{"id":9821,"date":"2025-06-18T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=9821"},"modified":"2025-06-18T10:12:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T14:12:32","slug":"pentagon-official-removed-from-joint-chiefs-of-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/national-security\/pentagon-official-removed-from-joint-chiefs-of-staff\/njackson\/2025\/06\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Official Removed From Joint Chiefs Of Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A Pentagon official has been removed from his role with the Joint Chiefs of Staff after his anti-Israel social media posts were brought to light<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Colonel Nathan McCormack, who was tasked with helping advise the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Israel-related matters, was immediately fired after his anti-Israel posts were uncovered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormack, who was the Levant and Egypt branch chief at the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s J5 planning directorate, according to his LinkedIn, posted several controversial tweets on his X account. He called Israel a \u201cdeath cult\u201d and referred to the Israeli government as \u201cNetanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies,\u201d among other things,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/chief-israel-planner-at-pentagon-bashes-jewish-state-publicly-extensively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jewish News Syndicate&nbsp;<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jns.org\/chief-israel-planner-at-pentagon-bashes-jewish-state-publicly-extensively\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\"><blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING:<br><br>The U.S. officially removes Colonel Nathan McCormack from his position at the Joint Chiefs of Staff for posts calling Israel a death cult and saying America is acting as Israel\u2019s proxy. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b7iy9QKu9t\">pic.twitter.com\/b7iy9QKu9t<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Globe Eye News (@GlobeEyeNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GlobeEyeNews\/status\/1935207157148029077?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Joint Staff official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/pentagon-official-removed-from-joint-chiefs-of-staff-for-anti-israel-posts?topStoryPosition=undefined&amp;author=Kassy+Akiva&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=1&amp;row=1&amp;rowHeadline=Top+Stories&amp;rowType=Top+Stories&amp;title=Pentagon+Official+Removed+From+Joint+Chiefs+Of+Staff+For+Anti-Israel+Posts\">told<\/a> The Daily Wire that the Department of Defense said McCormack was removed from his position with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and that the matter is being handed over to the U.S. Army for further action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cOur global alliances and partnerships are vital to our national security, enhancing our collective defense, deterrence, and operational reach,\u201d the official said.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormack\u2019s semi-anonymous account has been deleted following JNS\u2019s report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The J5 directorate of the Joint Chiefs of Staff advises the chairman of the Joint Chiefs on military strategy, planning, and policy across a wide range of national security issues. McCormack\u2019s role tasked him with preparing senior leadership to speak with partner nations \u2014including Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormack made the posts on an X account where he calls himself \u201cNate,\u201d but has posted several times about his job and even&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/ox92m\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">shared a photo<\/a>&nbsp;of his Meritorious Service Medal certificate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since assuming his position \u2014 which his LinkedIn says he began in June 2024 \u2014 McCormack has posted numerous times about his views on the Jewish state, especially after Hamas\u2019s October 7 massacre of Israeli civilians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Western states go to great lengths to avoid criticism of Israel, much out of Holocaust guilt,\u201d McCormack&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2025.06.17-203853\/https:\/\/x.com\/mick_or_mack\/status\/1909570169850016150\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">tweeted in April<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-600x340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9822\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-740x420.png 740w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-640x363.png 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-681x386.png 681w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM-1021x580.png 1021w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.01\u202fAM.png 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In May,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2025.06.17-203737\/https:\/\/x.com\/mick_or_mack\/status\/1926700593134915740\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">he posted<\/a>&nbsp;that \u201cNetanyahu and his Judeo-supremacist cronies are determined to prolong the conflict for their own goals: either to remain in power or to annex the land.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In April 2024,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2025.06.17-203813\/https:\/\/x.com\/mick_or_mack\/status\/1777077484426543148\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">McCormack questioned<\/a>&nbsp;if the United States was a proxy of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-600x340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9823\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-740x420.png 740w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-640x363.png 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-681x386.png 681w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM-1021x580.png 1021w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.01.34\u202fAM.png 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve lately been considering whether we might be Israel\u2019s proxy and not realized it yet,\u201d he posted. \u201cOur worst \u2018ally.\u2019 We get literally nothing out of the \u2018partnership\u2019 other than the enmity of millions of people in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormack has also disclosed details about his official duties on the account,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2025.06.17-204215\/https:\/\/x.com\/mick_or_mack\/status\/1822968484378075143\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">claiming in<\/a>\u00a0August 2024 that \u201cwe\u201d warned Israel it would be \u201cfuxked\u201d if it escalated into an offensive against Lebanon. Despite the warning, Israel launched an invasion two months later and decimated the terrorist group Hezbollah. He also shared information about his conversations and briefings with Israeli Defense Forces officers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>McCormack\u2019s account also shared information about his movements and work trips\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/archive.ph\/2025.06.17-203856\/https:\/\/x.com\/mick_or_mack\/status\/1933610456154857488\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">being canceled<\/a>, according to JNS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-600x340.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-600x340.png 600w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-740x420.png 740w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-640x363.png 640w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-681x386.png 681w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM-1021x580.png 1021w, https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Screenshot-2025-06-18-at-10.02.00\u202fAM.png 1248w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Department of Defense has strict social media guidelines, including telling service members to \u201cavoid use of Department of Defense titles, insignia, uniforms or symbols in a way that could imply DoD sanction or endorsement of content on your personal page.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class= \"house-ad\"><center><p class= \"sponsored\">Sponsored<\/p><strong><span style=\" color:#ff0004\" class=\" has-inline-color has-text-align-center\"><a href= \"https:\/\/info.hillsdale.edu\/electoral-college-survey\/?sc=00584N0242L0ADODEES&#038;utm_source=prospecting&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_campaign=electoral_college_survey&#038;utm_content=yesnoshort_EDM-db-hillsdale-em88-042\">The Left wants to erase the Electoral College \u2014 will you speak up?<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/center><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Pentagon official has been removed from his role with the Joint Chiefs of Staff after his anti-Israel social media posts were brought to light Colonel Nathan McCormack, who was tasked with helping advise the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Israel-related matters, was immediately fired after his anti-Israel posts were uncovered. 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