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Service Members Join 'Neo-Nazi Facebook'

Activist group urges Congress to take a stand

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jul 10, 2009 12:11 PM CDT

(Newser) – White supremacists have their own social networking site—and dozens of military personnel are members, reports Stars and Stripes. “I love and will do anything to keep our master race marching,” says the newsaxon.org profile of one user who says he’s served in Iraq and Kuwait. The Southern Poverty Law Center will present 40 such profiles to Congress today in an effort to convince the Pentagon to crack down.

A search for the “military” job category on newsaxon.org, which claims 7,906 total members, generated 130 results. Many openly list their base location or pictures in uniform alongside Nazi and Confederate art. Military regulations prohibit participation in supremacist organizations, but spokespeople gave conflicting answers on how such participation is identified and dealt with. In 2006, Congress called for clarification of the policies, but the Pentagon said it did not see the need.

US Army soldiers salute to the national flag during the Memorial Day Honor Guard Ceremony at Knight Field in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 23, 2008.
US Army soldiers salute to the national flag during the Memorial Day Honor Guard Ceremony at Knight Field in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, May 23, 2008.   (AP Photo/ Lee Jin-man)
Skinheads give the Nazi salute during their training outside Moscow, in this June 16, 2004 file photo.
Skinheads give the Nazi salute during their training outside Moscow, in this June 16, 2004 file photo.   (AP Photo/Sergey Ponomarev)
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We urge your committees to investigate the threat posed by racial extremists who may be serving in the military to ensure that our armed forces are not inadvertently training future domestic terrorists. - SPLC's letter to Congress

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Newser001
Jul 11, 2009 12:41 PM CDT
I'm a VRA Vet, and back in the day, this type of bullsh!t wouldn't have been tolerated anytime, anywhere, anyplace. Anyone associating with any type of white supremacist organization (or vise versa) should be immediately brought before court-martial for actions unbecoming a soldier, NCO, officer. PERIOD ! This undermines authority, respect, cohesiveness...
Newser001
Jul 11, 2009 3:41 AM CDT
Newsrmandan, you're dead wrong. Serve your country, then you may speak on military issues. There's no place for racism in the military - NONE.
Newser001
Jul 11, 2009 3:37 AM CDT
I have no problem serving with a gay person. NONE. It shouldn't be an issue. BY forcing those to be silent, you create a set of compromising circumstances that can and will subvert one's career, potentially creating a security breach... As a straight man, I have many friends who are gay, and I appreciate each and everyone of them, for what they are - Trusted friends, because they're out.

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