MOUNT OLIVE, N.C. (AP) — The number of U.S. service members and veterans who radicalize make up a tiny fraction of a percentage point of the millions and millions who have honorably served their country. But an Associated Press investigation has found that people with military backgrounds have been radicalizing at a faster rate than the general population. The investigation also found that extremist plots involving people with military backgrounds were more likely to involve weapons training or firearms than those plots that didn’t include someone with a military background. A Department of Defense official said it is “committed to understanding the root causes of extremism and ensuring that it does not gain a foothold within the Department.”… Continue Reading