Twelve National Guardsmen, including two who had made “inappropriate” comments online or in text messages, have been removed from inauguration duty in Washington, D.C., military officials said.
National Guard Chief Army Gen. Daniel Hokanson in a press conference with Pentagon spokesperson Jonathan Hoffman on Tuesday confirmed that 12 National Guardsmen have been removed from duty “out of an abundance of caution” after being flagged during a vetting process of the more than 25,000 troops in the nation’s capital to provide protection for Wednesday’s inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.
.@KenCuccinelli says DC @MayorBowser requested crew-served machine guns be included in the National Guard's arsenal to protect the capital. Cuccinelli says she was told no – that weapons like that have no place in securing a civilian event.
— John Roberts (@johnrobertsFox) January 19, 2021
The two Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., who made inappropriate comments are being sent home, he said, one of which was identified through the chain of command and the other through “anonymous reporting.”
The other 10, he said, were flagged due to questionable behavior.
“I am not concerned as a large part of our organization,” he said. “If you look at 25,000, we’ve had 12 identified and some of those they are just looking into, it maybe unrelated to this, but we want to make sure out of an abundance of caution, as I stated earlier, that we do the right thing until that gets cleared up.”
Hoffman explained the military is not taking any chances and if anyone’s name is flagged during the vetting process, they will be removed.
“Much of the information is unrelated to the events taking place at the Capitol or to the concerns that many people have noted on extremism,” he said.
The criteria for which a member will be flagged is determined by the FBI, which is conducting the vetting process, Hoffman said, adding that they are not inquiring as to the reason for the raised flag and an investigation will be conducted later.
“We’re not asking questions right now, we’re not asking questions right now of people who were flagged,” he said.
The vetting process is being conducted as some 25,000 National Guardsmen have been deployed to the nation’s capital to provide support to local and federal law enforcement following a siege on the Capitol building on Jan. 6 and the arrests of former and active military personnel on charges of having participated in the attack that resulted in the deaths of five people, including a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.
Hoffman said that those being removed from duty have not necessarily shown sympathy to those who stormed the building or harbored extremist views.
“These are vetting efforts that identify any questionable behavior in the past or any potential link to question behavior, not just related to extremism,” he said.
Hoffman said he was unaware of how many of the 25,000 troops in the Capitol have so far been vetted.
On Monday, Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller announced that all National Guardsmen would be vetted for insider threats, stating that it was being conducted despite there being “no intelligence” indicating such threats existed in the military ranks.
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The thought police are here already… Even going after our very own National Guard. Be careful of what you support – – as I make this comment I can’t help but wonder if this comment alone will put me in a gulag or sorts sometime in the near future.
The Democrat Party political officers and Gestapo are just getting started.
You will be loyal, bow down to and support the Democrat Party or you will be classified as “Enemies of the State”.
Better to die free than to live in slavery.
My personal e-mails, on my desktop, have been tagged for “unusual activity” requiring a monthly fee, beginning yesterday, for “technical assistance” in order to continue to use the address that I have been using many, many years for free. Then today, my cellphone system is requiring that I give unlimited permission to snoop through all of my e-mails or be locked out.
Is Big Brother watching? Oh, yes.
Is “unacceptable” communication to being banned? Definitely.
Is America a free nation? No way!! That ended today at noon Eastern Time.
It makes you wonder, WHO REPORTED THEM? IF they were texting to someone, was someone else READING THOSE TEXTS??
These days it’s spelled, “Goolag“.
1984 / George Orwell and the clowns in the government can tell one, how they think, how they feel and what thoughts are in one’s brain. The beauty of communism: destroy American individuality. We are the “collective”. We are communism! We will all have bread lines, for the “social good”, for the “collective”.
Welcome to the Ministry of Truth.. Or the Dept of Humanity (The lottery tv show)..
where is our military?
why are they not removing every left wing commie from office for treason along with some rinos?
they took an oath to defend liberty and freedom from foreign and DOMESTIC threats and the demoncrat party is a serious threat to
freedom and liberty.
i am very disapointed in the conservitives in public office and the so called republicans who are just plain losers they love to be
beaten down by the liberal left they should all be recalled for not willing to fight for we the peoples rights.
The abundance of caution equals the abundace of cowardace when Nancy Pelosi directs the military while Trump sits and spins, and Biden waits to be sworn in. All those flags dispalyed during the inauguration should have been placed at half-mast signifying the death of a Republic, where THE PEOPLE are not even invited to attend, and those who try run into a military resistence, closed bridges and streets.Never thought I’d live to see the day. The guardsmen were removed without a trail for the same reason Trump was impeached wtihout one. This country has fundeMENTALLY been changed and the flag now represents meaningless ceremony.
Who knows anymore..
There could be 2 answers to your question. 1) Those 12 are probably the only ones caught saying the same thing as the other 24,988. 2). When I was in the Army our war games centered around fighting WW3 against communist. Who knows what kind of training the military gets now. They may not know how to fight communist. After all, the last war against communist ended in 1973.
Maybe their war games, are “attacking Pro conservative groups”??
“These are vetting efforts that identify any questionable behavior in the past or any potential link to question behavior, not just related to extremism,”
Extremism defined as being White, Christian, Conservative and God forbid a Trump Supporter.
Of course supporting domestic terrorist groups such as bLM and Antifa will be overlooked and even encouraged.
And and usual the Spineless Republican Party remains silent on this, yet another attack on Conservatives.
Of course they’re silent. THEY CONDONE Those attacks, i honestly believe..
The purging is just beginning, it will no longer be enough to swear an oath to uphold, support, or defend The Constitution, it will be neceassary to accept and espouse the correct political thoughts or be cast into outer darkness to weep and gnash teeth!
Our rulers are scared to death, they’re soiling their britches!
They know they are ruling against the will of the people. That’s why they feel they need the NG to protect them. In their hearts they know they lost the last election. When has a winner been so afraid they need to shut everyone up. They are afraid the truth might actually leak out. The hucksters and grifters are back in power.
The most comical part about the dummycrats is that they were afraid Oboob might be killed by a Klansman, but there still wasn’t anywhere near this kind of security at either one of his inaugurations. Abe Lincoln was sworn in on the eve of the Civil War and still there wasn’t anywhere near this kind of security at either one of his inaugurations. Clearly shows anyone who has half a brain knows that the dummycrats stole this election and most of the American people know it was stolen no matter what the dummycrat and RINO politicians think. Another famous tyrant named Joe said “It doesn’t matter who votes. It’s who counts the votes.” The name Joe will go down in history as being associated with lying tyrants.
WHO exactly are they scared of though? The media? Yea right. THe media is the biggest bunch of butt kissers around.
The courts? They’re too feckless to count.
The Social media giants? Na, they’re fully owned/in lock step WITH the commucrats.
The military? As we now see, THEY OWN THEM TOO…
So who’s exactly left, for them to fear?
A standing army of 150 million law abiding gun owners. That’s who they fear. Why else would gun confiscation be so high on their list of things to do in the first 100 days?
Bait, just cause there may be that many gun owners, DOES NOT MEAN EVERYONE who owns one, will be willing to resist…
“The criteria for which a member will be flagged is determined by the FBI, which is conducting the vetting process, Hoffman said, adding that they are not inquiring as to the reason for the raised flag and an investigation will be conducted later.”
Well, that’s not disturbing at all. Leave it to the, compromised, at best, FBI and ask no questions.
What could go wrong…again? We still don’t have answers from the last few things that were left to the FBI to sort out, Operation Crossfire Hurricane, Fast and Furious, IRS, Major Hassan……
After seeing what the FBI’s done to others, as via this article
https://loomered.com/2021/01/19/exclusive-ive-been-banned-from-owning-a-firearm-a-warning-of-whats-to-come-for-all-conservative-americans/
I wouldn’t trust ANYONE IN THE FBI, as far as a newborn monkey could throw them.
What exactly is the definition of an inappropriate comment? Is there a gag order for all members of the military? Or is it only conservatives that must keep their opinions to themselves?
IMO, its MOST DEFINITELY the latter. If you’re conservative, SHUT UP or else!
“Private Smith, do you, or have you ever owned a ‘MAGA’ hat?” GAAAAAH!!
Biden and Company have started where Obama left off; disrespecting the military. To do this, Biden has called upon the FBI (which was proven to be a political tool of the Democrats for the last several years) to act as the Gestapo in intimidating even military officers. This is the beginning of the “new improved” version of neo-Nazi conquest of America. The US constitution is summarily ignored (no First or Second Amendment rights). Re-education interment camps are sure to follow soon as patriotic groups are labeled as “insurrectionists” because we refuse to worship at the feet of our “Great and Glorious Leader, the Benevolent Joseph R. Biden.”
Either say ten hail bidens, or face the firing squad.. Got it?!
I am almost positive, that these guardsmen did not want to have to guard an area, where this demented fool was going to be. So they started telling the truth, and got kicked out of the area…………………Good for them.
You must have been in the military. One sure way to get out of doing something is to open your mouth one too many times. There were people who did that on purpose for that very reason when I was in.
What’s the betting, this won’t be the LAST repercussion they face, for speaking their mind.
From what I remember, a lot of people did it, just to get out from doing something they did not want to really do.
ONE thing i am very shocked, i’ve not heard a SINGLE person in the upper military chain, or the media so far hit on.. WHY IS IT that these guardmen were HOUSED in a disused PARKING LOT, for a good 3 days, WITH 5,000 folks to a single bathroom, and NO HEATERS??
Why the hell has THAT NOT been called out, for MASSIVELY INHUMANE TO our troops??
OR Does no one, anymore give a rats butt?
Guess i spoke one day too soon.. Theres a full article about that… Now at least.