Neo-Nazi Skinheads in the Military. Should we be concerned?

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http://www.splcenter.org/intel/intelreport/article.jsp?aid=971

Intelligence Report
Winter 2008

'Killing a Brown'

New Evidence of Extremists in the Military

By David Holthouse

The racist skinhead logged on with exciting news: He'd just enlisted in the United States Army.

"Sieg Heil, I will do us proud," he wrote. It was a June 3 post to AryanWear Forum 14, a neo-Nazi online forum to which "Sobibor's SS," who identified himself as a skinhead living in Plantersville, Ala., had belonged since early 2004. (Sobibor was a Nazi death camp in Poland during World War II).

About a month after he announced his enlistment, Sobibor's SS bragged in another post to Forum 14 that he'd specifically requested and been assigned to MOS, or Military Occupational Specialty, 98D.

MOS98D soldiers are in high demand right now. That's because they're specially trained in disarming Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), the infamous roadside bombs that are killing and maiming so many U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. Presumably, part of learning how to disarm an IED is learning how one is made.

"I have my own reasons for wanting this training but in fear of the government tracing me and me loosing my clearance I can't share them here," Sobibor's SS informed his fellow neo-Nazis.

One of his earlier posts indicated his reasons serve a darker purpose than defending America: "Once all the Jews are gone the world will start fixing itself."

Sobibor's SS included enough biographical details in his various posts to Forum 14 over the years, including that he's a single father from the small town in southern Alabama, that a military investigator with access to enlistment records for recent months should have little trouble determining whether the Army may actually be teaching a skinhead with genocide on his mind about tactical bomb-making.

[eleny]

1. And then there's the pastor who will challenge the Hate Crimes Law

These people scare the crap out of me.

K&R

[ensho]

2. yes, they don't belong in the military - they are not honorable

they are nuts and dangerous

[get the red out]

3. Yes

But they are really just typical representatives of the Republican Party at this point.

[no limit]

4. As long as their skin isn't too tinted its not a big deal

/end sarcasm

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. we are letting in the Gangs and the Skin heads

absolutely.