General announced an investigation last week into theĮffectiveness of Pentagon policies and procedures that prohibited service Biden would soon be their commander in chief and that they were duty The rest of the Joint Chiefs of Staff sent an extraordinary letter to all military personnel, reminding them Identification cards used to enter military installations and the Pentagon. Reports that “people were showing their C.A.C. Reservist who works - with secret clearance - at a naval weapons station. Military ties are Timothy Hale-Cusanelli, another protester at the Capitol, whoįederal agents say is a neo-Nazi and white supremacist he also is an Army Postings from service members, in much the way companies do with their Officials say they are looking into stepping up the monitoring of social media To counter insider threats that was also taken before President Trump’s Kamala Harris will receive additional background checks, a standard procedure The 21,500 Guard personnel who had arrived in Washington by Monday, any who Thousands of National Guard troops arriving to help secure the inauguration. Rioters were seen with Marine Corps flags, Army patches and Special Forces At the rally and later at the Capitol breach, “There was some indication that an unknown number of veterans associated General Milley has listened to analysts, read reports and viewed videos of the Germany and other countries are finding a deep strain embedded in their armed Its ranks marks a new urgency for the Pentagon, which has a history ofĭownplaying the rise of white nationalism and right-wing activism, even as Another person with military service was shot and killed in the Texas, an Army officer from North Carolina and an Army reservist from New They include a retired Air Force lieutenant colonel from People who have been taken into federal custody or the larger number still The Capitol siege, still in its very early stages, has identified at least six suspects with military links out of the more than 100 6, senior leaders of the 2.1 millionĪctive-duty and reserve troops have been grappling with fears that former orĬurrent service members will be found among the horde. Personnel and veterans joined the violent assault on the Capitol. Its ranks as federal investigators seek to determine how many military Here are highlights:Įfforts to identify and combat white supremacy and other far-right extremism in A piece in the New York Times looks at the Pentagon's increased attention to the issue of extremists in the ranks. Particularly troubling in today's climate is the military's poor job in weeding out extremists, a problem not unique to the U.S. Constitution seriously and many actively dislike Trump. Living in an area with a huge military personnel population, I can vouch that most take their oath to the U.S. The leaders at the Pentagon fear that those extremists who Trump emboldened include members of the U.S. The areas of Trump's malfeasance are broad and range from a horrific handling of the Covid-19 pandemic which never included a national plan to the emboldening of domestic terrorists and white supremacist who Trump referred to as "very fine people" after the neo-Nazi and white supremacist invasion of Charlottesville in 2017. Donald Trump leaves office in a day and a half, but he leaves America far worse off than when he took office with much of the nation's diminished condition a direct result of Trump's misdeeds and malfeasance in office.
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