The Saga of the Commie Lieutenant Comes to an End

Nearly a year ago, the story of Army Lieutenant Spenser Rapone was a big item. Rapone, a former enlisted Ranger who had completed the US Military Academy Prep School and graduated from West Point, was made famous by his own social media posts showing him regaling communism and wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt under his cadet uniform.

“¡Hasta la victoria siempre!” of course, was Che Guevara’s famous motto.

Wait, there is more:

(photo credit PopularMilitary.com)

And he has retweeted some great stuff:

And this nugget (11A is an infantry officer–career field 11–who is in initial entry training).

Was an 11B 2010-2012, and am an 11A now, and can say lifers, senior NCOs and field grades lust for war and conflict. They fetishize violence

— Rudi (Dutschke) Can’t Fail (@punkproletarian) July 26, 2017

And he had some choice words for his chain of command:

(Read all RedState coverage of Rapone.)

Now, apparently, he’s been discharged.

At Socialism 2018 I’ll be sitting down with with Spenser Rapone, the US Army Ranger, Afghan-war combat vet, recent West Point graduate, and now war-resister, who sparked nation-wide fury after publicly supporting Colin Kaepernick and Socialism during his West Point graduation. pic.twitter.com/BIPzfEHmoP

— Rory Fanning (@RTFanning) June 5, 2018

Our conversation will be called “Resisting Within the Ranks.”

Spenser Is being discharged from the military with an Other Than Honorable discharge this June, in part, because Maro Rubio penned a panic-stricken letter to acting Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy demanding…

— Rory Fanning (@RTFanning) June 5, 2018

the branch nullify Rapone’s military commission after seeing this photo.

The conversation is sure to be informative and lively. Follow this link to register for the conference and to learn more about our talk and others: https://t.co/aG8fmNSI5S

— Rory Fanning (@RTFanning) June 5, 2018

I think a lot of this is horsesh** designed to imbue Rapone with martyrdom cred. Rapone was commissioned in June 2016. He’s being released on the second anniversary of his commissioning. The most logical explanation is that his command refused to promote him to first lieutenant–which is due now–which results in an automatic separation from active duty. The odds of his discharge being characterized as “under other than honorable” conditions approaches zero. It simply isn’t worth the time or effort because it generates mandatory reviews and the opportunity for appeals and it has no real impact.

Regardless of how he left, his departure is a good thing. Still hanging out there is the fact that West Point cadre knew about this sh**bag and still allowed him to graduate and be commissioned.

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