A new Department of Defense report purporting to study the extent of “extremism” inside the Armed Forces has found no evidence the military has any more of an “extremism” problem than the society from which it draws recruits. According to the report:
[Institute for Defense Analyses’s] review found no evidence that the number of violent extremists in the military is disproportionate to the number of violent extremists in the United States as a whole, although there is some indication that the rate of participation by former service members is slightly higher and may be growing. IDA also found no evidence of violent extremist behavior by DOD civilians. The participation in violent extremist activities of even a small number of individuals with military connections and military training, however, could present a risk to the military and to the country as a whole.
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