Marine Cpl. Ali J. Mohammed. US Marine Corps A story released and promoted Wednesday by the Pentagon about an Iraqi refugee has caught the eye of some who see it as a stealth "Twitter rebellion" against President Trump's policy proposals playing out on social media.

An article about Marine Cpl. Ali J. Mohammed's journey from Iraq to the United States was first published on military sites on Monday and tweeted by the official DoD Twitter account on Wednesday.

The timing coincides with Trump apparently moving forward with a planned ban on US visas being issued to people living in a number of Muslim-majority countries, including Iraq — leading some to believe it might be a subtle dig from the Pentagon.

There were about 4,000 US troops who listed their religion as Islam in 2016, according to The New York Times.

Mohammed, 23, is serving with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, an infantry battalion supporting the anti-ISIS fight better known as Operation Inherent Resolve. Though his job is in supply, his main role there is serving as an Arabic translator.

His path from Iraq to the United States began in 2009, when his family received "numerous threats" from militants due to his sister's work as a translator for US troops, according to a military news release. Then 16-years-old, he and his family were able to make it to the US, where Mohammed learned English, worked to support his family, and went to high school.

He graduated in 2014, and later that year decided to enlist in the Marine Corps. Mohammed said one of his big inspirations for joining was his sister's trust and support of American troops she had assisted. Though it's worth mentioning that not all translators have been as lucky to receive the special immigrant visas they were promised when they began risking their lives.

“America is my home, but Iraq is my homeland,” Mohammed said in a statement. “My biggest motivation right now is to help drive these extremist groups out of my home land, and being able to do that as a United States Marine is the most rewarding thing I could have asked for.”

This is actually his second deployment to Iraq. On his first, he said, he served at an Army hospital where he helped doctors trying to assess patients who did not speak English.

“To be able to read, write and speak Arabic is normal to him, and for him to be a US Marine and understand how we operate is just phenomenal,” Maj. Ryan Hunt, his team leader, said in a statement. “He’s just a pleasure to work with and is a huge asset to this team. He’s had such a positive attitude and is very mature; sometimes I forget he’s only 23 years old.”

Cpl. Mohammed said that he wants to continue in the Marine Corps as a translator within the service's elite special ops unit, MarSoc.