A Reserve soldier has been kicked out of a full-time active duty unit in Florida after posting personal criticisms online of U.S. support for Israel and sharing information on an app that compiles the locations of ICE agents from public sources.
Sgt. 1st Class Jonathan Estridge was notified of his “involuntary release” from a full-time IT staff role at a reserve Civil Affairs unit in Florida, according to a counseling memo shared with Task & Purpose. The memo indicates that Estridge was removed from the Reserve’s active duty operational support program “due to misconduct” after an Aug. 9 review of his social media found online posts and public statements that ran “afoul” of service rules and regulations.
Those posts criticized U.S. support for Israel and the Israeli Defense Force’s condu