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The U.S. Army is conducting a formal review of a reservist who conducted a “white nationalist” paramilitary training in North Carolina earlier this year and has boasted of Ku Klux Klan ties.

Christopher Woodall, a 34-year-old member of the U.S. Army’s Individual Ready Reserve, has a long history of involvement in the KKK and other white supremacist groups.

Woodall recruited “like-minded folks” to attend paramilitary-style trainings to learn about firearms, tactical movement and survivalism in preparation for “SHTF,” an acronym that references a widespread societal breakdown. ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — An avowed white nationalist who openly supports Russia is a member of the U.S. Army Reserves, recently served in the North Carolina Army National Guard and worked for a local sheriff’s office as a detention officer, according to a Raw Story investigation.

Christopher Woodall, 34, of Winston-Salem, N.C., has a long history of activism in the white power movement that coincided with his service in the U.S. military and government work.

In an interview this week with Raw Story, Woodall acknowledged that he is the author of texts that promote a “white nationalist training group," and added: “I don’t see it as an issue to have a white-friendly group of people that get together and teach each other.” ...