Spenser Rapone, a former second lieutenant whose “Communism Will Win” photo rocked the internet in 2017 after being featured by this publication, has received an “Other Than Honorable” discharge from the U.S. Army.

Law&Crime broke the story of the West Point Communist on September 25, 2017 after speaking with Rapone and confirming his identity, intentions and political ideology. Then-Lieutenant Rapone put his own continued service on the line in order to speak up in support of blacklisted ex-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick.

An investigation into Rapone’s behavior quickly commenced and he was placed on a monitoring regime–said to be for his own safety. Rapone was initially in high spirits during said investigation. Eventually, however, after becoming increasingly disillusioned with U.S. imperialism abroad, Rapone resigned his commission and was separated from theArmy in early June.

Aside from his recent West Point graduation, Rapone was an infantry officer in the 10th Mountain Division at Fort Drum, New York. Rapone had previously deployed to Afghanistan where he received a Combat Infantryman Badge–meaning he has fought in active ground combat.

After the initial photo was posted and achieved some measure of virality–and elicited quite a bit of outrage and confusion–Rapone laid any confusion to rest and further incited his far-right critics by posting another photo of himself wearing a Che Guevara t-shirt underneath his half-buttoned uniform. As a caption to that photo, Rapone tweeted, “In case there was any lingering doubt, hasta la victoria siempre,” a popular left-wing slogan oft-attributed to the late Marxist revolutionary, physician, and guerrilla leader who was ultimately killed and