The commander of a United States Space Force unit has been relieved of his duties after making comments in a conservative podcast alleging that Marxist ideologies are becoming widespread in the U.S. military.
According to Military.com, the fired Lt Col. Matthew Lohmeier was the commander of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado, which is responsible for monitoring the launch of ballistic missiles.
Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting, the head of Space Operations Command, dismissed Lohmeier due to “a loss of confidence in his ability to lead,” the outlet reported.Advertisement – story continues below
“This decision was based on public comments made by Lt. Col. Lohmeier in a recent podcast,” a Space Force spokesperson told Military.com in an email. “Lt. Gen. Whiting has initiated a Command Directed Investigation on whether these comments constituted prohibited partisan political activity.”
Lohmeier, a former Air Force combat pilot, and instructor joined the Space this May after being transferred. He had self-published a book named “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest & the Unmaking of the American Military.”
“Irresistible Revolution is a timely and bold contribution from an active-duty Space Force lieutenant colonel who sees the impact of a neo-Marxist agenda at the ground level within our armed forces,” the book’s Amazon.com description reads.
