Notice a significant fraction of troll accounts claims to be

1. Marines
2. Sports fans

Because that’s how the foreign agency behind this information warfare campaign sees conservative Americans.

Note: I’m not saying every Marine and sports fan on Twitter is a troll. pic.twitter.com/9kuHDiFHzf

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 26, 2017

Not just Marines….military in general.

— Rick Balzum (@rbalzum) December 26, 2017

No, not just Marines.

But foreign bots and trolls adopt a US Marine persona more often than other services.

That’s a compliment in way. The reputation of the USMC is such (and rightly so) that they assume their stolen valor will automatically grant them respect. https://t.co/Lb4lQFxcHr

— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) December 26, 2017