US Military Is Trying to Weed Out Extremists, and Special Ops Vets Say All Units Have Some ‘More Fringe’ Members
by Insider 18 hours ago
US Military Is Trying to Weed Out Extremists, and Special Ops Vets Say All Units Have Some ‘More Fringe’ Members
In the days after the January 6 attack on the Capitol, the U.S. military woke up to the fact that it had an extremism problem.
As the FBI and Justice Department began to hunt for those responsible for the events of that day, it became increasingly evident that many of the rioters were members of the military or veterans.
The Pentagon was so concerned about the spread of extremism within its ranks that it ordered a “stand down,” directing commanders to sit down with their troops and talk about extremism.
Soon thereafter, President Joe Biden declared domestic extremism a national security threat and issued a strategy for combatting it.
The overwhelming majority of conventional and special-operations troops oppose radicals within their ranks, but those radicals do exist.
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