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By MERYL KORNFIELD | The Washington Post | Published: March 15, 2021 A U.S. Army reservist arrested on suspicion of participating in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot was known to most of his co-workers as a white supremacist and Nazi sympathizer and grew a "Hitler mustache" while working as a Navy contractor with security clearance, according to federal prosecutors. Timothy Hale-Cusanelli of Colts Neck, N.J., is among a growing number of people connected to the military or police who are charged with ...

After the storming of the U.S. Capitol on January 6, in which dozens of those charged had a military background, newly appointed Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin pledged to “rid our ranks of racists and extremists.” But the nation’s first Black defense secretary will first have to contend with a deeply entrenched military culture that has long ignored the problem. The soldiers, including 21-year-old Collins, who were indicted for illegal weapons manufacturing and distribut...

Hours after the attack on the Capitol ended, a group calling itself the Last Sons of Liberty posted a brief video to Parler, the social media platform, that appeared to show members of the organization directly participating in the uprising. Footage showed someone with a shaky smartphone charging past the metal barricades surrounding the building. Other clips show rioters physically battling with baton-wielding police on the white marble steps just outside the Capitol. Before Parler went offli...

Jonathan Valdes/USAF Taylor Bechtol, then an Air Force staff sergeant, with munition at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska on Oct. 26, 2018. Bechtol has been linked to the Boogaloo Bois. By A.C. Thompson, ProPublica, and Lila Hassan and Karim Hajj, FRONTLINE Hours after the attack on the Capitol ended, a group calling itself the Last S...

This story is part of an ongoing collaboration between ProPublica and FRONTLINE that includes an upcoming documentary. Hours after the attack on the Capitol ended, a group calling itself the Last Sons of Liberty posted a brief video to Parler, the social media platform, that appeared to show members of the organization directly participating in the uprising. Footage showed someone with a shaky smartphone charging past the metal barricades surrounding the building. Other clips show rioters physi...

FOREST PARK — In advance of the Army Reserve’s 109th birthday celebration, the 3rd Medical Command housed at the Gillem Enclave visited the Eagle’s Nest veterans assisted living community to honor the generation who served before them. “Every person that’s a resident has served,” U.S. Army Reserve Maj. Simon Flake said of the community, which is located on the Veterans Affairs Medical Center campus in Decatur. “We wanted to go out in a spirit of gratitude for ...