A Georgia man who is a member of the Alabama National Guard has been removed from duty over ties to white supremacist groups.

The Atlanta-Journal Constitution reported Brandon Trent East received a separation notice from the Alabama Guard on Dec. 14. The notice came after Atlanta Antifacists, a liberal Georgia activist group, published a report linking East and another man, Dalton Woodward, with a neo-pagan sect Asatru Folk Assembly. The Southern Poverty Law Center has identified the assembly as a hate group.

Woodward was on active duty with the Georgia National Guard in Afghanistan at the time of the publication of his involvement. He has also received a notice of separation from the Georgia Guard.

National Guard officials launched an investigation into the men’s association with the group but have not released final details.

A spokesperson for the Alabama Guard told the Journal Constitution East had 45 days to contest the findings. East told the AJC the Army was recommending a general discharge, a step down from a traditional honorable discharge.

At the time of the report, East was a jailer for the Haralson County Sheriff’s Office, a job he later lost.

You can read the complete AJC article here.