Army Opens Investigation Into Military Training That Called Pro-Life Orgs ‘Terrorists’

The U.S. Army opened an investigation after a training course at a base in North Carolina depicted pro-life organizations as terrorists, according to documents obtained by the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation.

The training class, held at Fort Liberty on Wednesday, featured a slide show listing the pro-life organizations National Right to Life and Operation Rescue as “terrorist organizations.” The Army is now opening a probe and gathering evidence regarding the slide deck, which was created by a rogue garrison employee and not authorized for presentation use, the Army told the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), per documents obtained by the DCNF on Friday.

“Pro-life groups are not considered terrorist groups under Army policy. The slides are not Army standard slides under the Army Extremist policy,” the Army told the HASC, according to documents obtained by the DCNF. “The content in the picture and briefing are inconsistent with Army policies… The slides at issue will not be used again and will be replaced.”

The slideshow indicated that activities pro-life and “anti-abortion groups” engage in to promote their message include protesting, mass demonstrations, picketing and attempting to provide “counseling” outside crisis pregnancy centers, according to a photo of the slide show that circulated online this week.

Fort Liberty confirmed to the DCNF on Thursday that the course on Wednesday was aimed at providing “anti-terrorism” training to soldiers “manning access control points at Fort Liberty.”