By John Hughes, USMA ’96 On 27 January 2025, President Trump made good on his campaign promise and officially ended...
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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...
Drew Dix Podcasts – Our Changing Culture, DOD Contracting and more
Some of the latest podcasts from Drew Dix, member of the STARRS Board of Advisors: Our Changing Culture Drew Dix examines...
Supplemental Notice of Board of Visitors of the U.S. Air Force Academy Meeting
From the Federal Register. The Air Force Academy now joins with the other military service academies in allowing the public...
House Passes FY26 Defense Bill, Investing in America’s Military Superiority
Key items for our lane in this House Appropriations press release: Codifying President Trump’s executive actions to end...
Operation Midnight Hammer: Proof of the Trump Administration’s De-wokeification of our Military
By Nicole Kiprilov | Independent Women’s Forum After four years of the deliberate and relentless politicization and...
Naval Academy Settles on Shorter List of Banned Books as Pentagon Panel Weighs Ultimate Decision
By Konstantin Toropin | Military.com As the legal court battle over the Trump administration’s efforts to ban...
Republicans join House Dems to bar Hegseth’s military base name changes
By Cybele Mayes-Osterman and Davis Winkie | USA TODAY A House committee attempted to ban Defense Secretary Pete...
West Point expands academic modernization with development of Department of History and War Studies
By Maj. Renee Sanjuan USMA Associate Dean for Communications West Point is transforming the Department of History into the...
The Vax War Against Military Service Members
By Col Rob Maness, USAF ret STARRS Board of Advisors Secretary Hegseth’s words echo across the force “The Chiefs of all the...
Time to Appoint an Alum to Run USMMA
Op-ed in The Maritime Executive: There are five United States Federal Academies – the United States Military Academy...
Marine 3-Star to Lead Naval Academy, Davids Heading to OPNAV Staff
By Mallory Shelbourne | USNI News A Marine Corps officer is in line to lead the U.S. Naval Academy for the first time in...
General Flynn Challenges DEI, Champions Warrior Ethos and Honor at West Point Board Meeting
By Matthew Newgent, USMA ’96 MacArthur Society Board Member Lt General Mike Flynn, USA ret, said at the West Point...
Congress Broke The Military, Now It Must Fix It
By Col. William A. Woodruff, US Army lawyer, retired Congress created the “woke” military. Now it has the responsibility to...
Military libraries ignore Trump’s LGBT executive order
By Bethany Mandel | Washington Examiner President Donald Trump’s January 2025 Executive Order 14190, Ending Radical...
Here Are the 596 Books Being Banned by Defense Department Schools
(Military.com) Children’s biographies of trailblazing transgender public figures. An award-winning novel reflecting on...
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...
SECDEF Hegseth speaks to students at Turning Point USA conference
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave a speech to a conference full of young, patriotic people who could potentially join...
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Seeking Justice for Military Members Harmed by Unlawful Orders
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Should President Trump pardon officers punished by the Biden administration? A group...
Senate Must Reject Woke Senior Military Officers Up for June 24 Appointments
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News President Trump nominated many great officers, but several don’t align with...
Subverting the Efforts of CinC and SecDef to Restore the Military, At Least One Senior Official Appears to Have Made a Promise He Had No Intention to Keep
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Without intervention, Chief Warrant Officer 3 Brandon Budge will be separated from the...
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...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Restore Lethality in the U.S. Military
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Restoring Lethality Act, which eliminates the existence...
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...
Combatting Woke Ideology in the Military
STARRS President Ron Scott was interviewed on the radio show, “The Peak,” discussing combatting DEI/CRT/Woke...
Establishment of the Military Service Recruitment Task Force
Statement by Chief Pentagon Spokesman, Sean Parnell, on the Memorandum for the Establishment of the Military Service...
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...
Report Exposes How Biden Federal Health Agencies Hid The Risk Of Myocarditis
Comments by STARRS: “Although we only took issue with the illegal aspects of the mandate, thanks to Dr Sturman’s...
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...
Active Duty Mutiny No One is Talking About
Marine veteran Jameson talks about the problem of active duty military servicemembers opposing the orders of their Commander...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Provide Backpay to Service Members Wrongfully Discharged Under Biden’s COVID Vaccine Mandate
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Tim Sheehy introduced the COVID-19 Military Backpay Act of 2025, restoring compensation for...
Justice Department Addresses Racial Discrimination in Lawsuit Challenging Race-Based Admissions at United States Naval Academy
(DOJ Press Release) The Justice Department announced a joint filing with the plaintiff challenging former race-based...
Congressman Protects Women’s Sports at U.S. Military Service Academies
(Press Release) U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.) introduced the Protection of Women in Sports at Military...
Before and Now Military Ads
Army Ranger veteran compares military recruitment advertisements from the previous administration and the current...
What’s the Point?
By Lt Col Allen West, USA ret Greetings, everyone, I am typing this missive from the Holiday Inn Express in Del Rio, Texas...
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...
Propaganda Influences American Military Leaders in Foreign Academic Programs
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Military students face indoctrination in anti-Israel progressive political...
Leftist Generals Make their Political Views Known on Social Media
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News RestoretheMilitary.com exposes these woke Army generals and more. We’ve...
Whistleblower: Lockheed Martin Awarded Bonuses Based on Race
By Chris Rufo and Ryan Thorpe | City Journal Many believe that masculine industries, such as military and defense, are...
Here are the radical alphabet/trans books kids in DOD schools were exposed to
Tireless military family advocate Amy Haywood posted a list of the books the DODEA schools in Stuttgart had in their school...
Until President Trump Fires Woke Leadership, West Point Will Never Get Back to Forging Warriors
By Doug Truax, USMA ’92 | Restoration News U.S. Military Academy leadership bears final responsibility for turning...
Retired Air Force Brigadier General Soils His Uniform to Defend Trans Ideology in the Military
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Martin France is a prime example of dangerous political activists infecting the...
Fighting Marxist Insurgency
Drew Dix, Medal of Honor recipient and a member of the STARRS Board of Advisors, was interview by Todd Wood (USAFA grad) on...
Interview with STARRS President Ron Scott
STARRS President Ron Scott was interviewed on the work of STARRS, DEI in the military, the problem of radical ideology in...
West Point Board of Visitors Meeting – 11 July 2025
The West Point Board of Visitors is holding a public meeting on Friday, 11 July 2025 from 8 am to 11 am at Camp Buckner...
The Naval Academy History Department is in a Spot of Bother
By CDR Salamander | Substack The U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD has been—like so many degree-granting...
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...
Senator Introduces Legislation to Protect Women’s Sports at Military Service Academies
(Press Release) U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced legislation to prohibit men from participating in women’s...
Hegseth Was Right to Ban Race in Admissions At Military Service Academies, but Not for the Reasons You Might Think
Not too sure about his point about recommendations from the 2011 Military Leadership Diversity Commission not being...
The Boards for Correction of Military Records are an Insult to the Efforts of CinC and SECDEF, Undermining Their Intentions to Restore the Military
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Tens of thousands of service members and veterans were negatively impacted by previous...
Financial Giant USAA Gets Downgraded After Debanking Trump Lawyer, Going Woke
By Chuck Devore | The Federalist For almost my entire military career and beyond, USAA, the San Antonio-based insurance...
Army Recruiting Crisis Ends as Trump and Hegseth Light a Fire Under the Pentagon’s Backside
By Brandon Webb, Navy Seal Veteran | SOFREP Well, Iraq just froze over—and apparently so did the Army’s recruiting deficit...
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reveals why military recruitment has soared under Trump
By Taylor Penley | Fox News Joining “Fox & Friends” live from Normandy, France, where Allied forces once...
Hegseth wants to clean up the military, but enemies remain in its ranks
By J.M. Phelps | WorldNet Daily Service members are understandably pleased with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s...
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...
Group launches tip line for DOD employees to report DEI, ‘woke’ overreach
By Rachel del Guidice | Fox News A West Point graduate and former U.S. Army captain is launching a tip line for employees at...
Letter to the Editor: Content of Their Character
DEI Still Infects West Point
Pentagon Ditches Admiral Who Allowed Drag Queen Performances On Aircraft Carrier
Leftist Accrediting Organizations Influence U.S. Military Academies
Conscientious Objector USAFA ’23 Grad has to pay back $150K
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting – August 7, 2025
OH NO! The Air Force Bans False Eyelashes
Trump’s Criticism of ‘Idiot’ Woke General Is a Reminder of How Far We’ve Come
Army will look for false accusations, consider ‘credibility’ in misconduct cases
The Communism Within
Reviving the Warrior Spirit: Hegseth on Service, Sacrifice & Strength
Leftist Veterans Group Mobilizing Against Trump
West Point still has Professors Pushing Critical Race Theory
4 years after objecting to mandated COVID-19 shot, former Space Force officer receives ‘zero guidance’ to return to duty
Surprise, Deception, Warning and War
Invitation to Join STARRS President’s Circle
DEI on Campus? It’s a Protection Racket
On the Radio: STARRS Chairman Rod Bishop
Anthrax and COVID shot mandates continue to harm ‘thousands’ of military vets
White House, Pentagon Won’t Say Why Admiral Who Allowed Drag Shows On Navy Ship Was Nominated For Promotion
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Air Force / Air Force Academy
BOOK REVIEW: Strange New World
By Lt Col Eric M. Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 Strange New World: How Thinkers and Activists Redefined Identity and...
The Air Force and the wider DoD are under threat, not only from without, but from within
Portion of remarks given at a private military retirement ceremony in June 2021. For saying this, the Major was issued a...
Army / West Point
LTG Gilland Is DEI At West Point
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 John was the #1 graduate in his class and a 3rd Generation West Pointer. He had 4 combat...
Senators question Air Force Academy superintendent, others about civilian faculty
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette After the Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth called for more service members to...
Navy / Naval Academy
Flying the F-14 Tomcat: Lessons in Leadership and Camaraderie with Navy Commander Dave Baranek
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The Navy Is Offering Some Pilots Nearly $300,000 to Keep Flying in Uniform
Why is the Navy going through such desperate measures to keep their pilots? The Air Force is also resorting to doing this...
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