A 25-year-old former Army National Guardsman has been charged with attempting to provide al-Qaida with 3D-printed weapons, the Justice Department announced Wednesday.

Former Spc. Andrew Scott Hastings is charged with attempting to provide material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations and illegal possession or transfer of a machine gun, according to a DOJ release.

In June 2024, FBI agents learned that Hastings, then serving in the Guard as an aircraft powertrain repairer, was on the social media platform Discord, allegedly discussing acts of violence against U.S. citizens in “furtherance of global jihad,” according to DOJ.

Court documents claim the Tulsa, Oklahoma, man controlled a Discord server called “Army of Muhammed.”

Over the course of several months

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