Posted on Oct 28, 2022
The Pentagon and the VA Need to Do More to Battle Veteran Extremism, Congressional Report Finds
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Major Takeaways:
> "empirical evidence suggests that individuals with military backgrounds have become increasingly involved with violent extremist plots and attacks in recent years."
> data shows veterans were overrepresented in all domestic terror plots and attacks since 2015, as well as the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
> the number of veterans who join these groups is small, when they do, it gives "groups an air of credibility, aids in further recruitment, and has a force-multiplier effect."
Questions:
1. Do we think these Veterans have these behaviors prior to joining the military or become this way after joining and leaving the military?
2. Do we believe this spotlights Veterans in general in a bad light to employers and other organizations?
> "empirical evidence suggests that individuals with military backgrounds have become increasingly involved with violent extremist plots and attacks in recent years."
> data shows veterans were overrepresented in all domestic terror plots and attacks since 2015, as well as the Jan. 6 U.S. Capitol riot.
> the number of veterans who join these groups is small, when they do, it gives "groups an air of credibility, aids in further recruitment, and has a force-multiplier effect."
Questions:
1. Do we think these Veterans have these behaviors prior to joining the military or become this way after joining and leaving the military?
2. Do we believe this spotlights Veterans in general in a bad light to employers and other organizations?
The Pentagon and the VA Need to Do More to Battle Veteran Extremism, Congressional Report Finds
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Veterans Affairs (VA)
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There are 17 Democrats and 13 Republicans on this committee. The report itself stated "Based on these findings, Majority Staff of the Committee...." Clearly, the majority were Democrats. I find it a sham and far reaching by the Democrats.
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I'm just curious where the authors of this article got their information.
"We identified nine publicly reported incidents involving active and former military members from several branches of the military who have been charged with criminal offenses related to participation in or advocacy of violent extremist or supremacist groups and ideologies since January 2020."
Released 12 May 2022
https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/article/3028919/evaluation-of-department-of-defense-efforts-to-address-ideological-extremism-wi/
"In 2020, 6.4 percent of all domestic terrorist attacks and plots were committed by one or more active-duty or reserve military personnel. This marked an increase from 1.5 percent in 2019 and none in 2018. In 2021, the percentage of U.S. terrorist incidents committed by active-duty or reserve service members decreased slightly to 5.2 percent."
https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-pentagons-progress-countering-extremism-military
"We identified nine publicly reported incidents involving active and former military members from several branches of the military who have been charged with criminal offenses related to participation in or advocacy of violent extremist or supremacist groups and ideologies since January 2020."
Released 12 May 2022
https://www.dodig.mil/reports.html/article/3028919/evaluation-of-department-of-defense-efforts-to-address-ideological-extremism-wi/
"In 2020, 6.4 percent of all domestic terrorist attacks and plots were committed by one or more active-duty or reserve military personnel. This marked an increase from 1.5 percent in 2019 and none in 2018. In 2021, the percentage of U.S. terrorist incidents committed by active-duty or reserve service members decreased slightly to 5.2 percent."
https://www.csis.org/analysis/assessing-pentagons-progress-countering-extremism-military
Evaluation of Department of Defense Efforts to Address Ideological Extremism Within the Ar
Publicly Released: May 12, 2022The objective of this evaluation was to determine the extent to which the DoD and the Military Services have implemented policy and procedures that prohibit active
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