 Two active-duty Marines are under investigation in connection to a social media post purportedly threatening to attack gay bars following Sunday's deadly mass shooting in Florida. The Camp Pendleton-based 1st Marine Expeditionary Force announced Thursday that it is looking into a photo posted Wednesday in a Facebook group called Camp MENdleton Resale, which advertises itself as a private forum for male troops and veterans. The California-based I Marine Expeditionary Force launched a command investigation after a photo surfaced on social media showing a corporal in uniform holding a rifle with his finger near the trigger. A caption at the bottom says, “Coming to a gay bar near you!” 
 
 Based on other features shown on the post, it appears the photo also was sent through the instant messaging program Snapchat. This incident continues a week of questionable or disturbing responses to the massacre at Orlando’s Pulse nightclub, where 49 people — most of them gay or lesbian — were killed and more than 50 others were wounded. The incident coincides with a separate investigation by the FBI and San Diego police into an anonymous threat posted Tuesday on the men-seeking-men section of the Craigslist San Diego personal ads, according to local television station KGTV. According to the Marine Corps Times, which first reported on the issue, the Marine who posted the photo did so with the comment “Too soon?” 
 
 Whatever the motivations, Marine Corps officials were not amused. “We are currently investigating a threatening social media post and will take appropriate action,” said a statement from the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force. “This type of behavior and mindset will not be allowed, and it is not consistent with the core values of honor, courage and commitment that are demonstrated by the vast majority of Marines on a daily basis.” 
 
 Under investigation are the corporal in the photo and the person who posted it on Facebook — both of them active-duty troops at Pendleton, a Marine spokesman said. Moderators of the Camp MENdleton Resale group on Facebook deleted the post on the same day of the image’s posting and banned the person involved, Caleb Moss, co-founder of the group, said in messages to The San Diego Union-Tribune. “We cannot discuss details of an ongoing investigation, but I can tell you the command is taking this incident seriously,” Gray said. As a group, we do not condone any type of hate speech or threats,” he added.
– Two Marines are under investigation after a photo was posted Wednesday to Facebook showing a uniform-clad corporal with his hand on the trigger of a rifle aimed at the camera and the message, "Coming to a gay bar near you!" The image, believed to be from Snapchat, was posted to a private Facebook group for male Marines at California's Camp Pendleton with the caption "Too soon?" The 1st Marine Expeditionary Force has promised "appropriate action," noting the Marine in the photo and the one who posted it have both been identified, reports the Marine Corps Times. A rep says "the command is taking this incident seriously" and "does not tolerate discrimination." "This type of behavior and mindset will not be allowed, and it is not consistent with the core values of honor, courage, and commitment that are demonstrated by the vast majority of Marines on a daily basis," a statement adds. A Marine rep notes military members are banned from promoting discrimination and from wearing the uniform in such a manner that could harm the Marines, per the San Diego Union-Tribune. The co-founder of the "Camp MENdleton Resale" Facebook group says the Marine who posted the "very insensitive and possibly dangerous photo" was banned and the photo removed as soon as it was reported. (A similar threat was found on Craigslist.)