The U.S. military is dealing with cases of white supremacy among some soldiers in the wake of nationwide calls for racial justice, The Washington Post reports.
An Ohio National Guard soldier is under heat for his participation in a white supremacist channel and Twitter posts where he tried to recruit fascists to join him in a new group, according to the newspaper.
According to SITE Intelligence Group, which tracks online activity of white supremacist and jihadist organizations, Pfc. Shandon Simpson participated in a white supremacist channel on a messaging app called RapeWaffen Division.
On Twitter, he made Nazi Party leader Richard Walther Darré his profile picture and paid tribute to Adolf Hitler on the 75th anniversary of his death, say the reports.
“I pay respects to him as a martyr who died in Berlin completely unwilling to capitulate,” Simpson tweeted, according to the Middle East Media Research Institute, which monitors online extremism. “In loving memory of a great leader of the German people. Rest in peace, führer.”
On June 5, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine announced a guard member was suspended for espousing white supremacist views but did not identify him.
Ohio National Guard spokeswoman Stephanie Beougher said Simpson is being processed for a separation from the military.
“Racism and prejudice has no place in our organization,” she said in a statement. “Every member of the Ohio National Guard is held to a high standard of professionalism. Ohio knows and trusts its National Guard. Any threat to that public trust will not be tolerated.”
On Monday, the Justice Department charged Pvt. Ethan P. Melzer for his involvement in a plot that attempted to kill American soldiers abroad with help from extremist group Order of the Nine Angles, which is a “racially motivated violent extremist group.”
The indictment states members express neo-Nazi and satanic beliefs and admire both Hitler and Osama bin Laden.
Melzer read extremist propaganda online, messaged members of the Order of Nine Angles and participants of the RapeWaffen Division, according to the indictment.
He told officials he intended the attack “to result in the deaths of as many of his fellow service members as possible,” according to court documents.
Another soldier, Pfc. Corwyn Storm Carver, was under investigation by the Army last year after someone said he was a member of the Atomwaffen Division, an American neo-Nazi group, an official told the newspaper.
The investigation found social media posts mentioning Order of Nine Angles.
Army spokesman, Lt. Col. Emanuel L. Ortiz, said the service’s investigation did not result “in charges related to terrorism or acts of violence.”
Carver was administratively separated last August after serving 28 months. The Army declined to give a reason for his departure, citing personnel policies.
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