{"id":1473678,"date":"2024-06-27T00:20:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-27T04:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1473678"},"modified":"2024-06-27T00:20:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-27T04:20:00","slug":"us-army-revises-standards-on-prohibited-extremist-activity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/us-army-revises-standards-on-prohibited-extremist-activity\/1473678\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army Revises Standards On Prohibited Extremist Activity"},"content":{"rendered":"

US Army Revises Standards On Prohibited Extremist Activity<\/span><\/p>\n

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Authored by Ryan Morgan via The Epoch Times<\/a> (emphasis ours),<\/em><\/p>\n

The U.S. Army issued new, more specific guidance on Wednesday to address extremism within its ranks and ensure disciplinary action against those who engage with or promote extremist views.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Secretary of the Army, Hon. Christine Wormuth, visits U.S. soldiers in Guam on July 25, 2023. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. David Resnick)<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth signed off on a pair of memos, published on June 26, that refine how the service will handle protests and extremist or gang activity within the ranks, and report suspected prohibited behavior. One memo a directive for \u201cHandling Protest, Extremist, and Criminal Gang Activities<\/a>\u201c and the other is a directive for \u201dReporting Prohibited Activities<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The memo on Handling Protest, Extremist, and Criminal Gang Activities states that prohibited activity within the Army can include distributing extremist materials online. This new Army memo reinforces a policy approach articulated by the U.S. Department of Defense in a November 2021 memo<\/a>, which states that \u201can action taken to replicate content from one online location to another\u201d can qualify as distributing extremist content online. The new Army memo now states the prohibited online distribution of extremist activity can include liking, sharing, and \u201cre-tweeting\u201d said content.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cMilitary personnel are responsible for the content they publish on all personal and public internet domains, including social media platforms, blogs, websites, and applications,\u201d the memo states.<\/p>\n

The Army\u2019s existing policy<\/a>, updated in July of 2020, had previously said prohibited online conduct could include \u201chazing, bullying, harassment, discriminatory harassment, stalking, retaliation, or any other types of misconduct that undermines dignity and respect\u201d but was less specific about online extremist activity, stating only that \u201cmilitary personnel must reject participation in extremist organizations and associated cyber activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new memo on Handling Protest, Extremist, and Criminal Gang Activities also states soldiers who \u201cknowingly\u201d display paraphernalia, words, or symbols in support of extremist activity, including on flags, clothing, tattoos, and bumper stickers\u2014whether on or off a military installation\u2014can run afoul of the Army\u2019s prohibitions on extremist behavior.<\/p>\n

The new memo does not provide an exhaustive list of what paraphernalia, words, or symbols may meet their definition of extremist material but does offer a definition of views and activities the Army includes in its definition of extremism:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Advocating or engaging in the use of unlawful force or other illegal means to deprive individuals of their rights under the U.S. Constitution or in any states, territories or political subdivisions thereof.
\n\tAdvocating or engaging in unlawful force to achieve goals that are political, religious, discriminatory, or otherwise ideological in nature.
\n\tAdvocating, engaging in, or supporting terrorism.
\n\tAdvocating, engaging in, or supporting the overthrow of the federal government, or state, territory, and local governments using force, violence, or unconstitutional or other unlawful means.
\n\tAdvocating or encouraging military, civilian, or contractor personnel within the [Department of Defense] DOD or U.S. Coast Guard to violate laws or disobey lawful orders.
\n\tAdvocating widespread unlawful discrimination based on race, color, national origin, religion, sex (including pregnancy), gender identity, or sexual orientation.<\/p>\n

The memo states that Army commands have several options for recourse against soldiers promoting those views. They include legal action under the military justice system, known as the uniformed code of military justice. Commands may also choose adverse administrative actions against soldiers alleged to have violated these prohibitions on extremist activity, including involuntary separating of soldiers, reassigning soldiers, revoking their security clearances, barring soldiers from continued service, or \u201cother administrative or disciplinary action deemed appropriate by the commander, based on the specific facts and circumstances of the particular case.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Second Memo<\/h2>\n

The second memo, regarding how military officials should report suspected prohibited activity, seeks to establish a process for reporting suspicious activity to the DOD Deputy Inspector General (DIG) for Diversity and Inclusion and Extremism in the Military.<\/p>\n

Appropriate Army authorities who receive an allegation that a soldier engaged in a prohibited activity must notify the soldier\u2019s commander or another appropriate authority and the appropriate Army inspector general within 30 calendar days if that soldier is in the active component and within 60 calendar days if that soldier is in the Army\u2019s reserve component. The Army inspector generals must then forward information they receive along to the DOD Deputy Inspector General for Diversity and Inclusion and Extremism in the Military within another 15 calendar days of receiving said notification.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Commanders are also instructed that they must ensure that a soldier\u2019s permanent record in the Army Military Human Resource Record (AMHRR) is annotated if that soldier has received a court-martial conviction, nonjudicial punishment, or general officer\u2019s memorandum of reprimand for actively participating in extremist activities.<\/p>\n

The reporting memo instructs Army commanders to periodically remind soldiers to avoid engaging in extremist activity.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The memo also advises Army commanders that they should consider command-directed mental health evaluations and financial counseling sessions for soldiers showing signs of potential involvement in extremist activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span>
\nWed, 06\/26\/2024 – 20:20<\/span><\/p>\n

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