DOD Extremist Witch Hunt Halted

Five-Sided Wind Tunnel

Pentagon Watchdog Halts Review of Military Efforts to Root Out Extremism

Military.com | By Steve Beynon

The Pentagon inspector general has scrapped plans to investigate the military’s training for identifying and countering extremism in the ranks — saying the project does not align with President Donald Trump’s executive orders, according to a memo obtained by Military.com.

The watchdog’s directive, issued Feb. 25, abruptly halted an ongoing assessment of how military branches implement counter-extremism training, particularly efforts targeting radical organizations, white nationalist groups and militias such as the Oath Keepers, Proud Boys and the Ku Klux Klan.

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The memo was signed by Brett Mansfield, deputy inspector general for audit, and Michael Roark, deputy inspector general for evaluations. The push to root out extremism was started under Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, who was appointed by President Joe Biden, after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by Trump supporters trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results.

The watchdog office connected the decisions to the larger push by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to eliminate programs, policies and content — including photos and social media posts — that recognize women and troops with minority backgrounds. The Trump administration has banned and censored anything it deems connected to “diversity, equity and inclusion,” or DEI.

Military.com
Odd how BLM, Antifa and assorted organizations like The Socialist Workers Party were never the focus of these efforts. The media bias shines throughout the article as well, par for the course from Military.com.
In other news, military recruitment is on the rise. What was that about causation and correlation again?

Category: Big Pentagon