Armed Service Committee Republicans are "outraged" over reports that Army is training that pro-life groups are terror groups

Reports have surfaced that the U.S. Army has been training soldiers that pro-life Americans are dangerous extremists who pose a terror risk to the military. Congressman Mike Rogers (R-Saks) and Jim Banks (R-Indiana) led a letter of House Armed Service Committee members expressing their outrage at this systematic demonization of pro-life Americans.

Banks is the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, and Rogers is the Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee. They led their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to Christine Wormuth, Secretary of the Army, demanding answers on a Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) training held at Fort Liberty that characterized pro-life organizations as terrorist groups.

In the letter, the members wrote, "We write today to express our outrage at a Directorate of Emergency Services (DES) training held at Fort Liberty that characterized pro-life organizations as 'terrorist groups.' The training labeled several prominent and well-respected pro-life groups as violent extremists. The training also indicated the members of these organizations are threats to the safety of military installations and designated symbols of pro-life groups, including state-issued pro-life license plates, as indicators of terrorism. This is truly shocking for an organization that insists on treating everyone with 'dignity and respect.'"

Congressman Dale Strong (R-Huntsville) was also a signatory of the letter.

Joining Rep. Banks and Chairman Rogers in signing the letter were Representatives Richard Hudson (R-North Carolina), Joe Wilson (R-South Carolina), Mike Turner (R-Ohio), Rob Wittman (R-Virginia), Austin Scott (R-Georgia), Sam Graves (R-Missouri), Elise Stefanik (R-New York), Scott DesJarlais (R-Tennessee), Trent Kelly (R-Mississippi), Matt Gaetz (R-Florida), Don Bacon (R-Nebraska), Jack Bergman (R-Michigan), Mike Waltz (R-Florida), Ronny Jackson (R-Texas), Pat Fallon (R-Texas), Carlos Gimenez (R-Florida), Brad Finstad (R-Minnesota), Morgan Luttrell (R-Texas), Jen Kiggans (R-Virginia), Cory Mills (R-Florida), Rich McCormick (R-Georgia), and Clay Higgins (R-Louisiana).

The members further wrote, "We urge the Army to immediately issue a correction to all servicemembers who received this briefing, to implement rules to ensure officials do not make similar claims in the Army's name in the future, and to discipline those individuals responsible for spreading such false and divisive claims. Additionally, the Army must reassess Army Directive 2024-07, to ensure that certain conservative and religious beliefs that are outside the progressive left ideology popular in military leadership, are not swept in as extremist activity for 'advocating or engaging in unlawful force or violence to achieve goals that are political, religious, or discriminatory or ideological in nature.'"

Under the Biden administration, the military has demonized soldiers with misgivings about the COVID-19 vaccine, has flaunted state laws protecting the lives of the preborn, promoted anti-Christian LGBTQ+ agendas, paid for expensive gender transition surgeries, demonized so-called "Christian nationalists," and adopted "woke" DEI policies. Perhaps consequentially the services have struggled to meet its recruiting goals despite reducing academic and fitness standards.

Charman Rogers represents Alabama's Third Congressional District.

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