Far-right extremists have infiltrated the German military, and the German government is taking some drastic steps to confront the problem and expel them from the ranks.

As The New York Times reports, the German military disbanded an elite special forces unit, known as the KSK, last month because far-right ideology had deeply pervaded its ranks.  Upon taking an inventory of the arms and supplies of the unit, officials found that nearly 50,000 rounds of ammunition and more than 125 pounds of explosives had disappeared.  The supplies are believed to have been stolen and stashed.

Police raided the home of an non-commissioned officer of the unit, finding everything from two kilograms of plastic explosive, detonators, weapons and other material believed to have been stolen from the army buried in his backyard.

They also found an old Nazi song, magazines written for former Waffen SS officers, and a cache of other Nazi memorabilia.

An underground of military extremists are preparing for what they call “Day X”:  the day the democratic government of the nation collapses.  Some experts and politicians fear the plot is far more sinister:  the violent overthrow of the government.

One former reservist believed to be affiliated with a far-right extremist group was arrested when authorities found a list of government officials with their cell phone numbers and home addresses.

Germany is not alone in having far-right extremists in their military ranks; the US shares the problem.  In 2012, four member of the US Army were arrested for plotting to assassinate President Obama.  Just last month, the Justice Department charged US Army Private Ethan Melzer with aiding a neo-Nazi group to plan an attack on his military unit.