Nash first came to our attention when he was photographed participating in Patriot Fronts drilling session before their December 2021 flash march in Washington DC. We were quickly able to confirm his ID through photos of him at his workplace and elsewhere
We were also able to confirm Nash has participated in WW2 reenactments with the Ninth reenactment society, which portrays the 9th SS Panzer Division “hohenstaufen”
The 9th reenactment societies portrayal of SS soldiers is extremely problematic. On their website they claim that not all Nazis were bad people and that they were trying to defend their culture from “Bolshevism” which is a well known antisemitic dogwhistle
While the ninth reenactment society tries to excuse dressing up as Nazis by claiming they are non political and not an extremist group, there is nothing non political about cosplaying as the worlds most infamous extremist group
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Riley was an intern at the government defense contractor known as Mantech. He participated in several high profile cybersecurity competitions
In October 2021 Riley participated in a hike/sparring event in Michigan, where members of the group left stickers in their wake. Later that evening members burned LGBt pride flags over an open fire