"The post irked a user on X, who posted a screenshot of the Facebook post and tagged Driscoll's government X account. On Monday, the post was taken down."
"A Department of Defense source familiar with the Army's reasoning told The Hill that Driscoll directed all social media profiles affiliated with Soldier for Life to be shut down following the negative reactions to the post about Duckworth."
"An Army spokesperson said this was simply a circumstance of the Army handling routine Army business. When this legacy account came to Army leadership's attention, we realized it was not directly managed by qualified Army personnel and was taken offline."
Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered the closure of multiple social media accounts linked to the U.S. military after a post praising Sen. Tammy Duckworth. The post featured Duckworth in her Army uniform and highlighted her service. Following negative feedback on social media, Driscoll directed the shutdown of the accounts associated with Soldier for Life. An Army spokesperson stated that the account was not managed by qualified personnel and was taken offline as part of routine business. Duckworth has previously criticized Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth.
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