Posted on 02/03/2021 4:30:45 PM PST by RoosterRedux
Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III has ordered a DOD-wide stand down to discuss the problem of extremism in the ranks, Pentagon Press Secretary John F. Kirby said today. Austin and Army Gen. Mark A, Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with service civilian leaders and service chiefs to discuss the problem of extremism. Kirby noted that some of the extremists who stormed the U.S. Capitol on January 6 were active duty service members and others were military veterans.
Kirby was quick to say that "the vast majority of men and women who serve in uniform and the military are doing so with honor, integrity and character, and do not espouse the sorts of beliefs that lead to the kind of conduct that can be so detrimental to good order and discipline and in fact is criminal."
Still, Austin said in the meeting with military leaders that while the numbers may be small, they are not as small as anyone would like. "No matter what it is, it is … not an insignificant problem and has to be addressed," Kirby said during a press gaggle in the Pentagon.
The stand down will occur over the next 60 days, Kirby said. This is so "each service, each command and each unit can take the time out to have these needed discussions with the men and women of the force," he said.
There is much that needs to be hammered out including the details of the training that will go along with the stand down and what the secretary and all in the military want to accomplish. The stand down is similar to safety stand downs that units may have, Kirby said.
Austin called extremism in the ranks a leadership issue, and "it's got to be a leadership issue down to the lowest levels, small unit leadership all the way up to him," Kirby said. "So if you consider it a leadership issue, then maybe there will be some potential solutions there to allow us greater visibility."
This is a thorny problem, one that has raised its head in the past. There is a DOD Instruction aimed at this very problem — DODI 1325.06 "Handling Dissident and Protest Activities Among Members of the Armed Forces."
The DOD Instruction expressly prohibits military personnel from actively advocating for and participating in supremacist, extremist or criminal gang doctrine, ideology or causes, Kirby said.
There are questions that need to be answered, like what constitutes extremist activity? What is permissible in looking for extremists in the ranks?
In the meeting today, Austin made it clear that he is still mulling over how he wants to organize the effort to attack the problem from an institutional perspective, the press secretary said.
The secretary may establish a task force to get after the problem or perhaps another way. "He hasn't ruled anything in or out," Kirby said.
Your belief that the vast majority of our active military is conservative is incorrect. 50% might be, but not much more. The majority will always follow orders. This is not the Pre-Obama military.
Some present and some ex service people.....
How many have been accused of storming the capitol?
How many? Six, ten, 20, 500....?
I think I smell BS.
F-book & Twitter will keep anything that can hurt real military patriots.
One can only hope that following Revolution II, we have special things in store for the leftist leaders.
Make that very very special things.
So the SS is going to ‘inspect’ the troops for loyalty to the SS party line and out the ‘thought crimes’ against the SS by kicking them out or sending them to reeducation camp.
The DOD is using the capitol storming as a Reichstag Fire to purge the military of patriots, er, I mean, extremists.
Answer for these Marxist POS will be to embed a political officer in each platoon.
Biden admin may not be Putin’s stooge but sure are indistinguishable from Stalin or Mao regimes.
Why would anyone want to serve in this military, with what is going on? You can be sent to die in NeoCon war not protecting our nation, discharged for offending a snowflake, discharged for not letting fruits feel good about their being fruit, or not being an indoctrinated leftist.
Stand down? Of what?
Will you shoot an American citizen in the course of violating his constitutional right to keep and bear arms? No? You’re an extremist. Here’s your discharge papers.
So what's the problem? They were not advocating supremacist, extremist, or criminal gang doctrine.
Leftist democrats are the extremists.
“It will just anger them further.”
A very wise manager once said about something dumb the company had mandated, “Never give an order that you know will be disobeyed. It diminishes your authority and leads to everything you say to being questioned.”
I know how the employees at General Dynamics reacted to the mandatory “diversity” training. It made us angry and left the impression that the management were idiots. I didn’t try to figure out at the time what unintended negative consequences it had, but the morale went from moderately low to plumb new depths. Everyone I knew hated coming to work and couldn’t wait to leave.
We have a volunteer military. We can’t afford low morale.
And call them Commissars?
Hi.
Methinks Quid pro Joe and the Ho should purge all the Brass, generals/ admirals for you in Rio Linde
Oops, sorry, it was alreafy done by 0bama.
Never mind.
5.56mm
Pretty sure white males have no future in the military so don’t expect any promotions. Our new military leaders will be brave transgender lesbians.
"I swear to God this holy oath that I shall render unconditional obedience to the Leader of the American Left and people, Pedo biden, supreme commander of the armed forces, and that as a brave soldier I shall at all times be prepared to give my life for this oath."
And they point to, what, a handful that may have been arrested for the Capital demonstrations?
= = =
I think they said 2 national guard and 1 in reserves. No active duty.
But, there could be some active duty that have extreme thoughts.
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