Driscoll shuts down social media accounts after post celebrating Duckworth 

Army Secretary Dan Driscoll ordered that all social media accounts affiliated with an Army unit be shut down after a post celebrating Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) sparked mixed reactions online.

Soldier for Life (SFL) — an Army unit that connects and helps shape and amplify services, programs and policies for soldiers, veterans and their families — drew some outrage from the right over the weekend after sharing a post honoring Duckworth, a retired Army lieutenant colonel and Iraq War veteran who lost both of her legs after an attack on her Black Hawk helicopter in 2004. 

Driscoll’s critics panned the post, which was taken down by Monday, along with all social media accounts related to SFL, including LinkedIn. 

“Senator Tammy Duckworth is a vet, but one who has dedicated her career to division and infantile displays in the halls of congress,” wrote one combat veteran, adding “this is who @SecArmy Dan Driscoll’s Army continues going out of its way to pay homage to.” 

The post, which tells Duckworth’s life story starting with her childhood in Asia, includes a photo of the now-senator in fatigues, along with the Army’s logo. 

A Department of Defense source familiar with the Army’s reasoning told The Hill that Driscoll directed all social media profiles affiliated with SFL to be shut down following the negative reactions to the post about Duckworth, who sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

An Army spokesperson told The Hill on Wednesday that the action is “simply a circumstance of........

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