Posted on 05/15/2021 8:48:38 PM PDT by Jet Jaguar
A commander of a U.S. Space Force unit tasked with detecting ballistic missile launches has been fired for comments made during a podcast promoting his new book, which claims Marxist ideologies are becoming prevalent in the United States military.
Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier, commander of 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, was relieved from his post Friday by Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of Space Operations Command, over a loss of confidence in his ability to lead, Military.com has exclusively learned.
"This decision was based on public comments made by Lt. Col. Lohmeier in a recent podcast," a Space Force spokesperson said in an email. "Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a Command Directed Investigation on whether these comments constituted prohibited partisan political activity."
Lohmeier's temporary assignment in the wake of his removal was not immediately clear.
Earlier this month, Lohmeier, a former instructor and fighter pilot who transferred into the Space Force, self-published a book titled "Irresistible Revolution: Marxism's Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military."
"Irresistible Revolution is a timely and bold contribution from an active-duty Space Force lieutenant colonel who sees the impact of a neo-Marxist agenda at the ground level within our armed forces," a description of the book reads.
Lohmeier sat down last week with L. Todd Wood of the podcast "Information Operation," hosted by Creative Destruction, or CD, Media, to promote the book. He spoke about U.S. institutions, including universities, media and federal agencies including the military, that he said are increasingly adopting leftist practices. These practices -- such as diversity and inclusion training -- are the systemic cause for the divisive climate across America today, he said.
From his perspective as a commander, Lohmeier said he didn't seek to criticize any particular senior leader or publicly
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All this while Republicans are being purged out of the military under the commie leadership of Austin...
it’s coming...
Bullshit. If his book was pro BLM nothing would have happened. The current military is mostly led by traitors!!!
only in America, can you get relieved of duty for calling out your sworn enemy...
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Real white supremacy, thy name is Marx. The Klan at it’s worst would have loved to have him as a leader if he lived during their heyday.
CNN often has many from the military preaching Marxism so much for prohibited partisan political agenda.
This was at the height of the Cold War and quite a few Americans were sincerely worried about communist infiltration of our Constitutional government, including the military services.
I have no statistics on which to back it up, but suspect that a good fraction of today’s soldiers have not a clue as to what made this country great. All they know is what they were taught in government skools.
LTC Lohmeier wouldn’t be in trouble had he been teaching the benefits of critical race theory to gain promotion. That’s non-partisan, isn’t it?
Let’s see, just how many segments of American society are now under at least partial control by the left? (I would start a list but that might detract from the immediate problem, which is protecting our Constitutional rights to free speech, a free press and free assembly. You don’t abrogate those rights when you join the military— or when a different administration is sworn into office.)
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