On Friday evening, 17 February 2025, President Trump announced that STARRS Executive Vice President Matthew Lohmeier will be the next Under Secretary of the Air Force.
On X, Matt said, “Thank you, Mr. President! I’m grateful for your trust, and am very much looking forward to continuing my service to our great men and women in uniform. To all men and women with a desire to serve your country in uniform, come join us now! We want the best, brightest, and strongest of you at this critical juncture in American history.”
Thank you, Mr. President! I’m grateful for your trust, and am very much looking forward to continuing my service to our great men and women in uniform.
To all men and women with a desire to serve your country in uniform, come join us now! We want the best, brightest, and… pic.twitter.com/fan8fqvOEL
— Matt Lohmeier 🇺🇸 (@matthewlohmeier) January 18, 2025
Among the many thousands of excited, congratulatory comments to his post:
“When the stakes are high, when you must win, when it’s a no-fail mission, when it’s a critical juncture in history, you send in the best, and Matt certainly is the best of the best. Congratulations to Matt! Making the Military Great Again, 2025!”
Later, the day before his inauguration, President Trump also posted this on his Truth Social account:
STARRS Chairman Lt General Rod Bishop (USAF ret) said the day of the President’s announcement, “GREAT news for our Air Force and GREAT news for Matt and his family! A much better job to go into for his future, than just one that is solely focused on the CRT/DEI eradication effort. That said, we know STARRS will have one great ally in our new Under Secretary of the Air Force! Congratulations to STARRS’ Executive VP!”
In October 2024, Matt was at a military town hall in North Carolina where he was able to ask President Trump to remove divisive DEI from the military. More on that:
At NC Town Hall, Matt Lohmeier asks President Trump to remove divisive DEI from the military
From our Officers page:
STARRS Executive Vice President
Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier, USAF/USSF (former) is a military veteran, political and cultural thought leader, and author of the bestselling book Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military. For the past year and a half, he has been working with independent film producers on a feature-length documentary on the book and what happened to him that should come out in early 2025.
His book Irresistible Revolution was published in May 2021, at which time Matt was a respected active-duty commander in the newly formed US Space Force. The book’s primary aim was to invite senior military leaders to abandon the divisive politicization of the military workplace and to educate all members of the armed forces. For publishing and speaking about his book, then-Lieutenant Colonel Lohmeier was relieved of his command and subjected to an Inspector General investigation launched from the Pentagon.
He subsequently joined the nation’s biggest media personalities to discuss the proliferation of Marxist-rooted Critical Race Theory (CRT) in the military and its divisive impact on our military. His watershed work shaped the nation’s dialogue about the United States military. Matt separated from active duty on September 1, 2021. Since then, he has been an outspoken critic of the discriminatory practices of the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) industry and is a public speaker and consultant on Marxist ideology and tactics, CRT, military culture, and the principles of liberty.
A 2006 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy, Matt began his active-duty military career as a fighter pilot, flying over 1,200 hours in the T-38 as an instructor pilot followed by flying the F-15C. After flying, he cross-trained into space operations and worked in space-based missile warning. Matt promoted two years below-the-zone to lieutenant colonel, graduated at the top of his classes earning him the distinguished graduate (DG) award at four different Air Force schools, and served as aide-de-camp for a four-star general for one year. In October 2020, he transferred into the United States Space Force and was placed in command of our nation’s space-based missile warning.
Matt has two master’s degrees—a master’s in military operational art and science, and a Master of Philosophy in military strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies (SAASS). https://matthewlohmeier.com/about/
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