{"id":13294,"date":"2016-12-01T17:58:08","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T17:58:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2016\/12\/01\/veterans-group-criticizes-vets-joining-pipeline-protest\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T05:20:01","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T05:20:01","slug":"veterans-group-criticizes-vets-joining-pipeline-protest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/education-transition\/2016\/12\/01\/veterans-group-criticizes-vets-joining-pipeline-protest\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans&#8217; group criticizes vets joining pipeline protest"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=5abcfbd3-37f0-41ea-a40b-d630144c2227\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Veterans of the military have traveled to North Dakota to join a protest opposing the construction of an oil pipeline. An estimated 2,000 veterans plan to arrive over the weekend as members of the Veterans Stand for Standing Rock groups. But another group of veterans in the state are asking them not to partake in the protest. In a letter drafted by the North Dakota Veterans Coordinating Council, president Russ Stabler stated their presence will only create more tension, increasing the burden on law enforcement.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><div>  FARGO, N.D. \u2014 Some military veterans in North Dakota disagree with the 2,000 veterans planning to join a protest opposing the four-state, $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline.  <br\/> <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  The North Dakota Veterans Coordinating Council has sent a letter to the &#8220;Veterans Stand for Standing Rock&#8221; group asking them not go to the southern part of the state where hundreds are camped out because it&#8217;ll create more tension and increase the burden on law enforcement, council president Russ Stabler said Thursday. <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  The council doesn&#8217;t have an opinion about the pipeline, which is mostly complete aside from a portion on federal land under a Missouri River reservoir that&#8217;s been held up, and supports anyone who wants to protest peacefully. But, he said, the demonstrations have not been conducted in &#8220;the military manner in which our veterans behave.&#8221; <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  He believes the veterans coming to Standing Rock have been misinformed and should not be supporting a movement that has &#8220;broken laws, destroyed property and attacked law enforcement.&#8221; <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  But, he said, &#8220;They intend on coming anyhow.&#8221;  <br\/> <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  There are a &#8220;lot of different emotions and opinions&#8221; about the protest, and the veterans from across the country aren&#8217;t going to be swayed by the letter from Stabler, Veterans Stand for Standing Rock spokeswoman Ashleigh Jennifer Parker said. <\/div> <div> <br\/> <\/div> <div>  &#8220;Our mission is to go and ask and offer if we can help and support the tribes that are already there,&#8221; the Coast Guard veteran said. &#8220;Obviously there could be groups that say some negative things, but we&#8217;re going to march forward without them.&#8221;  <br\/> <br\/> <\/div><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1230\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg?resize=300,185 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg?resize=768,472 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,630 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ap16336054747482.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,945 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Demonstrators sit on a closed bridge across from police protecting the Dakota Access oil pipeline site next to the Oceti Sakowin camp where people have gathered to protest the pipeline near Cannon Ball, N.D., Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span>Photo Credit: David Goldman\/AP<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veterans Stand for Standing Rock plans to arrive at the reservation Sunday and stay for four days. Much of the trip will be funded through a GoFundMe.com page that as of Thursday afternoon had raised nearly $780,000 of its $1 million goal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main protest camp, Oceti Sakowin, has grown significantly since the summer and is on federal land. Citing cold and wintry weather, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has said all federal lands north of the Cannonball River \u2014 the camp included \u2014 will be closed to public access on Monday and Gov. Jack Dalrymple issued a mandatory evacuation of the camp, though both have said that protesters will not be forcibly removed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Police have made about 575 arrests since August during clashes along the pipeline route and in a couple of North Dakota cities. Protesters have complained about excessive force by law enforcement, including the use of water hoses during last month&#8217;s confrontation in 30-degree weather. Another protester suffered a serious arm injury during that altercation, although it&#8217;s not clear what caused the blast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Stabler is especially upset that the vets&#8217; protest is slated to culminate on the anniversary of the attacks on Pearl Harbor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;It is an insult to the remaining World War II veterans from North Dakota,&#8221; said Stabler, whose group represents more than 55,000 North Dakota veterans who are members of the American Legion, AMVETS, Disabled American Veterans, Veteran of Foreign Wars, and Vietnam Veterans of America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Also Thursday, the Morton County Sheriff&#8217;s Department, which has been in charge of much of the law enforcement&#8217;s response to protesters, released a video of a veteran who is critical of the Veterans Stand for Standing Rock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Raymond Morrell, a U.S. Marine 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