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General Bishop: My biggest burden that I pray about

By Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board My biggest burden—one I carry every day to...

‘Captain Longo clearly has been abused’: Air Force officer wrongly accused of racism seeks to restore career

By J.M. Phelps | WorldNetDaily A top-performing Air Force officer has been relegated to staying at home after voicing...

After renaming DEI office, VMI board shifts oversight of ‘inclusive excellence’

By Nathaniel Cline | Virginia Mercury As the Virginia Military Institute’s Board of Visitors awaits the state Supreme...

Secretary Hegseth Eliminates One of the Root Causes of ‘Woke’ in the Armed Forces

By streiff (Army veteran) | RedState Secretary of War Pete Hegseth has disbanded a 75-year-old Defense Advisory Committee...

The Army’s 2024 Extremism Policy Can Be Used Today

By Major Chase Spears, PhD, USA ret Poetic justice is defined by Merriam-Webster’s as “an outcome in which vice is punished...

So What Is This ‘Come to Pete’ Meeting, Exactly?

By retired Army Colonel Cynical Publius ( @CynicalPublius) Some really big news in the American military community broke...

Charlie Kirk and the Challenges We’re Facing

STARRS Board of Advisors member Frank Gaffney interviews another STARRS Board of Advisors member, Col. Rob Maness, USAF ret...

SHOCKING: Servicemen Celebrate Charlie Kirk’s Murder

Retired Army Major Dr. Chase Spears confronts the shocking aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, diving into a...

The America We Leave Behind

By Capt. Tom Burbage, USN ret President, Calvert Task Group America is no longer a two-party political system guided by a...

Will Congress Fully Support Actions to End Wokeism in the Military?

By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness CMR Chart Compares Interim Progress on NDAA for 2026 ...

Hegseth Scraps Department of War Committee Promoting Radical Feminism in the Military

By Elizabeth Troutman Mitchell and Bradley Devlin | The Daily Signal The Department of War is discontinuing a committee...

It’s not new that the Left wants you dead

We’ve seen some pretty shocking posts from active duty and retired military people celebrating or saying Charlie...

Matthew Lohmeier featured in USAFA Checkpoints Magazine

The September 2025 issue of the USAFA Association & Foundation’s Checkpoints magazine featured an article on Matt...

I Was Wrong, There IS an Extremism Epidemic in the U.S. Military

By Major Chase Spears, USA ret One of the hard realities of life is making mistakes, of believing things in youth, naivety...

Assassination culture has taken over the left and can no longer be tolerated

By Col. William Connor, USA ret The Citadel, ’90 Member, Citadel Board of Visitors On Sunday, as I write this article, my...

Marine Corps Training—Involuntarily Celibate Men Could Be ‘Insider Threats’ Against Military

By Daniel Bissell | Restoration News Pro-trans contractor who demeans military service led the recent training on...

News5 Reporter Waits 1 Year for Air Force Academy FOIA

Ha! So STARRS is not the only ones turning old waaaiiittttiiinnnggg for responses to our over 60 FOIAs, the majority with...

Lawsuit against West Point reveals what USMA has been doing to eradicate radical leftist DEI ideology

STARRS An article by the Associated Press about a West Point law professor (above) suing the military academy on behalf of...

Army Major: “Why we in the military act so harshly when people celebrate the deaths of innocent Americans”

By @InfantryDort, active duty Army Major on X My fellow Americans. Listen to me. I’ll explain it in a different way...

DEI, Climate Change, Vax-Loving Satanist Air Force Tech Sergeant with a Top Secret Clearance

What the previous DEI-regime in the military hath wrought: An unhinged, disturbing Air Force imagery analyst who hates you...

Houston, we have a Marxist problem in the military

Remember this West Point cadet who had “Communism will win” written inside his hat? And whom West Point knew had...

Army officer, now reinstated over Covid shot stance, recalls journey from ‘threat’ to hero

By J.M. Phelps | American Family News On June 26, 2023, former 1st Lieutenant Mark Bashaw was discharged from the Army...

At War Department, Shaving Waivers Out, Clean-Shaven Faces In

(Pentagon) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth signed a memorandum in August directing the military services to stringently...

Retired 4-Star Air Force General to Resign as Texas A&M President Because of Wokeness

Long story condensed: a Texas A&M student called out a Children’s Literature course where the professor was...

USecAF Lohmeier to Lead Air Force Culture of Fitness Initiative

(Air Force) The Department of the Air Force announced its Culture of Fitness initiative to transform the way Airmen and...

AMC highlights Rapid Global Mobility during USecAF visit

(US Air Force) Under Secretary of the Air Force Matt Lohmeier met with leaders at U.S. Transportation Command and Air...

Conservatives Go To War Against Trump Military Nominee Accused Of Promoting DEI

By Reagan Reese | The Daily Caller News Foundation One of President Donald Trump’s military nominees has drawn conservative...

SecAF Memo re Social Media Conduct

Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink issued this memo regarding conduct by Airmen and Guardians on social media: Airmen and...

At least 8 troops punished for social media comments about Charlie Kirk’s death

By Jeff Schogol, Matt White | Task & Purpose In the wake of Charlie Kirk’s death, at least eight service members have...

Secretary of War Praises K-12 Grade Civics Organization on Constitution Day

(Pentagon) Secretary of War Pete Hegseth today offered praise to a national organization that teaches civics to school...

A Blueprint for Saving Our Country

By Lt. General Tom McInerney, USAF ret, USMA ’59 Maj. General Paul E. Vallely, USA ret, USMA ’61 The...

Lt Gen Bishop nominates Charlie Kirk to be an honorary member of the USAFA AOG

Lt. General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74, is on the Board of Directors of the US Air Force Academy Association of...

Future of America’s service academies

STARRS Board of Advisors member Brigadier General Christopher S. “Mookie” Walker, USAF ret, USAFA ’88, was interviewed...

BOOK REVIEW: Treason or Not, Troubles in the Aftermath

By Lt. Col. Eric Vogel, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS Ambassador “Treason against the United States, shall consist only...

STARRS Town Hall with Guest Speaker Rick Addante: DEI is NOT Dead at the Department of War

At a STARRS Town Hall held on 18 September 2025, Dr. Rick Adante, a former tenured professor, reveals how universities...

Gather Information Regarding Negative Incidents Linked to the COVID-19 Shot, Say Army Flight Surgeon and Former Navy Medical Officer

By J. M. Phelps | Gateway Pundit Service members are urged to report any adverse health events that occurred after the...