Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA ret (on the STARRS Board of Directors and formerly its Vice Chairman for many years) and STARRS President & CEO Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret gave our signature presentation, “The American Creed Threatened by Radical Indoctrination” yesterday, April 7, 2026, at the Center for American Values in Pueblo, Colorado.
Medal of Honor Recipient Drew Dix, who is on the STARRS Board of Advisors, leads this organization.
Arbuckle and Scott gave this presentation to the audience at the Center and around the country via livestream on STARRS YouTube and X account.
The American Creed presentation traces historical and contemporary ideological threats, documents their impact on U.S. institutions—especially the military—and outlines practical actions citizens can take to protect and renew America’s founding principles.
What if the greatest threat to American freedom isn’t a foreign army, but the quiet capture of our culture, schools, military, media, and government by a radical ideology that divides us by race, erodes merit, and rewrites our shared history?
General Arbuckle and Colonel Scott pulled back the curtain on how that happened—and how we can reclaim the principles that made America the freest, most prosperous nation on earth.
Drawing on decades of service, original research, FOIA investigations, congressional engagement, and first-hand case files, they traced today’s culture war from its roots in Marxist critical theory and the Frankfurt School to its modern deployment through DEI, CRT, and weaponized language.
They broke down how these ideas migrated through universities, teacher unions, media, and Big Government—then penetrated the U.S. military, undermining cohesion, readiness, recruiting, and trust.
But this is not just a warning—it’s a plan of action. The STARRS American Creed presentation shows real victories against politicization, exposes the costs of “equity” over excellence, and presents a practical roadmap for parents, veterans, educators, faith leaders, and citizens to push back—lawfully, effectively, and locally—by rebuilding unity around America’s founding promise: e pluribus unum.
If you would like STARRS to give this presentation to your organization, let us know.
Watch the presentation that was livestreamed (starts at the 23:24 mark):
April 2026 Presentation file (pdf)
More about the Center for American Values, which is led by a STARRS Board of Advisors member, Medal of Honor Recipient Drew Dix:
About the Speakers
Maj. General Joe Arbuckle, USA (Ret.) graduated from college in 1968, and entered the Army in 1969 as a private. Following training as a combat engineer, he was later commissioned upon graduating from Engineer Officer Candidate School in 1970. Having volunteered for duty as an Infantry Officer, he served a year in Vietnam on Advisory Team 22, embedded with the South Vietnamese Army. He has commanded at every rank from Lieutenant to Major General, specializing in the missile field. During later years, he served in various capacities as an Army strategist and became an industrial base expert, playing a major role in the DoD “Revolution in Military Logistics” campaign. He was inducted into the Army OCS, Engineer, Ordnance and AMC Halls of Fame. General Arbuckle retired after 32 years of commissioned and enlisted service. He serves on the STARRS Board of Directors and previously was its Vice Chairman for many years. Read Full Bio
STARRS President & CEO Col Ron Scott, PhD, USAF (Ret.) is a 1973 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy. He has over 30 years of leadership experience in the Air Force, including command at all levels from flight to wing, senior policy positions at a major command and at the Pentagon, combat as a command pilot with flight time in the OV-10, F-4E, and C-130E/H, and overseas assignments in Europe, Asia, and Southwest Asia. Ron has a master’s in psychology from the University of Northern Colorado and a PhD from Arizona State University. Read Full Bio
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