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How DOD missed its opportunity to counter extremism in the ranks
In this op-ed, the author argues that organized efforts to address extremism in the military should be revitalized.
By Samantha Olson
Marine vet pleads guilty to weapons charge in neo-Nazi power grid plot
The man joined the Marine Corps with the intention of gaining experience and training to benefit his neo-Nazi group.
Congress considers ‘very severe rollback’ of military’s DEI programs
Dozens of human rights and veterans organizations urged Congress to strike 22 anti-DEI proposals from the 2024 defense appropriations bill.
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A ‘lethal threat’: why the far right sees more scrutiny than the left
Security officials and scholars across the political spectrum agree that far-right movements vice left have caused most recent domestic political violence.
Veterans asked to step up after ‘mass resignation’ of poll workers
Threats of violence against election workers led to their exodus following the 2020 election.
Recruiters skipped steps to screen out extremist enlistees, IG says
The watchdog found that recruiters completed the screening steps inconsistently, sometimes skipping required tattoo reviews and fingerprint checks.
Former Army reservist found guilty in Jan. 6 riot
A former Army reservist described by prosecutors as a Nazi sympathizer was convicted Friday of storming the U.S. Capitol.
2 neo-Nazi group members, including US Army veteran, sentenced to prison
FBI agents arrested former Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews, U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr. and a third member of a group called The Base four days before a pro-gun rally in Virginia in January 2020.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press
Judge to sentence neo-Nazi group members, including US Army veteran, under terrorism law
Prosecutors said Canadian Armed Forces reservist Patrik Jordan Mathews and U.S. Army veteran Brian Mark Lemley Jr. planned to carry out a massacre inspired by their white supremacist ideology.
By Michael Kunzelman, The Associated Press