Update: Communist Ranger and West Pointer receives an Other Than Honorable discharge | SOFREP

There had to be some red flags with this guy (no pun intended). Couldn't believe it when the story broke some months ago. Hope he has to pay back any monies owed for his education. Good riddance!

I wondered what happened to him. Thanks for sharing.

That is great news TSgt David L. that LT Spenser Rapone is getting the boot from the US Army after he posted graduation photos of himself wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt under his uniform and wrote “communism will win” under his cap.
As a USMA graduate from the class of 1980 I am thankful that even while it took time for the Army to exercise due diligence, Spenser Rapone is being discharged from the US Army with an other than honorable discharge.

Last year I was involved in many discussions about this incident on this net and with my West Point classmates - some of who were there at the time as Professors, etc.
I went to West Point as a former enlisted man. Two of my classmates were ranger NCOs before they were admitted as cadets to West Point in 1976. They are honorable men.
Thank you for alerting me PVT Mark Brown.
This is the third post on this subject I have responded to on this subject since last night.

"After Rapone outed himself as a communist actively involved in a political project of subverting the military, it was announced by the Army that he was being investigated but the outcome was unknown until recently. SOFREP had a series of somewhat surreal e-mails with the Department of Defense about his status. An Army public affairs officer simply told us, “Privacy restrictions preclude us from discussing what, if any, actions may be taken against 2LT Rapone as a result of the administrative investigation, as well as the findings and recommendations of the investigation.”
We pressed them regarding DOD policies regarding communists serving in the ranks. The public affairs officer said they would research this and get back to us. In a few days they replied that according to AR 600-20, members of the armed forces may not belong to extremist groups. We then asked how DOD accounts for service members who may not be members of extremist organizations but may follow decentralized strategies such as Dutschke’s “long march through the institutions” or Abu Mu’sab al-Suri’s “Open Front” strategy? Curiously, we received no reply.
Recently, Spenser Rapone re-tweeted a post on Twitter which announced that he would be speaking at a socialist event in July as he was being processed out of the Army this June with an other than honorable discharge. This was likely the harshest punishment the Army could give Rapone unless they decided to charge him with something like sedition. With an other than honorable discharge, Rapone will not be entitled to VA benefits, the GI Bill, and may have difficulties in finding employment.
As an avowed communist, one who is networked with other like-minded individuals, he may find a bit of a safety net after he is discharged from organizations he associates with such as the Democratic Socialists of America Veterans Working Group, which is reputed to be about 150 members strong. None the less, Rapone’s political decisions and judgments will likely follow him long after he separates from the military.
A recently retired CIA officer remarked to SOFREP that right now our counter-intelligence is so bad that we are only catching the dumb ones, the people stupid enough to out themselves on social media or who mail classified documents to news outlets, leading one to wonder how many more are out there that our government is completely unaware of."

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