BREAKING: @SecDef issues memo to senior @DeptofDefense leadership on #extremism in the ranks
Orders immediately:
-new definition "extremism" for uniformed personnel
-training for soon-to-be veterans who could be recruitment targets
-standardized screening for military recruits
Orders immediately:
-new definition "extremism" for uniformed personnel
-training for soon-to-be veterans who could be recruitment targets
-standardized screening for military recruits
MORE: @SecDef says @DeptofDefense will commission a study on " extremist behavior within our Total Force...to include gaining greater fidelity on the scope of the problem"
MORE: @DeptofDefense Counter Extremism Working Group (CEWG) will also look at:
-whether to amend the Uniformed Code of Military Justice
-how to better support insider threat programs
-examine ways to screen social media/public data for the vetting processes
-education/training
-whether to amend the Uniformed Code of Military Justice
-how to better support insider threat programs
-examine ways to screen social media/public data for the vetting processes
-education/training
NEW: Screening questionnaires for new recruits will solicit information on previous or current extremist behavior, per @PentagonPresSec
Those answers could provide the basis for removing recruits for joining under fraudulent pretenses
Those answers could provide the basis for removing recruits for joining under fraudulent pretenses
Change in questionnaires aimed at "giving us the flexibility to hold someone accountable for answering questions falsely", per @PentagonPresSec
All US military services completed the stand down to examine extremism w/some exceptions for @USNationalGuard and reserve units which requested additional time, per @PentagonPresSec
"The force wants better guidance, the men & women want better guidance on what extremist activity is" @PentagonPresSec says of what service secretaries shared w/@SecDef Lloyd Austin
There us "a hunger for more information & context", he says
There us "a hunger for more information & context", he says
"The vast majority are serving w/honor & dignity & upholding the oath ... that certainly came back to the secretary" per @PentagonPresSec
"Though the numbers [of service members engaged in extremist activity] are probably small, there is a corrosive effect"
"Though the numbers [of service members engaged in extremist activity] are probably small, there is a corrosive effect"
"More needs to be done to educate [soon to be veterans] about who & what are waiting for them on the other side" per @PentagonPresSec re ex-military members being recruited by extremist groups
"We know it's happening" per @PentagonPresSec on recruitment by extremist groups
"These groups, many of them, are seeking the kind of skills, the kinds of leadership that our men and women exude"
"These groups, many of them, are seeking the kind of skills, the kinds of leadership that our men and women exude"
"Many of these people like living in the shadows" @PentagonPresSec says of extremists who may also be members of the military
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