Airman identified as a white supremacist is still in the Air Force 2 months later. A simple Google search of his name make his views crystal clear.

Aknown white supremacist serving in the Air Force is still in the ranks more than two months after his extremist views were first widely reported, and at least one lawmaker is demanding answers. Airman 1st Class Shawn Michael McCaffrey, 28, has a track record of espousing white supremacist, anti-Semitic, racist and homophobic beliefs on social media, but the Air Force appeared to have missed that when McCaffrey enlisted on Jan. 26. Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif), the chair of the House Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee, said that she would be speaking to Air Force leadership about McCaffrey. “I will be contacting Air Force leadership to find out why this individual – who has his own author page on a website for far right extremists, describes himself as an ‘activist,’ and co-hosted a weekly podcast in which he attacked Jews, women, LGBTQ+ people, the U.S. armed forces, and many others using unacceptable slurs – remains on active duty and under review given the very public and abundant evidence of his extremist ties,” the congresswoman said in a statement provided to Task & Purpose.Department of Defense regulations prohibit service members from participating in “organizations that advocate supremacist, extremist or criminal gang doctrine, ideology or causes,” including those that discriminate based on race, creed, color, sex, religion ethnicity or national origin, or advocate the use of force, violence or criminal activity to deprive individuals of their civil rights. 
However, McCaffrey’s case reveals the difficulties of identifying recruits in an era when white supremacists often use code words and encrypted platforms to keep their involvement in extremist groups a secret. Air Force spokesperson Ann Stefanek told Task & Purpose in April that the service first learned of allegations regarding McCaffrey’s racist past, and Air Force officials were looking into it. “We were not aware of the allegations during the enlistment process,” she said. “No further information or details of this allegation can be released until the facts involving this allegation are fully reviewed.” Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert George, Military Training Instructor, Flight 310, 324 Training Squadron, marches his flight down Truemper St. after the new basic trainees got their issued uniforms and Air Force gear. (Photo: Master Sgt. Cecilio Ricardo/US Air Force)
But two months later, the results of the review are still unknown, according to a recent article by HuffPost. Stefanek did not respond in time to Task & Purpose on the matter, but she told HuffPost that the airman is “on active duty in technical training,” and that his case “remains under review and no determination has been made at this time.” Stefanek wouldn’t give a timeline for when the Air Force review will determine whether McCaffrey has violated military regulations regarding extremism, HuffPost reported. Those regulations are still in flux. Pentagon press secretary John Kirby said in April that service secretaries asked Defense secretary Lloyd Austin for a clear, updated definition of extremism in Department of Defense regulations as part of a wider effort to combat extremism in the ranks.

via taskandpurpose: Airman identified as a white supremacist is still in the Air Force 2 months later. A simple Google search of his name make his views crystal clear.

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