More troops suspended pending investigations into Kirk-related posts
September 26, 2025
More than a dozen service members have been suspended or relieved of duties for social media activity related to conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s death.
Earlier this month, after Kirk was shot and killed during a Sept. 10 event at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that any social media post celebrating or mocking the assassination of Kirk was…