extremist activity

True. The Instruction's applicability paragraph reaches every DoD Component and, by agreement, the Coast Guard at all times — but "Components" are organizations. Its purpose line limits what it establishes to handling protest, extremist, and criminal gang activities by members of the Armed Forces, so DoD civilian employees and employees of DoD contractors are outside the procedures it sets.

True. DoDI 1325.06 runs the report up the chain: a commander with a credible report or suspicion of extremist activity must notify the appropriate military criminal investigative organization, counterintelligence organization, command security manager, legal office, and Insider Threat Hub, and every Military Department must maintain a mechanism for commands to report extremist activity.

True. The Joint Chiefs' January 12, 2021 message told the Joint Force that the rights of freedom of speech and assembly do not give anyone the right to resort to violence, sedition and insurrection. (That is the memo's own wording — the course paraphrases the tail as "violence, and destruction of property.")

All of them. DoDI 1325.06 says adverse administrative action may include involuntary separation, reassignment, loss of security clearance, denial of reenlistment, and other administrative or disciplinary actions the commander deems appropriate on the facts of the particular case — and it may be pursued in addition to, or in lieu of, punitive action.

True. Extremist activity is inconsistent with the responsibilities and obligations of military service and with the oaths of office and enlistment, and commanders are told to counsel Service members on exactly that point. Secretary of Defense Austin framed the same idea Department-wide as "the oath that we share."

All of them — fundraising, distributing material (including posting on-line and on social media), recruiting, and rallying. DoDI 1325.06 lists each one as "active participation," which military personnel are prohibited from engaging in. Note the course misprints the number: it is DoDI 1325.06, not "1235.06" — the digits are transposed.

True. It is the third of the compelling reasons DoDI 1325.06 gives for prohibiting active participation in extremist activities: after undermining morale and reducing combat readiness, and calling into question the individual's ability to lead and serve with persons of diverse backgrounds, such behavior damages the Nation's trust and confidence in the Department as an institution and the military as a professional fighting force.

True. The exact wording is "So we can't afford actions and behavior that are at odds with our values and that undermine good order and discipline, that harm or harass or otherwise violate the oath that we share, and the bonds of trust upon which we all rely." The course inserts "(the military)" and "(extremist)" and renders "or otherwise" as "and otherwise."

unit cohesion and morale; ability to accomplish its mission. The policy being enforced is the DoD Military Equal Opportunity Program, which exists to ensure Service members are treated with dignity and respect and are afforded equal opportunity in an environment free from prohibited discrimination, and which DoD promotes as critical to mission accomplishment, unit cohesiveness, and military readiness.

True. Commanders have both the authority and the responsibility to prohibit Service members from active participation in extremist activities, and from other activities that adversely affect good order and discipline — including ordering the removal of symbols, flags, posters, or other displays and placing areas or activities off-limits.

True. Under SEAD 3, covered individuals must alert agency officials to activities of other covered individuals that may be of potential security, insider threat, or counterintelligence concern — criminal conduct among them — including any activity that raises doubts as to whether that individual's continued national security eligibility is clearly consistent with national security interests.

True. Commanders are told to remain alert for signs of future extremist activity and to intervene early, primarily through counseling, even when the signs do not rise to the level of active participation — because the goal of early intervention is to minimize the risk of future extremist activities.