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STARRS and Remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast
The Commander-in-Chief, President Trump, gave remarks at the National Prayer Breakfast (see video below) and said some of...
Latest News on the CRT/DEI/Woke Agenda and the Military
Interview with Maj. General Bentley Rayburn, STARRS Chairman of the Board
A fighter pilot’s logbook tells one story; the culture that shaped the pilot tells the rest. STARRS & Stripes host CDR...
Cultural War Briefing: STARRS Presentation of “American Creed Threatened by Radical Indoctrination”
STARRS leaders Major General Joe Arbuckle, US Army retired, and Colonel Ron Scott, PhD, US Air Force retired, give an...
‘Good Riddance’: War Dept. Cuts Ties with Ivy League ‘Wokesters’
By S.A. McCarthy | Washington Stand The U.S. military is cutting ties with one of the nation’s oldest and most prestigious...
Only Hegseth can save storied Virginia Military Institute from woke state lawmakers
By David Marcus | Fox News Opinion The last time that Virginia Military Institute was nearly destroyed was when Union troops...
Chief of Naval Operations Unveils “Fighting Instructions” at U.S. Naval War College
(US NAVY) The Navy’s 34th Chief of Naval Operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, today released the United States Navy Fighting...
Chairman Pfluger Hosts Secretary of the Air Force at USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting in DC
(Press Release) United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) Board of Visitors (BOV) Chairman August Pfluger (TX-11) convened the...
Leadership Lesson for the Day (How to Defeat your Enemy or Countering Saul Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals)
By Lt. General Michael Flynn, USA ret Former Director, Defense Intelligence Agency In my time studying our enemies, there...
The Left’s Attack On VMI For Lack Of Wokeness Must End
By Col. Bill Conner, Esq., USA ret, The Citadel ’90 Chairman, STARRS Board of Advisors As happened with Joe Biden in 2020...
America Fractured: How the Obama Doctrine Fueled Division — and What Must Be Done
By Col. Jamie Williamson, USA ret | Proud American Studios I spent my career in U.S. Army Special Forces operating in...
War Department Cuts Ties With Harvard University
By C. Todd Lopez | Pentagon News Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today announced the War Department would sever its academic...
Only a Conservative Military is Capable of Defending the United States
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Last month a federal circuit court panel in Washington, D.C. upheld the Department of...
The attacks on Border Patrol and ICE agents copy and expand on the abuse heaped on Vietnam veterans
By John Lucas, USMA ’69 Army Ranger and Special Forces Green Beret Served with the 1st Calvary Division in Vietnam We all...
General Bishop: “Disappointed in how political our country has become”
By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA 1974 STARRS Chairman Emeritus Given the controversy in the USAFA Association of...
The Left will go after the institution that will resist them the least, for the most impact: The Military
By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack Everyone and every institution has a role to play at a particular time and...
Back to Warfighting: The Hegseth Doctrine Takes Shape
By Victoria Manning | Restoration News Peace through strength is back, and DEI is on life support. In just his first year...
DEI’s ‘Divisive Ideology is Still Very Much Present, Just Lying in Wait’ for the Military
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit An insider, possibly a holdover from the Biden administration, might be pressuring...
Secretary Troy Meink announces Air Force Academy superintendent to depart
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs Gazette Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink urged Air Force Academy leaders Thursday to...
USAFA Board of Visitors Meeting Video – February 5, 2026
The US Air Force Academy Board of Visitors held a meeting on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC and via Zoom with USAFA staff at...
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An Insurrection Similar to 2020 We Cannot Lose
By Col. Bill Conner, Esq., USA ret, The Citadel ’90 Chairman, STARRS Board of Advisors In the summer of 2020, nationwide...
VMI cadets fight back as Virginia Democrats threaten to close historic military college
By Preston Mizell | Fox News Cadets at the Virginia Military Institute went to bat for the historic military college after...
Under Secretary of the Air Force visits Indo-Pacific to engage with Airmen, allies
(US Air Force) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier arrived at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam Jan. 24 to kick off...
Vax Reinstatements, Remedies and After-Action Review Update by SecWarP&R Anthony Tata
The Under Secretary of War for Personnel & Readiness, retired Army Brig. General Anthony Tata, USMA ’81, made a...
FOIA Uncovered: DEI and The JAG Agenda
On retired Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate’s podcast, he interviews Mason Weiss, a former JAG Officer. Weiss...
How TikTok’s Algorithm Poisoned the Minds of Young, Liberal Women
Everyone is writing stories trying to figure out why liberal women have become increasingly unhinged lunatics. All seem to...
Courage in the Ranks: Interview with Sam Shoemate
Chase Spears, PhD, a retired Army PAO, interviews retired Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate, creator of Terminal CWO...
How Japan and China’s History Impacts Taiwan
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret STARRS Board of Advisors A thousand years ago, the Mongols of China warred upon Japan. Later...
Why America’s Colleges Are Far More Fragile Than They Appear
ROTC at colleges produce the largest source of military officers. By Greg Salsbury, PhD STARRS Board of Advisors and John...
USecAF Lohmeier visits Osan Air Base
(US Air Force) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matthew Lohmeier visited Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Jan. 30, 2026...
The Reinstatement of Troops Impacted by Tyrannical COVID Policies is Starting to Seem Like a Sham to Many
By J.M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit More than a year ago, on January 27, President Donald Trump enacted an Executive Order to...
DOW threatens ‘extraordinary’ action if Dems put Virginia Military Institute fully under VA control
By Natalia Mittelstadt | Just the News The War Department threatened to take “extraordinary measures” if...
Scouting America ‘on the clock’ to roll back DEI, War Dept says
By Stephen Sorace | Fox News The Department of War is moving to overhaul its partnership with Scouting America, saying the...
How The Military Gave A Homeless Lesbian’s ‘Minority Contracting’ Firm $19 Million
By Luke Rosiak | The Daily Wire Rhonda Valles is an aspiring California musician who once played in a band with her ex...
A Quarter Of ‘Minority Contracting’ Firms Banned After Refusing Anti-Fraud Check
More on the infamous 8(a) Program (as known in the defense industry as “Eskimo Contracts”) that Secretary...
Lloyd Austin’s COVID Tyranny Continues As Shadow Policy at the Department of War
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Among Morton Blackwell’s laws of the public policy process is rule 26: Personnel is...
A nation cannot survive treason from within
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President & CEO Earlier this week, the spouse of a VERY high...
Signs of a Marxist Uprising
‘Made in America’ author Xi Van Fleet and ‘The Invisible Coup’ author Peter Schweizer discuss how Marxist/Maoist political...
BOOK REVIEW | The Truth: Stranger—and More Dangerous—Than Fiction
By Lt. Col. Eric Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS Ambassador and Connecticut State Leader Hey, I’m no f—ing criminal...
USAFA’s New Dean of the Faculty: Col. James Valpiani ’04
(USAFA Press Release) The Department of the Air Force has named Col. James M. Valpiani as the institution’s next Dean of the...
STARRS Releases Town Hall video: ‘The Threat of the Red-Green Axis’
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, January 27, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and...
The Pentagon right to reassess women’s effectiveness in ground combat roles
By Michelle Thibeau, USMA ’14, served in Special Operations Command in Afghanistan and Amber Smith, Former Deputy...
Military intelligence officers warn: Minneapolis is an organized insurgency
By Eric Schwalm, Retired Green Beret (CW4), @Schwalm5132 As a former Special Forces Warrant Officer with multiple rotations...
Virginia Democrats blasted for threatening historic military college VMI with funding threat over DEI concerns
By Preston Mizell | Fox News Virginia Democrats in the state’s House of Delegates introduced a resolution on Tuesday that...
Navy Under Secretary Hung Cao says personnel discharged over vaccine mandate were ‘failed’
By Michael Sinkewicz | Fox News The Department of the Navy issued an apology letter Friday to former military personnel...
Report finds Air Force Academy should improve due process for those facing discipline
By Mary Shinn | Colorado Springs News Gazette The Air Force Academy does not provide consistent access to open hearings or...
Military Deep State and The Price of Speaking Out – With Brig Gen Chris Sage
On retired Army intelligence officer Sam Shoemate’s new podcast, he interviews Brigadier General Chris Sage, a...
Standing in Honor Against Tyranny
Retired Army Major PAO Dr. Chase Spears welcomes Air Force Reserve Major Kim Bitter, a 20-year veteran flight nurse...
DOW: 365 Days of Peace Through Strength
The Department of War has made an impressive multimedia webpage of the significant activities and accomplishments of the...
Dept of War 2026 National Defense Strategy
The Department of War has released its 2026 National Defense Strategy (pdf) From the opening memo from SecWar Hegseth: For...
Why the US Army must focus on winning the first battle of the next war
By Secretary of the U.S. Army Daniel P. Driscoll Cold, calculating, and ruthless adversaries do not hesitate. Hot, searing...
How The Biden Admin Tried To Keep The VA Woke After It Left Town
By Virginia Kruta | The Daily Wire In the last year of the Biden administration, the Department of Veterans Affairs...
Grokipedia profiles STARRS Chairman Bentley Rayburn
STARRS received a email news alert that Elon Musk’s Grokipedia had made a page entry on our new STARRS Chairman, Maj...
Close Woke War Colleges?
CEO of gCaptain John Konrad posted on X, “How many times do I have to submit the request to close the Naval Woke...
MacArthur Society Commanders Call: The Classic Learning Test and West Point
The MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates held their monthly Commanders Call with guest speakers Jeremy Tate, the...
USMA Board of Visitors Meeting Feb 23, 2026 in Washington, DC
From the Federal Register: The USMA Board of Visitors will hold an in-person meeting on Monday, February 23, 2026 from 9 am...
STARRS Announces New Appointments to the Board of Directors and Advisory Board
COLORADO SPRINGS, CO, UNITED STATES, January 22, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — STARRS (Stand Together Against Racism and...
It was just yesterday…
By Commander Salamander | CDR Salamander Substack Over at WSJ, recent Midrats Podcast guest and former Congressman Mike...
The Democrats’ Coup 2.0 Agenda Demands Accountability
By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret I think, in many ways, the uniformed military may help save us from this president.” –...
Our Service Academies Are Infected With Marxism
L. Todd Wood, USAFA ’86, sits down with retired US Army Major Chase Spears on Marxism in the service academies and the...
Air Force Blocks Retirement of Exemplary Officer and Discharges Her Over Lawful Objections to Vaccines
Pagans in the Military Chapels
A Salute to Military Wives
Athletics Exception To Merit-Based Admissions Should Be Removed
Bad News and Good News for Taiwan
Lester Gabriel interviewed on Voices of Freedom
Should the Military Mandate Vaccines?
VMI targeted by Virginia’s new radical leftist government
Paganism Must Be Rooted Out of the Military
Fired Professor Exposes DEI Fraud
DoD Restoring America’s Fighting Force Task Force (RAFF-TF) – Initial Report to the Secretary of Defense
SecWar removes the oldest DEI program in the federal government—the 8(a) program
Fighting resistance and undermining from inside the Pentagon
Pentagon vows to reform military newspaper Stars and Stripes, remove ‘woke distractions’
TYPICAL: Mamdani appoints “avowed socialist” as Chief DEI Officer for New York City
Chairman Pfluger Welcomes Senate Wingmen to the U.S. Air Force Academy Board of Visitors
“Feminization Equals Wokeness”
How DEI Caused a Military Recruitment Crisis
Make ‘Star Trek real’. Hegseth vows military AI without woke constraint
Sen. Mark Kelly Sues Pete Hegseth Over Military Rank Demotion Due To Viral ‘Illegal Orders’ Video
STARRS Podcasts
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...
Journey to Chief: Rod McKinley on Military Service, Standards, Families and Leadership Values
STARRS & Stripes host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, interviews STARRS Board of Directors member Rodney McKinley, who served as...
What it’s REALLY like living in a Communist country under Marxist ideology
A voice that lived through Marxism can strip away illusions in seconds. STARRS & Stripes host Commander Al Palmer, USN...
Upholding the Warrior Ethos in the Military: Interview with MOH Recipient Drew Dix
STARRS & Stripes host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret interviews retired Army Special Forces Major Drew Dix, Medal of Honor...
Interview with Author Rebecca Friedrichs on the Far Left Control of our Schools
Dr. Ron Scott, Col, USAF (Ret), STARRS Board of Directors Vice Chairman, interviews Rebecca Friedrichs, author of Standing...
Reviving Warfighter Culture by Removing Divisive DEI – With Brig. General Chris Petty, USA ret
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, interviews STARRS Board of Directors member retired...
Are the Motivations to Serve Missing in Today’s Military? A Conversation with Three Leaders
STARRS & Stripes Host CDR Al Palmer, USN ret, was joined by the presidents of three veterans organizations who are...
Shifts in Military Culture: Insights from Lt General Rod Bishop
Is the U.S. military compromising its unity and readiness for the sake of progressive ideologies? Join STARRS & Stripes...
Exposing DEI: Understanding the Strategy Behind Institutional Indoctrination
A lot of important, eye-opening information in STARRS July Town Hall with guest speaker Dr. Stanley Ridgley, a former Army...
Interview with LTC Darin Gaub (USA, Ret) Of Restore Liberty
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with LTC (USA, Ret) Darin Gaub, the executive director of Restore-Liberty.org.
Cognitive Diversity and Constitutional Values in Today’s Military: A Conversation with Navy Veterans from the Calvert Task Group
STARRS & Stripes host Commander Al Palmer, USN ret, leads a thought-provoking discussion that challenges current...
STARRS Town Hall | The Military’s Leftwing Ideological Resistance: Fighting Back Against the Military Reforms of the President and SecDef
STARRS held its quarterly Town Hall meeting on 9 April 2025 with special guest speakers Sam Shoemate, a retired Army...
Interview with Scott McQuarrie and Larry Purdy: Raced-based admissions in military service academies
On this STARRS podcast, STARRS President Ron Scott speaks with lawyers Scott McQuarrie, USMA 1972, and Larry Purdy, USNA...
From Flying F-4s to Fighting DEI: A Veteran’s Journey to Restore Military Values
STARRS & Stripes podcast host Al Palmer and guest Ron Olds, two veteran F-4 Phantom pilots during the Vietnam War...
The Amazing Military Aviation Life of F-4 Wild Weasel Al Palmer
His Army Air Corps grandfather received his pilot license in 1906 from Orville Wright and knew aviation legends like Charles...
Interview With Adam Coleman
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with author, columnist Adam Coleman on problems in society. Coleman is the author of Black Victim To...
Tribute to the Leadership and Legacy of Warfighter General Robert F. Titus, “Earthquake”
What makes a military leader truly exceptional? Brigadier General Robert F. Titus, known as “Earthquake,”...
The Hoax of Critical Race Theory: Interview with Dr. Wilfred Reilly
STARRS Ron Scott talks with Dr. Wilfred Reilly about the hoax of Critical Race Theory. See his books: BOOK REVIEW: Hate...
Woke Policies are Destroying the Military from the Inside Out
STARRS recently held a Joint Town Hall with the MacArthur Society of West Point Graduates and the Calvert Task Group. The...
Interview With Dr. Carol Swain
Dr. Ron Scott interviews Dr. Carol Swain. Dr. Swain is a former tenured professor of political science at both Princeton...
Interview with Dr. John Hughes
Dr. Ron Scott speaks with West Point graduate Dr. John Hughes on ethical leadership. Open Letter To 61st Superintendent Of...
The Constitution Comes First: How Our Military Legal System Lost Its Way – Judge Bruce Tucker Smith
On this episode of STARRS & Stripes, host Al Palmer talks with Judge Bruce Tucker Smith, a 21-year veteran JAG officer...
Left-Wing Brainwashing in the Military and Academia with Dr. Stanley Ridgley and Dr. Ron Scott
This important episode of STARRS & Stripes looks at the radical and dangerous left-wing ideological influences and...
Preserving Military Excellence through Leadership and Unity with Tom Burbage and Bruce Davey of the Calvert Task Group
Join STARRS & Stripes podcast with host CDR Al Palmer, US Navy ret, for an inspiring conversation with leaders of the...
Interview with Matthew Lohmeier
Air Force Academy graduate and former US Space Force Lt Col Matthew Lohmeier was relieved of his squadron command for...
US NAVY IN EXTREMIS! Facing China’s Growing Maritime Threat with Capt. Brent Ramsey, USN ret.
America faces a maritime crisis that few citizens recognize but that threatens our national security at its core. In this...
STARRS Town Hall: “The Threat of the Red-Green Axis” with speaker John Guandolo
In this powerful and eye-opening STARRS Town Hall, guest speaker John Guandolo (USNA ’89 grad, former Marine officer...
Interview with Author Jason Hill, PhD on CRT
“Intellectuals” podcast host Dr. Ron Scott speaks with Dr. Jason D. Hill, PhD., DePaul University Philosophy Professor, one...
Mike Rose: Fighting for Justice and Integrity in the Military and Service Academies
In this episode of STARRS & Stripes, prepare to engage with a riveting conversation on the intricate landscape of...
Interview with Kendall Qualls
Intellectuals Host Ron Scott talks with Kendall Qualls about the problems facing the republic. “We will be victorious...
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
White Males Need Not Apply, USAF Ditched Merit for Diversity
By Dave Patterson, retired U.S. Air Force Pilot with over 180 combat missions in Vietnam Former Principal Deputy Under...
PAPER: Should We Play Politics with the Nation’s Defense?
Read a new research paper entitled, Should We Play Politics with the Nation’s Defense? The Supreme Court’s...
Army / West Point
West Point Selectively Censors Information in Violation of Federal Law
By Tony Lentini, ’71 Military.com recently carried a story on a West Point cadet facing charges for sexual harassment...
Testimony – Scott McQuarrie
Testimony from member of the Military Readiness and Merit Coalition, Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 and President of...
Navy / Naval Academy
Keeping the Oath to the Constitution
On the Rob Maness Show and guest US Navy Commander Robert Green, author of Defending The Constitution: Behind Enemy Lines:...
US Naval Academy on Trial for Unconstitutional Use of Race in Admissions (Part 2 of 3): The Witnesses
By Capt. Charles “Cully” Stimson, US Navy JAG Corps, ret Can the U.S. Naval Academy continue to use race and ethnicity in...
Service Academy Admissions Examining Eliminating Standardized Test Scores
Naval Academy Postpones Lecture Featuring NYU Professor Who Called Trump An ‘Authoritarian’
Calvert Task Group Announces the Upcoming Publication of ‘Don’t Give Up the Ship’
All midshipmen at U.S. Naval Academy to receive ‘diversity’ re-education from a ‘walking safe space’
CG/Coast Guard Academy
GAO Report: Clarifying Guidance Would Enhance Effectiveness of Honor and Conduct Systems
Jim Banks To Grill Military Academy Heads On Race-Based Admissions
American universities are rebranding DEI departments instead of eliminating them, study finds
Congressmen Demand Answers From Coast Guard About DEI Trainings
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Veterans write to Milley to protest ‘woke’ political agenda
STARRS President Ron Scott interviewed on Voice of Freedom
Cultural Marxism and Non-Kinetic Warfare
Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier speaks out against Cultural Marxism
Jerry Boykin and Joseph Arbuckle Discuss the Impending NDAA
Secure America Now Releases Woke Warfare: A Documentary on DEI’s Threat to Our Military
STARRS Leadership Talks Service Academy Vax Mandates
Military targets Alaska-based Airmen with radical ‘woke’ diversity trainings
3-Star Rod Bishop on Integrity First: Air Force Academy Religious Purge
Keys To Rebuild a Civilization with Kendall Qualls
STARRS Press Releases (click here for all)
STARRS Announces Presentation to Inform Citizens After Lawmakers Encourage Service Members to Refuse Orders
STARRS Selects New Chairman of the Board of Directors: Major General Bentley Rayburn, USAF ret
STARRS Announces New Documentary on Matt Lohmeier ‘Call Sign Courage’
STARRS Board Vice Chairman, Maj. General Joe Arbuckle (Ret.), Appears on Truth & Liberty Show
Statement from STARRS on the Passing of Charlie Kirk
Former STARRS Leader Matt Lohmeier Voted By Senate As Under Secretary of Air Force
STARRS Announces Release of Letter to POTUS