Posted on Feb 6, 2022
Marines investigate San Diego reservist's alleged ties to white nationalist group
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A San Diego-based Marine Corps reservist is under investigation by the Marines after membership interviews with a white supremacist hate group were leaked by activists and highlighted in a subsequent Southern Poverty Law Center report on the high percentage of applicants who claimed military ties.
In its report, the SPLC found that 1 in 5 applicants to Patriot Front claimed to be either on active duty or veterans of the military. It highlighted one applicant who said he was a San Diego-based Marine veteran.
Local activists noted that Cpl. Victor Krvaric, 21, has the same biographical details — such as age, job titles and family background — as the anonymous applicant cited in the SPLC report. Krvaric is a son of Tony Krvaric, former chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party.
San Diego activists affiliated with “The Activated Podcast” were the first to point to Krvaric as possibly being the unnamed person in the SPLC report. In a detailed Twitter thread Wednesday, the podcast pointed to the similarities between Krvaric and the applicant, who is named in the leaked chats as “Interviewee 441515.”
In its report, the SPLC found that 1 in 5 applicants to Patriot Front claimed to be either on active duty or veterans of the military. It highlighted one applicant who said he was a San Diego-based Marine veteran.
Local activists noted that Cpl. Victor Krvaric, 21, has the same biographical details — such as age, job titles and family background — as the anonymous applicant cited in the SPLC report. Krvaric is a son of Tony Krvaric, former chairman of the San Diego County Republican Party.
San Diego activists affiliated with “The Activated Podcast” were the first to point to Krvaric as possibly being the unnamed person in the SPLC report. In a detailed Twitter thread Wednesday, the podcast pointed to the similarities between Krvaric and the applicant, who is named in the leaked chats as “Interviewee 441515.”
Marines investigate San Diego reservist's alleged ties to white nationalist group
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..."A Marine Corps Reserve spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that the service is investigating whether Krvaric is the interviewee in the leaked communications.
“The Marine Corps investigates when a command receives information that a service member may be involved in active participation with an extremist organization or extremist activity,” Lt. Col. Craig Thomas, a spokesperson for the Marine Forces Reserve, said in a statement. “There is no place for extremism in the Marine Corps. Our strength is derived from the individual excellence of every Marine regardless of background. Bigotry and racial extremism run contrary to our core values.”
Military members are prohibited from participating in extremist organizations, and the Pentagon has increased efforts to root out extremism in its ranks after veterans and active-duty service members took part in the the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Krvaric did not respond Tuesday to a text message sent to a number associated with him. When a San Diego Union-Tribune reporter called Wednesday morning, a young man answered, refused to identify himself and hung up.
Krvaric joined the Marines in July 2018 and is assigned to the Selected Marine Corps Reserve as a light-armored-vehicle Marine. He’s assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, the Marines said.
According to the SPLC, Patriot Front was founded after breaking off from neo-Nazi group Vanguard America in the wake of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. Its founder, Thomas Rousseau, led Vanguard America members at the rally.
A man photographed holding a Vanguard America shield, James Fields Jr., went on to drive his car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, killing one. In 2019, Fields was convicted of murder and federal hate crimes and sentenced to life in prison. The group denied Fields was a member."...
..."A Marine Corps Reserve spokesperson confirmed Wednesday that the service is investigating whether Krvaric is the interviewee in the leaked communications.
“The Marine Corps investigates when a command receives information that a service member may be involved in active participation with an extremist organization or extremist activity,” Lt. Col. Craig Thomas, a spokesperson for the Marine Forces Reserve, said in a statement. “There is no place for extremism in the Marine Corps. Our strength is derived from the individual excellence of every Marine regardless of background. Bigotry and racial extremism run contrary to our core values.”
Military members are prohibited from participating in extremist organizations, and the Pentagon has increased efforts to root out extremism in its ranks after veterans and active-duty service members took part in the the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Krvaric did not respond Tuesday to a text message sent to a number associated with him. When a San Diego Union-Tribune reporter called Wednesday morning, a young man answered, refused to identify himself and hung up.
Krvaric joined the Marines in July 2018 and is assigned to the Selected Marine Corps Reserve as a light-armored-vehicle Marine. He’s assigned to the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion at Camp Pendleton, the Marines said.
According to the SPLC, Patriot Front was founded after breaking off from neo-Nazi group Vanguard America in the wake of the deadly 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Va. Its founder, Thomas Rousseau, led Vanguard America members at the rally.
A man photographed holding a Vanguard America shield, James Fields Jr., went on to drive his car into a crowd of anti-racist protesters, killing one. In 2019, Fields was convicted of murder and federal hate crimes and sentenced to life in prison. The group denied Fields was a member."...
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