Veteran Narratives of Support for Extremist Groups and Beliefs: Results from Interviews with Members of a Nationally Representative Survey of the U.S. Veteran Community

Brown, Ryan Andrew; Ramchand, Rajeev; Helmus, Todd C.

The report examines how U.S. military veterans describe their endorsement of extremist groups and beliefs, their experiences in the military and transition to veteran status, and their path to their current beliefs and perspectives. The authors detail the findings from veteran interviews, which revealed considerable presence of negative and traumatic life events for interviewees while in the military and while adapting to civilian life.

violent extremism military veterans