Rod Bishop, Ron Scott, & Mike Rose The Washington Post published an article on Dec. 17 titled “Opinion: 3...
It’s Time for the Black Community to Embrace a Post-Racial America
By Kendall Qualls, former Army officer STARRS Board of Advisors In some respects, I feel as if we are living through a time...
Radicalism (the second R in STARRS)
By Chris Jeffries, USAFA ‘87 STARRS Editorial Staff The acronym STARRS stands for “Stand Together Against Racism and...
Self-Fulfilling Prophecy (Response to Military Times Article on Racism)
By Dr Ronald Scott Jr., Colonel, USAF (Ret), USAFA Class of ‘73 On December 3, 2021, the Military Times website published an...
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...
George Washington Knew the Enemy, Do We?
By Jane Hampton Cook Member STARRS Board of Advisors One of the most important lessons we can learn today from George...
True Racism: Black Lives Matter
By Dr. Michael Padgett, COL, USA (Ret) What is the truth regarding racism in America? Is it the theme espoused by Black...
Yet Another Scandal at West Point? You Be the Judge (Part 2)
By William F. Prince, Col, USA (Ret), USMA ‘70 The editors of the STARRS newsletter have graciously allowed me to divide...
‘Hold the Line!’: Why the Military Must Repudiate Radical Politics
America finds itself in a culture war. While one side lives in a fundamentally flawed and systemically racist country...
A Message from STARRS’ President Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAF (Ret)
As you may know, over a year ago, myself and a growing group of concerned citizens formed Stand Together Against Racism and...
Did I Flee Communist Romania to End My Life in Communist America?
By Alex Hogue, STARRS member A few months back, I was asked a question about what correlation I saw between Critical Race...
Why Does STARRS Exist?
By Mike Pefley, STARRS VP, Communications, USAFA ‘74 Our twin American ideals of liberty and equality have made us the...
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...
Diversity and Inclusion at USAFA – A Trojan Horse
By Scott Sturman, M.D., USAFA ’72 STARRS BOD Member In 2013 the Air Force Academy announced “The United States Air...