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
As a former Drill Sgt. none of it (extremism} has any place in the military. On my watch it was rooted out rather quickly and everyone soon figured out that they were all colored green. That was along time ago however.
Gunny Hartman-style, perhaps?
If you stop looking for witches they will come out on their own, if there are any.
Ye, least we forget that Task Force 1, was set up under Trump. The wonderful thing about that is that whenever Trump did something that the left liked they didn’t report on it. So now that he is getting rid of it he can continue to blame Biden for it and few are the wiser.
What do you have when there’s a meeting of Oath Keepers, Proud Boys, and Ku Kluxers? A whole lot of Fan Belt Inspectors.
I’m only 85 y/o, where do we sign up!
The Pentagon has gotta be one bitch of a building to find your way around?
Trust me. It truly is. The numbering system is, let’s just say, interesting.
There are left wing whackos in the army. There are right wing whackos in the army. There’s a chain of command and (largely) clearly defined standards of conduct. Let leaders lead at their echelon. This is too easy.
Folk discharged for not getting the COVID shot not rushing to rejoin:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/marines-soldiers-discharged-refusing-covid-194204088.html
I think that ship has sailed for a lot of those people. Too little too late. The few I know simply moved on.
In my over 37 years total service, I absolutely saw some racism and some punk-asses. All sizes, shapes, races, colors, genders and religions. While I did see some individuals that needed an ass whoopin, I never saw any extremist movements. Personally, I never saw any. However, it’s not like that kind of BS is on public display, for ALL to see! I do not believe that extremism is as rampant in the U.S. Military, as some would have us believe.