🚨Instagram permanently deleted the BringRidgeHome IG today without warning.🚨

The account had over 20k followers and had accumulated millions of views across posts/reels/stories.

Who’s behind this censorship? Japan? DoD?

Suspicious since those two entities have been most

I’ll go on the record anytime to discuss the details and intricacies of the Ridge Alkonis case.

There’s a lot of misinformation/disinformation about the Alkonis case, and the U.S. Navy is the source of most of it.

Have nothing to hide—and I guarantee the Navy, OSD, SecNav, &

In 2022, Brittany Alkonis sent the attached letter to prominent members of the House Armed Services Committee.

The letter outlined the Navy’s misconduct and Japan’s violations of the Status of Forces Agreement in the Ridge Alkonis case.

If revoking Alkonis’s promotion was actually about committing a “crime” and not about politics,

then why didn’t the Navy revoke the promotion 2.5 years ago when Alkonis was originally convicted??

Answer that.

Because—

The Navy knew Alkonis wasn’t actually culpable, that he

Over 7-months ago I submitted an IG complaint to the U.S. Navy concerning misconduct and abuse of power by Rear Admiral Carl Lahti (commander, 在日米海軍司令部), concerning his treatment of LT Ridge Alkonis.

After interviews with the Navy’s Inspector General team, my complaint was forwarded

Secretary Austin’s DoD Office of Inspector General also refused to investigate my allegations of the U.S. Navy misleading Congress.

I’d encourage Jack McCain, Jeffrey J. Hall 🇯🇵🇺🇸 , and others who want to pile on with the hate on Ridge Alkonis to look at what the Navy’s own report said about Alkonis.

Do you really thing that after truly reviewing what happened with all of the details, context, and nuance associated

Let's get something straight--

No one is taking anything away from the two innocent Japanese citizens who lost their lives in the Alkonis accident. It was a tragedy. It happened in May 2021 and the Alkonis family did nothing for over a year other than apologize profusely,

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In the military's final summary report on the Ridge Alkonis case, the Navy stated:

'No misconduct or wrongdoing is being alleged from any U.S. military or U.S. civilian authorities.'

'The incident does not warrant promotion delay or removal, and LT Alkonis should be allowed to

It’s completely out of line and unprofessional for the Secretary of the Navy and Flag Officers to be basing mid-grade officer promotions on the views of someone’s “supporters” who post on social media.

Absolutely an abuse of power.

The Navy started backing away from Lt. Alkonis’s promotion last year — not because of new information about Alkonis, but based on the fact that his case became “a matter of public discussion.”

Why does that make any sense?

On what planet is that a fair way to treat Alkonis?

Alkonis’s promotion should have been based on this 👇, not Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro’s retribution for unwanted media and political attention.

The Navy selected Ridge Alkonis to be promoted based on his exemplary leadership and performance!

His commanding officers regularly recommended him for early promotion and early command.

Yet now, the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro has baselessly denied Alkonis the promotion he earned in 2021.

To all military spouses, your military member’s career will be affected by everything you do and say. #LtRidgeAlkonis is being punished for MY advocacy and nothing more.

Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro shame on you.

President Biden your military leaders are failing your service members.

The U.S. Navy is unjustly punishing LT Ridge Alkonis because the Secretary of the Navy Carlos Del Toro and flag officers didn’t like the media and political attention Alkonis garnered.

The U.S. Navy has denied Ridge Alkonis his promotion to LCDR.

Alkonis was selected and scheduled to be promoted on Oct 1, 2021; however it was put on hold while the legal case in Japan played out.

After the court case completed in 2022, Alkonis’s chain-of-command (including the

.Congressman Nick LaLota, who visited Lieutenant Ridge Alkonis while he was in US custody, says he wants to propose legislation to reform the Status of Forces Agreement to give military members overseas access to more resources like lawyers and translators when they’re accused of a crime.