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Pentagon Assigns Extremist Influencer Kurt Schlichter to Personnel

By Drooid · Sep 29, 2026, 4:00 PM UTC · How we work

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U.S. Army colonel Kurt Schlichter received a Pentagon email address and was assigned to the personnel office.
Kurt Schlichter, with over 620,000 X followers, regularly posted support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-woke agenda.
He previously posted praise for dictators, denigrated women and minorities, and claimed only parents should vote.
Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said patriotic civilians like Kurt Schlichter are vital, despite his extremist content.

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U.S. Army colonel Kurt Schlichter received a Pentagon email address and was assigned to the personnel office.
Kurt Schlichter, with over 620,000 X followers, regularly posted support for Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s anti-woke agenda.
He previously posted praise for dictators, denigrated women and minorities, and claimed only parents should vote.
Pentagon press secretary Kingsley Wilson said patriotic civilians like Kurt Schlichter are vital, despite his extremist content.