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Biden Is Building A Military Based On DEI And Wokeness — We Need Merit And Preparedness
By Will Thibeau, Army veteran | The Daily Caller News Foundation The military is rightly understood as an apolitical...
Veterans Speak Out Against Military’s DEI Advisory Group
By J.M. Phelps | Epoch Times Veteran advocates are speaking out against a group of civilian leaders that provides the...
Our Time To Choose: The Institution or The Constitution
On the Rob Maness Show, interview with Commander Rob Green and Vice Admiral William “Dean” Lee, USCG ret: Description: The...
Where is the Warrior Ethos?
By Col. Michael J. Martini, USAF In the earlier part of my 23-year Air Force journey there was an emphasis on the Warrior...
DACODAI Public Meeting: 2-3 May 2024
The SECDEF’s senior DEI advisory committee (DACODAI) will be holding a public meeting at the beginning of May in...
Congressman Demands Pentagon Hand Over Stats That Could Debunk COVID-19 Vax Argument
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana demanded the Pentagon give updated data on...
Pentagon Won’t Respond To New Research Casting Doubt On Studies Supporting Military’s DEI Push
By Micaela Burrow | The Daily Caller News Foundation The Pentagon failed to respond to questions about a peer-reviewed...
Gender and Resilience Wargame hosted at NATO HQ
What?? At first this looked like a headline from the Babylon Bee, but no, it’s actually from NATO, yikes. Oh the days...
Short Takes, Part 1
News and articles too short for a post or a bit out of our military lane: In a DOD news article interview with the Director...
Stop Debating on the Left’s Terms!
By Christopher Skeet, former US Marine | PJ Media Whoever controls the language of the debate controls the debate...
Flag Officers 4 America Summary of Letters
They warned and predicted all that’s happened. From Flag Officers 4 America, retired U.S. Generals and Admirals...
Around the Naval Academy
The U.S. Naval Academy hosted all the Supes at the annual Conference of Service Academy Superintendents (COSAS) with tours...
30-Year Naval Academy Teacher Details Depth Of DEI Rot In America’s Military Institutions
By Shawn Fleetwood | The Federalist It’s no secret the Biden administration has “reimagined” the U.S. military into a left...
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Pete Hegseth’s ‘The War on Warriors’ examines how the military was ‘manipulated into going woke’ by the left
Pete Hegseth’s latest book, “The War on Warriors,” was a passion project for the Fox News host who says the Army...
Analyzing the Decline: How ‘Woke’ Trend is Taking Military Recruitment to Historic Lows
A political scientist is blaming the unprecedented shortage in military recruitment in the government’s decision to turn...
New Book–“Earthquake”: Brig. Gen. Robert Titus, Fighter Pilot
Bill Scott, former Bureau Chief for Aviation Week, has written a new book about Air Force fighter pilot Brigadier General...
STARRS President Ron Scott interviewed on Voice of Freedom
STARRS President Ron Scott was interviewed on the Lee Elci – The Voice of Freedom radio show, 94.9 talk radio in Connecticut...
The Playbook and its Players
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 Leader Quality Matters Who would continue DEI training/indoctrination when the majority of the...
Who Will Lead?
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit If we fail to reverse our present course, our...
An insider explains what has gone disastrously wrong with Boeing
By Chris Rufo | City Journal Boeing is—or was—a great company. From its manufacturing plants in Seattle, it produced the...
NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It
(Daily Signal) What has happened to America? How did it become a land where teachers tell students they may have been born...
Truth and Myths About The Vietnam War
The Atlanta Vietnam Veterans Business Association Foundation is proud to present a new 47-minute documentary film, entitled...
House Republicans urges Secretary of Defense to Address Left-Wing Extremism in the Military
(Press Release) Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting...
The Elite 1 Percent Behind the Cultural Civil War: The State is god
“Rasmussen’s identification of the elite 1 percent begins to explain the depth of the tension between most Americans...
Pentagon Used Debunked McKinsey Studies To Justify DEI In The Military
By Spencer Lindquist | Daily Wire The Department of Defense leaned on debunked McKinsey and Company studies touting the...
The Failure of DEI in the U.S. Military
By Gary Beatty, Vietnam War Veteran The United States of America, as a political entity, came into existence in 1787. For...
New Study Shows McKinsey’s Studies Promoting DEI Profitability Were Garbage
Yet the Navy used it as justification for DEI in their Task Force One report By Tristan Justice | The Federalist...
Correcting The Air Force Academy’s Accountability And Transparency Problems
By Scott Sturman, USAFA ’72 Who in the profession of arms possess the requisite courage to storm the beaches of...
Open Letter to Flag Officer Classmates
By Col. Ron Scott, PhD, USAF ret, USAFA ’73 STARRS President and CEO Dear Esteemed Flag Officer Classmates, I hope...
If ‘Diversity Is Our Strength,’ Why Is Our Military So Weak?
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors Our military is in trouble. Chronic...
Oppenheimer and The Manchurian Candidate
By Capt. Tom Burbage, US Navy ret, USNA ’69 Hollywood is often a great escape from the realities of life. Sometimes...
Military chaplains appeal to Supreme Court over COVID-19 policies that forced out religious objectors
A group of military chaplains is urging the Supreme Court to stop the Department of Defense from enforcing policies that it...
STARRS Announces Appointment of New Board of Advisors Member Dr. Lani Kass
Stand Together Against Racism and Radicalism in the Services, Inc. (STARRS) announced today that Dr. Lani Kass has been...
Senator continues to demand answers on DOD abortion policy usage
(Press Release) The Biden administration has stated that the abortion travel regulations would have a significant effect on...
VMI’s Elephant in the Room
Many of the experiences of cadets at USAFA (as seen in this recent post “USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and...
Everything is Wonderful at West Point
By pyrene, a USMA grad On 11 March 2024, the Superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY sent a...
What exactly are “Army Values?”
By Capt. Gene Thomas Gomulka, US Navy ret In 1992, while serving as the Deputy Chaplain of the U.S. Marine Corps, I was...
USAFA Cadet: “I came here to be mentally and physically challenged, not be constantly told “I’m the victim”
Recent post on Service Academy Forum by a USAFA Cadet: “Disclaimer: This might not represent the views of the Cadet...
VMI Board of Visitors struggles with politics and free speech
The importance of attending Board of Visitors meetings: By Cody Bartmann and The Cadet staff | The VMI Cadet The Cadet...
Army Seeking Retirees To Come Back To Work Amid Manpower Crisis
Desperately calling up retirees again. If you go back in, stand up against DEI, what do you have to lose? You already had...
‘Unfit to Fight’: DEI Called Detrimental to Armed Forces, but ‘Prevalent Throughout Military Culture’
By Noah Slater | The Daily Signal Policies pushing diversity, equity, and inclusion are pervasive throughout the U.S...
Navy Leadership Failures
By Capt. Brent Ramsey, US Navy ret STARRS Board of Advisors In recent years, there have been incidents, accidents, and...
Will DEI End America—or America end DEI?
By Victor Davis Hanson | American Greatness At the nexus of most of America’s current crises, the...
I Will Not Fight for DEI
By J.B. Shurk | American Thinker Would you be willing to fight and die for multiculturalism? Would you put your life on...
Additional Material Worth Sharing with the DACODAI Committee
By Lt General Rod Bishop, USAF ret, USAFA ’74 STARRS Chairman of the Board General Lyles, once again there has been a...
USMA Supe briefs Class Leaders re Mission Statement Change – “Build[ing]” Diversity Creeps into the Mission Statement
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness & Merit USMA’s Supe briefed class leaders on 3/19...
To combat bullying and extremism, Air Force Academy turns to social media sleuthing
By Will Carless | USA Today After years of internal and external alarms that the military isn’t doing enough to address...
Leadership Standards and Accountability: The United States Naval Academy
This letter by a 1970 Naval Academy graduate, who was in the nuclear power industry, was written in November 2021 and...
Answers to Questions re Service Academy Admissions and a Change to the Mission Statement
By Scott McQuarrie, USMA ’72 President, Veterans for Fairness and Merit A USNA grad emailed some perceptive questions...
USAFA Cadet at Genderbread Person Training: “Why aren’t we learning about China instead?”
STARRS heard there was a mandatory lecture at the US Air Force Academy that all cadets had to attend, given by two PHD...
Why the DoD Should Drop DEI and Affirm Meritocracy in the Military
By Elaine Donnelly President, Center for Military Readiness STARRS Board of Advisors For more than 30 years, mostly civilian...
‘Dear Boss’ Letter Decries Air Force’s Lack of True Leadership
A letter from 2017. Probably a good thing he got out before these same toxic leaders pushed an untested vax on their people...
West Point removing the words Duty Honor Country from mission statement
By John T. Reed, USMA ’68 Seriously? The words “Duty Honor Country” were on the cover of Time once. Why? it was the...
Open Letters
Air Force / Air Force Academy
Senate Confirms Charles Q. Brown As Chairman Of The Joint Chiefs Of Staff After Schumer Brings Vote
By Arjun Singh, The Daily Caller News Foundation The Senate confirmed Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. as the chairman of the...
Why Are Air Force Commanders Violating the 1st Amendment?
Air Force Colonel Rob Maness (ret) talks with Lt Gen Rod Bishop, USAF retired and Mike Rose, Attorney, Academy graduates who...
Army / West Point
West Point Professor writes Leftist, anti-military book disparaging WW2 Vets
By John Hughes, MD, USMA ’96 Elizabeth H. Samet has been an English professor at the United States Military Academy since...
Combat Veteran Dr. John Hughes: Coming Home To War
Information Operations podcast host Host L Todd Wood (USAFA grad) speaks with AFP contributor Dr. John Hughes, West Point...
Navy / Naval Academy
Navy Secretary Touts Ships as ‘Beacons’ for ‘Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’
The Navy Secretary touted its ships as “beacons in every port of call” for “diversity, equity, and inclusion,” in a message...
Letter to Congress re Navy’s Transgender Policy
The Secretary of the Navy issued a policy instruction memo entitled Service of Transgender Sailors and Marines dated 23 June...
US Navy Used Drag Queen Influencer To Attract A ‘Wide Range’ Of New Troops As Recruitment Plummets
Navy Lifts Deployment Restrictions on Sailors Not Vaccinated Against COVID-19
The U.S. Navy’s Personnel Crisis Is Only Getting Worse
Are the Military Services Prepared for Race-Neutral Admissions? Part II
CG/Coast Guard Academy
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Jettisons Unvaccinated Cadets
Retired vice admiral speaks out for Coast Guard members in ongoing vaccine mandate lawsuit
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Jettisons Unvaccinated Cadets
U.S. Rep Greg Steube Secures U.S. Coast Guard Guarantee to Readmit Wrongfully Disenrolled, Unvaccinated Cadets
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STARRS MG Arbuckle on military current events
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Current World Events as Backdrop, Reminds Americans and Former Senior Military Officers of Purpose of STARRS
STARRS Explains the Impact of America’s Red-Green Axis During the Current News Cycle
American Citizens Should Support the NDAA
STARRS Releases Position Paper on DOD Transgender Policies
STARRS Reacts to USAA‘s Expanding DEI Role