Overview

• McCormack served since June 2024 as the Levant and Egypt branch chief in the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s J5 planning directorate.
• He used a semi-anonymous X account linked to his Pentagon role to call Israel a “death cult” and describe the Netanyahu government as “Judeo-supremacist.”
• His posts also questioned the United States’ support for Israel and accused Washington of enabling disproportionate military responses.
• Tuesday’s report by the Jewish News Syndicate prompted the deletion of his X account and his removal from the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
• The case underscores Pentagon guidelines that bar service members from implying official endorsement in personal social media posts.