Pentagon Orders ‘Stand-Down’ to Address Extremism in the Ranks

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Pentagon Orders ‘Stand-Down’ to Address Extremism in the Ranks

The order from Secretary of Defense Austin comes as the military struggles with what it knows about troops who have extremist ideologies – and to make up for what it doesn’t.

By Paul D. Shinkman, Senior Writer, National Security Feb. 3, 2021, at 5:16 p.m.

Defense Secretary Llyod Austin on Wednesday ordered a military-wide "stand down" to address the kind of extremism within the ranks that was thrust into the public view on Jan. 6 when supporters of President Donald Trump – including some active-duty war veterans – forcefully stormed the U.S. Capitol.

The dearth of details about the stand-down highlights the apparent lack of understanding overall on the issue of extremism among military leaders. Pentagon spokesman John Kirby on Wednesday afternoon told reporters that commanders would have 60 days to schedule events for "needed discussions" about extremism.

Kirby did not say what specific information, if any, Austin hoped to glean from the events. They come at a time the military itself is struggling to understand the extent to which those who may have extremist views serve, or what "extremism" itself may mean – whether belonging to a racist or violent ideological group such as the Proud Boys, having been recruited by a foreign terrorist organization or merely believing the widespread and debunked conspiracy theories like those espoused by the QAnon movement.

Austin, the first Black secretary of defense, during his confirmation hearing this month highlighted the threat and its effect on the military's ability to protect Americans from foreign foes.

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https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2021-02-03/pentagon-orders-stand-down-to-address-extremism-in-the-ranks

[Smokin Joe]

"racist"
"violent"
"debunked"


Can we play pejorative bingo?

[LegalAmerican]

"racist"
"violent"
"debunked"


Can we play pejorative bingo?

I agree.  Just this statement below,  alone , is not correct and a huge lie!  It was ANTIFA/BLM...some TOLD TO DRESS UP WITH MAGA gear.  NOTHING ON PATRIOTS.  ALL ANTIFA/BLM..created the mess.  'insurrection', not any TRUMP VOTER.
We have the ad, for ANTIFA/BLM to do this.  $35.00 dollar an hour and told to wear MAGA gear.  We also have video of some congress men and capitol police OPENING DOORS TO ANTIFA/BLM.  NO STORMING BY PATRIOTS. NOTHING FORCEFUL.  SICK OF ANY MEDIA.  No TRUMP SUPPORTER WAS VIOLENT OR STORMING.  IDIOTS.  WE ALSO HAVE TRAITORS IN MILITARY. 

We do not receive ANY correct information anymore. MEDIA IS OWNED BY COMMUNISTS.
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 on Jan. 6 when supporters of President Donald Trump – including some active-duty war veterans – forcefully stormed the U.S. Capitol.=ARTICLE

[LegalAmerican]

Still pushing the WRONG....REPEATED,  NARRATIVE. 

NO TRUMP SUPPORTER DID THIS.  ALL ON ANTIFA/ BLM.   For fun on Rumble. He says on rumble, Flynn relative given a general star. He thinks, biden is not in control of military.

https://rumble.com/vdjiej-biden-has-totally-lost-control-more-epstein-news-newsmax-exposed.html

[christian]

Stand down to extremism, to be remedied by loyalty oaths to Biden and democrat party.  Same crap Hitler pulled to rule as a tyrant.  The riots were a manipulation crisis to grab powers the democrats had no fight to procure.

[rangerrebew]

Anyone who has read Mein Kampf and Rise and Fall of the Third Reich is well aware of the similarities between America today and Germany at the rise of Hitler.  Both were countries known to be rich in the arts, with hard working, loyal citizens.  That is until the S.A. starting the barbarism of the culture.  The S.A. was very much like Antifa/BLM of today whose thuggery became the political arm of Hitler.  The propaganda form is almost straight out Mein Kampf then and today.  The parallels are amazing.

[rangerrebew]

 Exclusive: Navy CNO On Rooting Out Extremists

"We have a responsibility to educate those that are leaving the service that they are going to be recruited by these people, and they need to be aware that they're going to have people reach out via email or social media" Adm. Mike Gilday says.
By   Paul McLeary on February 05, 2021 at 2:19 PM
 

WASHINGTON: Following Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s order to military leaders to identify and confront hate groups operating within the ranks, the Navy’s top admiral says he’s focused on not only rooting out extremists, but finding ways to keep them from joining in the first place.

“We absolutely have to understand those within our ranks that are involved in those organized activities, as well as take further actions to stem the accession of people that belong to those kinds of groups,” he told Breaking Defense in his first comments on Austin’s new marching orders, which include a 60-day stand-down to discuss the issue across the services.

The issue of neo-Nazi, far-right and other racist hate groups working and recruiting inside the military has increasingly alarmed the Pentagon, backed by a Military Times poll last year in which one in three active-duty service members who responded reporting they have “personally witnessed examples of white nationalism or ideological-driven racism within the ranks in recent months,” an increase from the previous year’s survey.

https://breakingdefense.com/2021/02/exclusive-navy-cno-on-rooting-out-extremists/

[rangerrebew]

Military personnel who have been part of patriotic groups such as the black panthers, LaRaza, BLM, Antifa, Occupy Wall Street are not subject to discharge.

[sneakypete]

The issue of neo-Nazi, far-right and other racist hate groups working and recruiting inside the military has increasingly alarmed the Pentagon, backed by a Military Times poll last year in which one in three active-duty service members who responded reporting they have “personally witnessed examples of white nationalism or ideological-driven racism within the ranks in recent months,” an increase from the previous year’s survey.

Somebody get back with me when the go after black hate groups in the military. They have been active since the mid-60's,and it got to the point where all a black soldier had to do to avoid combat in VN was to declare he was a Black Panther who identified with his oppressed Asian brothers. Once he did that,the next time he would leave the safety of base camp was when he was being flown back to the US.

BTW,it NEEDS to be said right now in plain language that this sort of thing was NOT something the typical black soldier did,and that probably 99 percent of the time the black and white soldiers in infantry units were like brothers. I am NOT exaggerating this,either. My first Recon Team Sgt,and the man that taught me the basics I needed to know to run recon and live was a black Sergeant First Class.

SEEMS like all the "Black Power" blacks of the time were from big city slums and of the professional welfare classes.

[sneakypete]

Austin, the first Black secretary of defense, during his confirmation hearing this month highlighted the threat and its effect on the military's ability to protect Americans from foreign foes.

I am going to go out on a limb here,and guess that EVERY "extremist group" they find will be composed entirely of white people. Even if there are blacks mixed in with the whites,they will be invisible to the Pentagram.

They will also be groups who are supportive of right-wing pro-American policies.

The politicians MUST destroy our military as well as the military organizations in every nation on Earth except for China in order rule the world as a leftist police state. They will all want China to disband their military also,but that just ain't gonna happen.


This MUST happen for globalist to thrive.

[rangerrebew]

I wonder if they will apply the same scrutiny to the officer corps?

[sneakypete]

I wonder if they will apply the same scrutiny to the officer corps?

@rangerrebew

Maybe the junior officers,but not the field grade ones. The left has already spent too much money and time installing them in prominent positions to shake THAT cage.

[Fishrrman]

Title:
"Exclusive: Navy CNO On Rooting Out Extremists"

The goal:
A force that is totally compliant and obedient to their [soon-to-be] communist masters, from seaman to admiral...

[sneakypete]

Title:
"Exclusive: Navy CNO On Rooting Out Extremists"

The goal:
A force that is totally compliant and obedient to their [soon-to-be] communist masters, from seaman to admiral...

@Fishrrman

You just can't have a proper dictatorship without an obedient military.

[christian]

When it comes to the military,the democrats view the military very much like the Nazi's, the military must be totally subservient to the political ruling class,dictator.  As the democrats are now subjecting the military to, political loyalty scrutiny.