New Year’s Day attacks by US service members highlight threat, says Bishop Garrison who led DoD investigation

Summary

Bishop Garrison, a former Pentagon official who led a 2021 investigation into military extremism, warns that recent New Year’s Day attacks by military personnel highlight the ongoing threat of radicalization and distress in the armed forces.

Despite a report recommending counter-extremism measures, its policies were never implemented, facing backlash from right-wing figures, including Trump’s defense secretary nominee, Pete Hegseth.

As Hegseth aims to dismantle counter-extremism programs, Garrison stresses the risks of neglecting the issue, citing cultural and mental health challenges within the military.

  • BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works
    143·
    11 hours ago

    I mean. Okay. But you wrote that knowing that very few people reading it would know what MARSOC, DMRs, “being 0317”, GWOT, ODAs, POGs (let alone the POGest of POGs), FOBs, SOF/F mean. And, plot twist, it was all an excerpt?

    What are you on about, man?

      • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
        21·
        1 hour ago

        You’re out of your mind if you think anyone reading this cares enough to find, copy, and paste each term to decipher them. Or that it’s easier than writing out each term in a non-military community.

          • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
            21·
            45 minutes ago

            Uh… Non-existent?

            I was attached to ZARGFLAX early on when they were forming the groups and recruiting from Raiders and Force Recon. I was usually attached when they needed to dork light for BXBs. Being 8675 gave me a lot of job opportunities in the early PLUKB.

            And that’s only your first 5!

            • horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world
              11·
              32 minutes ago

              Sure, So I was attached to a military unit that worked with other military units. I would float between different units.

              See how no understanding of these acronyms is necessary for the above statement? This is what we call context clues.

              • Empricorn@feddit.nlEnglish
                11·
                11 minutes ago

                Your condescension is not needed. I was simply pointing out that this is not a military community, no one knows what those terms mean. Yes, I know what context is, my example is showing that context does not help.