Just like every other tyrant dictator that requires ‘loyalty tests’.<\/p>\n
After deadly Capitol riot, Army looking at which troops require security screening ahead of Biden inauguration<\/a><\/p>\n The Army is working to determine which National Guard troops assisting the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration require additional security checks, and is also offering more training on threat detection for those Guardsmen arriving to Washington, D.C., in the coming days, according to the service.<\/p>\n The measures come in the wake of the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol riot and after Rep. Jason Crow, D-Colo., spoke with Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy this weekend and expressed \u201cgrave concerns about reports that active-duty and reserve military members were involved in the insurrection\u201d at the Capitol.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Crow, an Iraq and Afghanistan veteran, said he asked McCarthy for Army Criminal Investigation Command to review the backgrounds of any troops involved in inauguration security, \u201cto ensure that deployed members are not sympathetic to domestic terrorists.\u201d<\/p>\n The Defense Department has authorized as many as 15,000 troops to be deployed to D.C. for the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are working with the Secret Service to determine which service members supporting the national special security event for the Inauguration require additional background screening,\u201d an Army spokesperson said in an emailed response to queries. \u201cThe D.C. National Guard is also providing additional training to service members as they arrive in D.C. that if they see or hear something that is not appropriate, they should report it to their chain of command.\u201d<\/p>\n How many troops were involved in the Capitol riot? Figuring that out won\u2019t be easy Meghann Myers, Leo Shane III, Todd South, Kyle Rempfer The Pentagon requires all service members to take annual training on how they should identify and report suspected extremist behavior, but some of those ideologies have proven persistent in the ranks.<\/p>\n More than one-third of all active-duty troops and more than half of minority service members say they have personally witnessed examples of white nationalism or ideological-driven racism, according to a 2020 survey of active-duty Military Times readers.<\/p>\n The Army spokesperson also said the service was looking into whether any soldiers participated in the Jan. 6 riot that breached the Capitol and left five people dead \u2014 including Capitol Hill police officer Brian Sicknick, an Air National Guard veteran who was struck in the head with a fire extinguisher.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Army is committed to working closely with the F.B.I. as they identify people who participated in the violent attack on the Capitol to determine if the individuals have any connection to the Army,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cAny type of activity that involves violence, civil disobedience, or a breach of peace may be punishable under the Uniform Code of Military Justice or under state or federal law.\u201d<\/p>\n A recent FBI bulletin warned of plans for armed protests at all 50 state capitals and D.C. in the days leading up to Biden\u2019s inauguration. The cross-country threat is something National Guard Bureau chief Gen. Daniel Hokanson said he and his staff are also watching.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re keeping a look across the entire country to make sure that we\u2019re monitoring, and that our Guards in every state are in close coordination with their local law enforcement agencies to provide any support requested,\u201d Hokanson told reporters during a call Monday.<\/p>\n McCarthy, the Army secretary, said Friday that Guardsmen in D.C. may be allowed to carry their M-4 rifles or 9 mm Berettas, pending intelligence assessments in the coming days.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Just like every other tyrant dictator that requires ‘loyalty tests’. After deadly Capitol riot, Army looking at which troops require security screening ahead of Biden inauguration The Army is working to determine which National Guard troops assisting the Jan. 20 presidential inauguration require additional security checks, and is also offering more training on threat detection … Continue reading “”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,74],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military","category-scratch-a-lib-find-a-tyrant"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63968","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63968"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63968\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63969,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63968\/revisions\/63969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/milesfortis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nAt least one active-duty soldier is under investigation, as is a retired airman.<\/p>\n
\nThe threat is something the military has faced before. During this summer\u2019s unrest, an Ohio National Guard member was removed from his unit\u2019s mission to D.C. after the FBI uncovered information indicating they expressed white supremacist ideology online.<\/p>\n