United States Marine Corps

=== Negative associations ===
In spite of any association or tangible evidence of extremism in the current culture of the Marine Corps, the Marines had two short associations in their ranks, particularly with [[White supremacy]]. In 1976 the Camp Pendleton Chapter of the [[Ku Klux Klan]] had over 100 members and was headed by an active duty marine, more accurately the Chapter had over 100 members but not all of those 100 members were active duty Marines. In 1986, a number of marines were implicated in the theft of weapons for the [[White Patriot Party]]. While the sale of the weapons was to a supremacist organization it was never verified that the marines were actual members of the organization. Although similar affiliation there is not evidence of correlation from the event in the 1976 to the events recorded in 1986. The USMC, along with the rest of the military, has since made a serious effort to address extremism in the ranks.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Askew |first1=Simone |last2=Lowe |first2=Jack |last3=Monaus |first3=Nette |last4=Cooper |first4=Kirsten L. |title=We've Been Here Before: Learning From the Military's History with White Nationalism |url=https://warontherocks.com/2021/04/weve-been-here-before-learning-from-the-militarys-history-with-white-nationalism/ |website=War on the Rocks |date=27 April 2021 |access-date=18 May 2021 |archive-date=18 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518002136/https://warontherocks.com/2021/04/weve-been-here-before-learning-from-the-militarys-history-with-white-nationalism/ |url-status=live }}</ref>