U.S. Army leaders rallied around a soldier featured in a recruitment video clip that Sen. Ted Cruz mocked as representative of an “emasculated military.”
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It has already been established that some military veterans participated in the riots at the Capitol, but the extent of any active-duty involvement has not been established. Sen. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq war veteran, on Monday wrote to the Defense Department requesting that its criminal investigative organizations cooperate with the FBI and the U.S. Capitol Police in investigating whether current and retired members of the armed forces were part of a “seditious conspiracy” against the government.
The Joint Chiefs memo did not allude directly to the question of military involvement.
“We witnessed actions inside the Capitol building that were inconsistent with the rule of law,” the memo said. The rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection.
Army suspends battalion command team in South Korea amid racism investigation December 13, 2020 Distinctive Unit Insignia for the 602nd Aviation Support Battalion, 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade. The unit is based at Camp Humphreys, South Korea. (U.S. Army) The Army has temporarily relieved a South Korea-based battalion commander and his command sergeant major pending the outcome of command and criminal investigations into “allegations of racism, bigotry and discrimination in one of our formations,” according to a statement published to Eighth Army’s social media channels from its commander, Army Lt. Gen. Willard Burleson III.
A Message from the Commanding General of Eighth Army: This week, Eighth Army received allegations of racism, bigotry.Posted by Eighth Army-Korea on Saturday, December 12, 2020