<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="609060" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Fort-Bragg">Fort Bragg</keyword>, the home of the US Army's Airborne and Special Operations Command, claimed its official <keyword id="6354616" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="Twitter">Twitter</keyword> account was hacked after it began sending explicit tweets.</li><li>The account began replying to an adult-content creator from the platform <keyword id="9183253" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="onlyfans">OnlyFans</keyword> on Wednesday afternoon.</li><li>The OnlyFans performer described the incident as "wild" and told Insider she was disappointed the tweets were removed.</li><li>The XVIII Airborne Corps reversed its initial statement and said on Thursday that an "administrator" had been the source of the tweets.</li></ul>Fort Bragg, home of the US Army's XVIII Airborne Corps and Special Operations Command, apologized on Thursday after it previously claimed its official Twitter account was hacked when explicit tweets were sent from the account."As many of you may know, there were a string of explicit Tweets from our account this afternoon," a representative from the installation said in a statement through Twitter on Wednesday. "This was not the work of our admins. Our account was hacked. We apologize to our followers.""We have secured our account and looking into the matter," it added.On Thursday morning, the XVIII Airborne Corps said that "an administrator had identified himself as the source of the tweets" and that "appropriate action is underway."The Airborne Corps added in a reply to another tweet: "We really do apologize, ma'am. We were operating off the information we had given the information from an initial inquiry. We humbly apologize."The official account began replying to an adult-content creator from the platform OnlyFans on Wednesday afternoon.The base's account initially responded to a tweet from the creator about an OnlyFans subscriber unhappy with their content, saying, "He's lost and doesn't know a good thing when it's staring him in the eyes, or tickling his nose in this case."In response to another suggestive tweet from the creator, the base's account said it wanted to give them "a deep long kiss" — in addition to other sexual acts.<keyword id="9499968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ft-bragg">Ft. Bragg</keyword>'s Twitter account was deactivated around 5:30 p.m. EST.The OnlyFans performer, who goes by "Quinn Finite," sarcastically replied to Ft. Bragg's tweets."Someone come get their fort," she tweeted, adding in another tweet, "Normalize horny tweeting from US Army forts."Quinn Finite also described the incident as "wild" and told Insider she was disappointed the tweets were removed instead of being "celebrated the way they deserve.""This may have been a bold move for Fort Bragg, but I hope the original poster still follows me on their personal account," she told Insider. "They seem lovely."She added that she amassed a number of new Twitter followers and "if the tweet impacted my OnlyFans subscriptions like it did my Twitter, I'm scared to check."Twitter accounts belonging to US military units have had other <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/us-military-social-media-failures-and-mistakes-2019-2#questions-about-covid-19-2">unflattering moments</a>. As news of the coronavirus's impact spread across the world in March, the US Army posted an image on its Instagram account asking "Why did the man eat a bat?" It also answered, "It wasn't because he was thirsty."The controversial Instagram post came as initial reports indicated the coronavirus may have spread to humans from bats in China, or through an intermediary species. Democratic Sen. Tammy Duckworth replied to the post on Twitter: "This is simply unacceptable. We do not know how #COVID19 first infected humans but racism has no place in our Armed Forces."

US Army base says it's sorry for claiming its Twitter account was hacked after an 'administrator' sent sexual messages at an OnlyFans creator

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The official Twitter account for the US <keyword id="15350" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Army">Army</keyword>'s Fort Bragg posted some thirsty tweets at an <keyword id="9183253" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="onlyfans">OnlyFans</keyword> <keyword id="170939" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="sex-worker">sex worker</keyword> in October.</li><li>Now that sex worker has become one of OnlyFans' top performers.</li><li>She told Insider she earned about $7,000 a month before the tweets but had since been on track to earn $35,000 a month.</li></ul>"Holy s---, this is the largest US military installation," an OnlyFans adult-content creator said to herself on October 22, moments after one of her Twitter posts went viral.The sex worker, who asked that we refer to her by her stage name, Quinn Finite, was in the car with her boyfriend when she started receiving hundreds of alerts after the official Twitter account for Fort Bragg, the home of the US Army's Airborne and Special Operations Command, had replied to her tweets with sexually charged messages in public view.The elite Army base's Twitter account commented on her pubic hair and reacted to one of her nude images by suggesting that Finite and the Twitter account should engage in sexual acts.As the minutes passed by, hundreds of Twitter users began noticing the sexually charged tweets and replying back with jokes. The installation responded roughly an hour later by claiming its account was compromised by a malicious entity."As many of you may know, there were a string of explicit Tweets from our account this afternoon," a representative for the North Carolina base said in a statement. "This was not the work of our admins. Our account was hacked. We apologize to our followers."The next morning, the XVIII Airborne Corps apologized for its earlier statement and identified an "administrator" as the source of the tweets. "Appropriate action" was underway, the unit said.Fort Bragg's official Twitter account was taken down the same day and remained offline as of Tuesday.<h2 style="text-align: left;"><div type="image" title="Navy SEAL" height="999" width="1999" msid="79272427" hostid="261"></div>'Just some guy saying some horny things to me'</h2>In Montreal, roughly 900 miles north of the military base, Quinn was frantically sending messages and asking for advice from fellow sex workers in a private group chat."I was just like, 'Oh, ok. It's just some guy saying some horny things to me," Quinn recalled to Insider. "It's like nothing too different — I get these types of comments every single day, hundreds of them, so I didn't really pay attention to it until I reopened my phone again and had hundreds of notifications."Quinn supported herself by modeling, but when the coronavirus pandemic hit she no longer felt comfortable going to photoshoots. She spent a couple of months deciding whether to start an OnlyFans, which she describes as a "paid Instagram."The sex work platform allows "fans" to tip content creators or subscribe to their videos and photos on a monthly basis. After learning how to market herself and investing in camera equipment, Quinn began producing adult content on OnlyFans in May.Pay-per-view adult subscription sites like OnlyFans have grown in popularity, particularly during the pandemic. According to an Insider <a href="https://www.insider.com/people-are-creating-onlyfans-accounts-after-losing-jobs-during-pandemic-2020-6">report</a> in June, an average of 200,000 users signed up every day between March and April.Monthly fees, which are determined by the content creators, range anywhere from $3.99 to $50.00 a month. Quinn charges $8.99 for her fans."It's been great working from home and having that kind of freedom," Quinn said. "I love modeling and being creative."<div type="image" title="An M109 Paladin gun crew with B Battery, 4th Battalion, 1st Field Artillery Regiment, Division Artillery at Fort Bliss, Texas fires into the mountains of Oro Grande Range Complex, New Mexico Feb. 14, 2018." height="500" width="1000" msid="79272428" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">A different kind of explosion</h2>OnlyFans relies on a ranking system that takes into account the amount of subscriptions, tips, and other factors to determine a creator's growth.Those in the top 1% of earners are likely to be making at least $15,000 a month and at the top end, more than $100,000 a month.Quinn says was seeing a steady growth in the number of her fans before "everything exploded" with the viral Fort Bragg tweets. Quinn was ranked in the top 1.2% of all content creators on the platform but is now in the top 0.14% of earners.Prior to <keyword id="9499968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ft-bragg">Ft. Bragg</keyword>'s tweets, she was earning around $7,000 a month. Now, Quinn says, she's on track to $35,000 a month with around 4,000 subscribers."It was plenty to live off of, but now I kind of quintupled my income," Quinn said.Quinn's subscribers were coming to view her content in waves. Screenshots of Fort Bragg's interaction with Quinn were repeatedly shared on social media, prompting droves of subscribers in the following weeks. After a tweet containing the interaction went viral three weeks after the incident, she gained around 500 subscribers overnight."They kind of keep coming," Quinn said. "I thought it was over, but there's still waves. It's so interesting to see how the internet works that way.""You can't even pay for this kind of promotion," Quinn said. "This is the jackpot."<div type="image" title="Army 82nd Airborne Colombia assault exercise" height="699" width="1399" msid="79272430" hostid="261"></div><h2 style="text-align: left;">A sex working army of one</h2>Quinn's newfound celebrity-status was celebrated amongst her colleagues in her private group chat and the sex worker community on Twitter. Jo Munroe, an OnlyFans sex worker based in Northern-Ireland, said "everyone was just so happy for her.""This industry can be quite cut-throat," Munroe told Insider. "And there's a lot of people who would be just like [out] for themselves. But whatever group that we've got is not like that at all.""I would call it winning the lottery in terms of free promotion," she added. "As much as we try to promote ourselves, you can't gain that sort of traction unless something viral were to happen to you. What happened to Quinn was sort of a one-in-a-million chance. And honestly, I don't think it could've happened to a better person."As for the identity of the unnamed "administrator" who published the erotic tweets, the US Army has remained silent. Quinn thanked the fan and said she hoped they "got let off easy.""I honestly hope that he follows me on his personal account," she said. "I don't think he'll ever message me saying, 'Oh that was me,' but it would be nice to hear from him.""I never expected to have a military audience," Quinn added. "It's funny to me."

A sex worker says she's earning $35,000 a month thanks to the US Army's thirsty tweets going viral

<ul class="summary-list"><li>US <keyword id="15350" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Army">Army</keyword> Spc. Diamonte Ugbesia, a 22-year-old Chicago native, filmed a white woman yelling at him while he visited a friend's apartment complex.</li><li>Ugbesia, who had previously deployed to Afghanistan, is a <keyword id="334224" type="POSITION" weightage="60" keywordseo="chaplain">chaplain</keyword>'s assistant in the 82nd Airborne Division.</li><li>"I was shocked, you know," Ugbesia said. "So, me coming home from Afghanistan serving my country, to come home to a person saying they hate me based off my skin color? That's was the number one thing I was mad about."</li></ul>A Black man who was the recipient of racist remarks from a white woman during a visit to his friend's apartment complex in Fayetteville, <keyword id="6397385" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="north-carolina">North Carolina</keyword>, is a chaplain's assistant for the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, Insider has learned.<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuJa5MMlAuE">Video footage</a> captured by US Army Spc. Diamonte Ugbesia, a 22-year-old Chicago native, showed the woman yelling at him in the hallway of the Kings Cross Apartments on Thursday night. The incident was first reported on by ABC-affiliate WTVD.Ugbesia said he heard the woman yelling as he arrived at the apartment complex and turned on his camera. The video revealed the woman chanting "I hate Black people" and "I hate n------.""You get the f--- ... I don't want to do anything with you," she said towards Ugbesia's direction.An unidentified man who was with the woman attempted to calm her down after she told him, "you better kill that n----.""Hey, stop calling him that. Let him go. Just go inside," the man said.The woman, who eventually went back into her apartment with the man, added as she left, "I only deal with white boys."<div type="image" title="army baptize" height="1448" width="2896" msid="76739942" hostid="261"></div>Ugbesia, a junior enlisted chaplain's assistant, was confirmed to have deployed to Afghanistan. Chaplain assistants, or commonly referred to as religious affairs specialists, typically support their unit ministry teams, help conduct religious worship services, and provide counseling for the peers of wounded service members."I never heard somebody flat out heard somebody call me the N-word or say they hate me without knowing me," Ugbesia said to WTVD. "So I was shocked.""I was shocked, you know," Ugbesia said. "So, me coming home from Afghanistan serving my country, to come home to a person saying they hate me based off my skin color? That's was the number one thing I was mad about."The US Army's 82nd Airborne Division, based in <keyword id="9499968" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="ft-bragg">Ft. Bragg</keyword>, condemned the woman's remarks."It's unfortunate that one of our paratroopers had to experience this," US Army 82nd Airborne Division spokesman Lt. Col. Mike Burns told Insider. "As an organization, the Army and the 82nd Airborne Division rejects hate and prejudice in all forms. It's not tolerated here, and is not indicative of the values we live by."The Fayatte Police Department confirmed to Insider that Ugbesia filed a police report for "communicating a threat" on Monday, five days after the incident. Law enforcement officials said because the woman was relaying the threat to "kill" Ugbesia to the man, and not directly to Ugbesia, there was not enough evidence the woman was communicating a threat.The property managers of the apartment complex issued a statement to residents by email the next day saying they planned to evict the woman, according to WTVD. In its statement, the Kings Housing Management said it had a "zero-tolerance policy for inappropriate behavior or failure to live in a cooperative manner" and that the woman had violated the "ethical standards of our community.""We have taken immediate legal action to terminate the tenancy of the resident in violation," the statement added.

US Army chaplain's assistant from Ft. Bragg was threatened by a woman screaming the N-word at him in disturbing video

<ul class="summary-list"><li>President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw cold water on recent proposals to rename nearly a dozen US military bases named for Confederate leaders.</li><li>"My Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," Trump said, adding that renaming bases that honor Confederate rebellion leaders would somehow be disrespectful to the US military.</li><li>Some former military leaders who commanded the bases in question have been open to renaming them.</li></ul>President Donald Trump on Wednesday threw cold water on recent proposals to rename nearly a dozen US military bases that reference Confederate leaders."These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom," Trump said in a tweet. "The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars.""Therefore, my Administration will not even consider the renaming of these Magnificent and Fabled Military Installations," Trump said, adding that renaming bases that honor Confederate leaders would somehow be disrespectful to the US military. "Our history as the Greatest Nation in the World will not be tampered with. Respect our military!"Senior US military leaders have recently floated the idea of renaming several of the military bases, including Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which is named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, and Ft. Lee in Prince George County, Virginia, which is named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.Defense Secretary Mark Esper and Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy announced they were willing to discuss the renaming of the bases on a "bipartisan" basis, a US Army spokesperson said. US Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, also supported the Army's discussion on the issue, <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/08/politics/us-army-considering-renaming-bases/index.html">CNN</a> reported Tuesday.The Army previously told military <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> organization <a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/analysis/army-installations-named-after-confederate-leaders-civil-war">Task &amp; Purpose</a> in February that it had no plans to "rename any street or installation," and that they were named "in a spirit of reconciliation, not to demonstrate support for any particular cause or ideology."The change in tone comes as the country grapples with racial tensions following the death of George Floyd, a Black man who died during his arrest in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on May 25.Other retired military officials have been open to the suggestion of renaming the military bases. Retired US Army Gen. Paul Eaton, the former commander of the US Army infantry school at Ft. Benning, said on Twitter it was "bad policy that such important Army posts be named after traitors."

Trump says he 'will not even consider' renaming US military bases that honor Confederate rebellion leaders

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="4786381" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="mark-esper">Mark Esper</keyword>, President <keyword id="6354484" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Donald-Trump">Donald Trump</keyword>'s second permanent defense secretary, has his resignation letter ready to go, three defense officials told NBC <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> on Thursday.</li><li>Esper is also reportedly helping Congress prepare legislation to change the names of military installations that honor Confederate leaders.</li><li>An effort to rename the military bases would likely anger President Donald Trump, who has rejected such a move.</li><li>For months, there have been reports that Trump has soured on his defense secretary and has privately discussed firing him. There have also been reports that Esper has considered resigning.</li></ul>Mark Esper, the second permanent defense secretary under President Donald Trump, has his resignation letter ready to go, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/long-odds-trump-defense-secretary-esper-has-prepared-resignation-letter-n1245846?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp">NBC reported Thursday</a>, citing three current defense officials.Esper is also reportedly helping Congress prepare legislation to change the names of military installations that honor Confederate leaders. Esper intends to help lawmakers insert the measure into the National Defense Authorization Act, the annual law that funds the Defense Department, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/long-odds-trump-defense-secretary-esper-has-prepared-resignation-letter-n1245846?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp">according to the report</a>.The defense secretary has drafted a written framework for the process, which may also rename ships and streets on military bases, and given it to lawmakers, <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/long-odds-trump-defense-secretary-esper-has-prepared-resignation-letter-n1245846?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_mtp">NBC reported</a>, adding that the framework suggests prohibiting naming bases after a felon or someone who betrayed the country and instead establishing criteria for such names.Senior US military leaders in recent months have floated the idea of renaming several military bases, such as Ft. Bragg in Fayetteville, North Carolina, which is named for Confederate Gen. Braxton Bragg, and Ft. Lee in Prince George County, Virginia, which is named for Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee.An effort to rename the military bases would be at odds with Trump, who would have final approval authority on the annual defense bill. Trump has publicly decried the campaign to change the base names, which has picked up steam in Congress as the country grapples with the Black Lives Matter movement."These Monumental and very Powerful Bases have become part of a Great American Heritage, and a history of Winning, Victory, and Freedom," Trump tweeted in June. "The United States of America trained and deployed our HEROES on these Hallowed Grounds, and won two World Wars."Chief Pentagon spokesman Jonathan Hoffman downplayed the report, telling NBC News that Esper "continues to serve the nation as the secretary of defense at the pleasure of the president and is at the Pentagon today working on the irreversible implementation of the National Defense Strategy.""The speculation about potential resignations of Cabinet officials is a well-worn, D.C.-insider, post-election parlor game," Hoffman said in a statement.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Jonathan Hoffman (@ChiefPentSpox) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1324496002871664642?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 5, 2020</a></blockquote>Cabinet-level leaders have been known to prepare resignation letters around elections, but, as NBC notes, Esper's situation is a little different because Trump has reportedly considered pushing him out.There has been talk of the president firing his defense secretary since June, when <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/esper-active-duty-military-response-to-unrest-is-last-resort-2020-6">Esper publicly broke with Trump on whether active-duty military should be deployed to US cities</a> to quell unrest after the death of George Floyd, a Black man who was killed in police custody in late May.Trump was furious with Esper, who previously frustrated the administration by going off-message, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-not-happy-with-esper-after-military-response-remarks-2020-6">according to multiple reports</a>. Trump <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-wanted-to-fire-esper-after-troop-disagreement-floyd-protests-2020-6">wanted to fire Esper</a> but was ultimately talked out of it, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-wanted-to-fire-esper-over-troops-dispute-11591728235">The Wall Street Journal reported at the time</a>.In August, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-12/trump-weighs-replacing-esper-at-pentagon-after-november-election?sref=yYYRek8e">Bloomberg News reported</a> that <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-reportedly-wants-to-fire-defense-secretary-mark-esper-2020-8">Trump had discussed firing Esper after the presidential election</a>. The report also said that Esper had privately expressed an interest in stepping down.A few days after the Bloomberg report came out, Trump was asked if he has ever considered firing Esper. <a href="https://thehill.com/policy/defense/512190-trump-on-esper-i-consider-firing-everybody">He replied</a>: "I consider firing everybody."In early September, NBC News reported that White House officials <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/military/white-house-has-talked-va-secretary-about-taking-pentagon-job-n1239007">had been in discussion with Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert Wilkie about stepping in</a> as the acting defense secretary should Trump fire Esper.By October, more reports emerged suggesting that Esper's days at the Pentagon were coming to an end, first with <a href="https://www.axios.com/trump-firing-wray-haspel-esper-088cbd70-3524-4625-91f1-dbc985767c71.html">Axios reporting that Esper would be fired if Trump won reelection</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/23/us/politics/mark-esper-trump-defense-secretary.html">then with a The New York Times report</a> that Esper "is widely seen as a dead man walking" in the Pentagon.Esper became secretary of defense in summer 2019. The job was held by acting officials for the previous seven months, after the abrupt departure of former Secretary of Defense James Mattis, who resigned in December 2018 over disagreements with Trump about the US role in Syria, from which Trump wanted to withdraw troops, and about the importance of partnerships in general.

Trump's defense secretary reportedly has his resignation letter ready to go

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="6362444" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="pentagon">Pentagon</keyword> ordered the Army to ready military police for deployment to <keyword id="191558" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Minneapolis">Minneapolis</keyword> amid riots incited by the death of <keyword id="9295731" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="george-floyd">George Floyd</keyword>, a senior Pentagon official told The Associated Press.</li><li>The <keyword id="6354896" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="protests">protests</keyword> demanding justice for Floyd turned violent on Thursday when rioters set the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct on fire near where Floyd was detained.</li><li>A Pentagon spokesman told the AP that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz did not ask for military police to be deployed to Minneapolis.</li><li>Alyssa Farah, the White House director of strategic communications, reportedly denied the claim.</li></ul>The Pentagon ordered the US Army to ready its active-duty military police to deploy to Minneapolis where the death of George Floyd incited protests across the US, <a href="https://apnews.com/cf9947a3ca9f3225f9645fd330403eae?utm_source=Twitter&amp;utm_campaign=SocialFlow&amp;utm_medium=APedium=AP">The Associated Press</a> reported late Friday night.Roughly 800 US soldiers would deploy to the city if called to the ready, AP reported.The orders were sent Friday after President Donald Trump looked to Defense Secretary Mark Esper for immediate deployment options as tensions escalated between protesters and police officers in Minneapolis, according to the AP.Trump called Esper, National Security Advisor Robert O'Brien, and several senior officials to lay out military options to assist local police in Minneapolis if the situation were to escalate, a senior Pentagon official familiar with the discussions told AP.Soldiers from Ft. Bragg in North Carolina and Ft. Drum in New York were ordered to be ready within four hours, while soldiers from Ft. Carson in Colorado and Ft. Riley in Kansas were told be ready within 24 hours, three people with direct knowledge of the orders told AP.Units would be deployed under the Insurrection Act of 1807, a senior official reportedly said. The measure was last used amid riots in Los Angeles prompted by the Rodney King trial in 1992, where thousands of US Army soldiers and Marines were deployed."If this is where the president is headed response-wise, it would represent a significant escalation and a determination that the various state and local authorities are not up to the task of responding to the growing unrest," Brad Moss, an attorney who specializes in national security, told AP.The Defense Department did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.However, a spokesman from the Pentagon told the AP that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz did not ask for military police to be deployed to Minneapolis. Walz previously activated 500 Minnesota National Guard troops to Minneapolis and St. Paul to quell the unrest amid the protests."The Department has been in touch with the Governor and there is no request for Title 10 forces to support the Minnesota National Guard or state law enforcement," the spokesman told AP.Alyssa Farah, the White House director of strategic communications, reiterated the sentiment to AP, writing in an email that active military police were not being deployed to the city, and title 10 was "not under discussion."Protests erupted in multiple states over the death of Floyd, who died after a white police officer knelt on his neck for nearly eight minutes while arresting him on Monday. In a viral video of the incident, Floyd could be heard begging the police officer to release him and repeatedly said, "I can't breathe," before becoming unresponsive. He died shortly after the incident.Derek Chauvin, the officer who was on top of Floyd, and three other officers were fired from the Minneapolis Police Department on Tuesday. On Friday, Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter in connection with the incident.The protests demanding justice for Floyd turned violent when rioters set the Minneapolis Third Police Precinct on fire Thursday, near where he was detained.David Choi contributed to this report.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pentagon-army-military-police-to-respond-to-minneapolis-riots-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Pentagon orders US Army to prepare its military police for Minneapolis protest duty, according to report

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table"><div><div class="image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5d28affaa17d6c5b7b249f93-2400/2019-07-03t005859z92002013rc128c7ac6e0rtrmadp3usa-navyseal-warcrimes.jpg" border="0" alt="Edward Gallagher" data-mce-source="John Gastaldo / Reuters" data-mce-caption="U.S. Navy SEAL Special Operations Chief Edward Gallagher (R), with wife Andrea Gallagher, leaves court after being acquitted of most of the serious charges against him during his court-martial trial at Naval Base San Diego in San Diego, California , U.S., July 2, 2019." /></div></div></div><ul class="summary-list"><li>President Donald Trump has reportedly decided to restore the rank of Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher, who was convicted of taking a photo with a deceased teenage ISIS fighter in 2017. </li><li>Gallagher would retire as a chief, reinstating approximately $200,000 of his retirement pay.</li><li>Trump is also reportedly considering pardons for an officer serving a 19-year sentence for the deaths of 2 Afghans and for an Army Green Beret charged with killing an unarmed Afghan.</li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Embattled Navy SEAL Chief Eddie Gallagher is about to get a reprieve from President Donald Trump, who has decided to restore Gallagher's rank and pay grade to chief petty officer, according to <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/11/04/report-trump-makes-seal-gallagher-a-chief-again/">the Navy Times</a>. The decision, first reported by "Fox &amp; Friends" contributor Pete Hegseth on Monday, would reinstate about $200,000 of retirement pay for Gallagher, who was convicted of taking a photo with a deceased teenage ISIS fighter in 2017. He was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-not-guilty-war-crimes-trial-2019-7">found not guilty</a> of murdering the prisoner and also targeting civilians with a sniper rifle - <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/the-navy-is-still-going-after-eddie-gallagher-for-murder-2019-6">both war crimes</a> - at a high-profile court-martial.Gallagher was ordered to report to duty to Naval Base Coronado on Friday, the Navy Times reports, amid rumors that Gallagher could be headed to a Trident Review Board, which could decide to strip him of his status as a Navy SEAL and the golden Trident insignia all SEALs wear. But <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/top-navy-seal-commander-seal-scandals-reveal-big-problems-2019-8">Rear Adm. Collin Green</a>, the Navy SEAL who leads Naval Special Warfare Command, took no administrative action last week, although Green could still strip Gallagher of his Trident pin. "If Green pulls Gallagher's Trident, he can fly to DC and see me in the Court of Federal Claims," Gallagher's attorney, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/seal-eddie-gallaghers-attorney-crowdsource-facebook-2019-7">Timothy Parlatore</a>, told Insider. In a scathing letter to Green, Parlatore accuses the NSWC leader of "conspiring to retaliate" against Gallagher, and condemns Green for declining to apply the same punishment to other members of the SEAL platoon also featured in photos with the deceased teenage ISIS fighter."Abandon your fixation on harming Eddie Gallagher and his family," Parlatore wrote."Eddie Gallagher is ready to move on with the next phase of his life," Parlatore said, and "go quietly into his retirement."Should <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/navy-seal-eddie-gallagher-rank-reduction-posing-isis-fighter-body-2019-7">Gallagher's rank</a> be restored, he still stands to make about $200,000 less over the course of his retirement than he would had he retired as an E-8, a promotion he lost out on because of his alleged crimes and court martial, accrding to Parlatore's letter. Over his lifetime, Gallagher's retirement as a chief petty officer is worth an estimated $1.7 million via his military pension, <a href="https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/10/29/cno-wont-let-convicted-seal-retire-as-chief/">Navy Times reported</a>.Insider reached out to the White House and to the Navy regarding Gallagher's case, but did not receive a response by press time. Gallagher's case is not the only high-profile military one the president is set on intervening in, according to Hegseth, a weekend "Fox &amp; Friends" co-host and Army veteran who <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/pete-hegseth-advocated-pardons-of-us-troops-accused-of-war-crimes-2019-5">reportedly</a> advised Trump to pardon Gallagher and others troops accused or convicted of war crimes. Trump also plans to release former 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, currently serving a 19-year sentence at Ft. Leavenworth for ordering his platoon to fire at three Afghan men on a motorcycle in 2012. Two of the men died, according to <a href="https://www.fayobserver.com/5348ca10-d022-59c5-91a5-3259b6dedddb.html">reporting at the time</a>. Trump also plans to intervene in the case of Maj. Matthew Golsteyn, who reportedly told CIA interviewers he fatally shot an unarmed Afghan man he believed to be a Taliban bomb maker in 2010; Golsteyn has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge. Should Trump take action in Goldsteyn's case - his court-martial is scheduled for Dec. 2 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina - he could dismiss the case altogether,<a href="https://taskandpurpose.com/trump-gallagher-golsteyn-lorance-cases?utm_content=bufferd3b4c&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_campaign=tp-buffer"> Task &amp; Purpose reports. </a>

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