Top Marine Orders Confederate Paraphernalia to Be Removed From All Bases
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” …..Kohn said it’s unlikely to result in the Army renaming those 10 bases that have drawn criticism.
“I think the Army would worry about alienating the local population,” he said. “… Most of the people joining the military are from areas where these bases are … so the recruiting people might say, ‘You know, you really don’t want to do that.’”
As states continue to grapple with the passionate debate over whether to display statues and other tributes to Confederate leaders, Marines have been told the materials won’t be tolerated on any of the Corps’ installations.
Commandant Gen. David Berger last week instructed top Marine leaders to remove Confederate-related paraphernalia from the service’s bases worldwide. The directive is one of several forward-leaning initiatives Berger said he is “prioritizing for immediate execution.”
In his memo, a copy of which was obtained by Military.com, Berger also ordered leaders to find ways to move more women into combat jobs, to review the possibility of yearlong maternity leave for female Marines, and to extend parental leave policies to same-sex partners.
The commandant’s order came about a week after a congressional hearing on the rise of extremism in the ranks. A recent survey of active-duty troops by the independent Military Times also found signs of white supremacy are on the rise.
Maj. Eric Flanagan, Berger’s spokesman, did not specify the types of Confederate paraphernalia the general wants stripped from Marine Corps bases.
“Last week, the Commandant of the Marine Corps directed specific tasks be reviewed or addressed by Headquarters Marine Corps staff,” Flanagan said. “Many of the tasks were published on Twitter Friday. Other tasks not published previously are mostly administrative matters.”
Official policy decisions, changes or implementation plans will be published in appropriate orders or service-wide messages, he added.
The debate over Confederate materials and names on military installations has swirled for years. Ten Army bases are named after leaders of secessionist states, a point of contention for many — especially after a 2015 racially motivated attack on a South Carolina church thrust the debate over honoring Confederate history onto the national stage.
The attack prompted fierce debate over whether state and local governments should remove statues, street names and other references to Confederate leaders. Major retailers announced they would no longer sell Confederate flags.
But the military’s response to Confederate names, flags and other materials was less clear. The Defense Department didn’t take any immediate action on the issue, Military Times reported at the time, opting to leave it up to individual services to address.
Richard Kohn, a history professor who studies peace, war and defense at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said Berger appears to be modernizing the Marine Corps. Ridding military installations of Confederate materials is long overdue, he said.
“We have the need within the country to try and create as much unity as possible and to suppress white nationalism and racism within the ranks of the military because, every once in a while, it crops up and causes an issue,” Kohn said.
Several Marines have recently been punished or booted out of the military over racist social media posts, and lawmakers are pushing the Pentagon to better track extremism in the ranks.
Source: https://freenorthcarolina.blogspot.com/2020/02/top-marine-orders-confederate.html
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