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West Point Digs Deeper Hole on Cadet Communist
Moved to Page 4[Patriot Post] Two weeks ago, I wrote about a West Point 2016 graduate, now-2LT Spenser Rapone, who, despite his brash history displaying contempt for our nation, and his advocacy for communism, was allowed to graduate. As I noted, now-retired Army Lieutenant Colonel Robert Heffington, an Academy history professor in 2015, had issued a sworn affidavit alerting senior USMA command about Rapone. LTC Heffington was an infantry officer before completing graduate work and accepting a post at the USMA. He was known by those under his command, and by his USMA students, to be a tough and uncompromising man of superior integrity. In his complaint he concluded, "I cannot reconcile the image of a first class cadet at West Point with the things he has posted online for the world to see. To me, these are red flags that cannot be ignored, and I fail to see how this individual can possibly graduate and become a commissioned officer in six months." But they did ignore it. More recently, Rapone, now assigned to the 10th Mountain Division in Fort Drum, has boldly posted his hatred for his commander in chief, SecDef James Mattis, and other senior military leadership on public social media accounts. That constitutes a clear and overt UCMJ Article 88 violation: "Any commissioned officer who uses contemptuous words against the President, the Vice President, Congress, the Secretary of Defense ... shall be punished as a court-martial may direct." West Point command responded to the exposure of Rapone’s insubordination and UCMJ violations with an official statement asserting, "Rapone’s actions in no way reflect the values of the U.S. Military Academy or the U.S. Army," and that "Rapone’s chain of command is aware of his actions and is looking into the matter." Sadly, the article continues. Posted by: Besoeker 2017-10-14 |
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