{"id":158966,"date":"2024-07-17T09:05:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=158966"},"modified":"2024-07-16T15:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T19:34:30","slug":"army-antiterrorism-training-included-anti-abortion-groups-as-among-the-extremist-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=158966","title":{"rendered":"Army antiterrorism training included anti-abortion groups as among the extremist groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-158967\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?resize=300%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?resize=333%2C333&amp;ssl=1 333w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Protesting-with-pool-noodles-20240322-A.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Soldiers receiving training for gate guard saw a slide show presentation related to terrorism. Among the groups listed as extremists were both left and right groups that should not have been listed. One of those groups were antiabortion groups. Republicans took issue with the inclusion of the antiabortion groups and sent a letter to the Army.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>From Military.com:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;We urge the Army to immediately issue a correction to all service members who received this briefing, to implement rules to ensure officials do not make similar claims in the Army&#8217;s name in the future, and to discipline those individuals responsible for spreading such false and divisive claims,&#8221; they added.<\/p>\n<p>Another group of more than 80 Republicans in the House and Senate, led by Sen. Ted Budd and Rep. Rich Hudson, both of North Carolina, also sent a letter to Wormuth on Friday, calling the slideshow&#8217;s inclusion of anti-abortion groups &#8220;despicable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Asked about the letters, an Army spokesperson declined to comment, telling Military.com that &#8220;as with all congressional correspondence, we will respond directly to the authors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At issue is a presentation that was given to troops in charge of gate security at Fort Liberty last week on terrorism awareness. One of the slides was about anti-abortion groups and specifically identified two organizations, National Right to Life and Operation Rescue, and included a picture of a &#8220;choose life&#8221; license plate that abortion opponents in several states can get.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Additional Reading:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kheel, R. (2024, July 15). Top Republicans fume after botched army terrorism briefing named anti-abortion groups. <em>Military.com<\/em>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.military.com\/daily-news\/2024\/07\/15\/botched-army-terrorism-briefing-cited-anti-abortion-groups-sparks-congressional-inquiry.html\">Link<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers receiving training for gate guard saw a slide show presentation related to terrorism. Among the groups listed as extremists were both left and right groups that should not have been listed. One of those groups were antiabortion groups. 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