Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during a September 11th observance event in the courtyard of the Pentagon, on September 11, 2025. Win McNamee/Getty Images

As multiple service members are facing investigation or suspension for posts on social media critical of Charlie Kirk , experts told CNN there are legal roadblocks to the military actually taking significant action against them.

A slew of accounts on X began posting screenshots of social media posts made by troops across the military services who were critical of Kirk and accused of mocking or celebrating his death. The accounts relentlessly tagged Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other senior Pentagon officials to get their attention, calling for the service members to be fired.

On Thursday, Hegseth and the secretaries

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