Defense secretary will order military-wide stand down to address extremism

[Whiskey_Bravo]

Not really sure what a military wide stand down entails but sounds like the "vetting" of NG in DC was only the begging. Hope everyone in the military is ready for political officers.



https://www.stripes.com/news/us/defe...emism-1.660899

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will direct a military-wide stand down to address extremism within the ranks he told top military leaders in a meeting Wednesday, according to his top spokesman.

[Honu]

including the creation of a new position within the department's inspector general’s office — the deputy inspector general for diversity and inclusion and supremacist, extremism and criminal gang activity. Congress also charged the inspector general with establishing a “mechanism to track and report” extremist or gang activity in the military.

Despite the attention that military-linked individuals have received for participating in the Capitol riot, Pentagon leaders still don’t have much sense of how many of its force hold extremist views.

And I thought we were supposed to learn from history as to not repeat ! Guess the left is doing it to repeat and get away with it this time

Socialists are the same under our gov as they were in WWII it seems

[OH58D]

That "stand-down" will amount to thousands of Army Captains giving a pre-authorized, scripted speech and power point to the Company instead of a normal duty day. It was the same in the past regarding regarding sexual assault "stand-down" speeches and female soldiers.

Lloyd Austin is going to catch a lot of lip on this, but he's been part of that system for a while. I had a chance to see that D.C. Cabal up close and personal when I was assigned for a period of time to Fort Meade, and temporary duty at the Pentagon. Once an Army Officer reaches Lieutenant Colonel on up, and you're in that environment, you're in-the-loop for after retirement big money jobs as advisors, heads of think tanks, and other organizations. I saw it. It was a good-ol-boy clique and network. After Lloyd Austin retired, he joined the board of Raytheon, a government contractor who's products I am familiar with and used. This is nothing new. To Austin's defense, he rose to 4-Star General and did well as a Black Man in the US. He's not stupid, and he figured out how to play the game and win.

[SomeOtherGuy]

The purges will continue until "real communism" is victorious!

That "stand-down" will amount to thousands of Army Captains giving a pre-authorized, scripted speech and power point to the Company instead of a normal duty day. It was the same in the past regarding regarding sexual assault "stand-down" speeches and female soldiers.

I hope you're right. And given you have about a million times more Army experience than I do, you probably are. But it's still troubling given the current political situation.

[Wake27]

The purges will continue until "real communism" is victorious!



I hope you're right. And given you have about a million times more Army experience than I do, you probably are. But it's still troubling given the current political situation.

That’s exactly what it’ll be, though you seem relieved by it. What were you thinking it was?


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[FromMyColdDeadHand]

You got to give it to the left. They don’t **** around. Using the National Guard as a praetorian guard and prop at the coronation. The whole equity versus equality sham. For decades they’ve been pushing the “right wing extremism“ even as all the damage was done by leftist organizations. And now they’re going to purge the military Soviet style. Trump never had the balls to do any of the this stuff.

This is the kind of stuff you can do when the fix is in with the media. When you can call a mostly peaceful demonstration that gets out of hand like the dozens of times the left has done all over the country and in DC, and get away with calling it a “insurrection“.

[Averageman]

The Big guy looks intimidated, kind of shocked.
Well after all it is a white guy with a gun...
In Camouflage.

If the big guy has to shut down the shop and have a "Stand-Down" to talk to you about being an "Extremist" is he the guy for the job? I ask because clearly there is an issue of trust here.
The Military is a microcosm of the United States and a little bit of almost everybody is in the mix, generally for such a diverse group we worked well together, dont mess with the mix.

[ABNAK]

Of course this applies to ALL forms of "extremism", like being BLM or Antifa supporters too, right?

Right??????

[Circle_10]

Well if they start throwing people out of the army for political reasons I’m sure having a bunch of resentful dudes with military training, a score to settle, and “extremist” leanings won’t come back to haunt them at all.

Of course that could also play right into the “plan”. Unlike all the jokes about Trump and his “4D chess”, I actually do think the Left is quite skilled at strategizing and playing the long game from multiple angles.

[pag23]

I need to read some Russian history and see how this parallels to what is going on in the U.S.