So you can twerk and make gay tiktok videos in the uniform but not say "america first"?
I tought my opinion of the us couldnt get any lower. "Atleast they have a cool military" i tought.
I bet he wouldnt be disciplined if he talked up our greatest ally.
Yes.
Department of Defense Directive 1344.10 lists out what is and is not acceptable to do while on active duty. Being on active duty restricts many of your Constitutional rights (it's why it's called "service"), especially those of the First Amendment. After all, the President is your commander-in-chief and having served under both Bush and Obama I never liked either, but I kept my mouth shut and would have because the office is what's important. The military is an instrument of United States foreign policy, and if members of the military refuse to obey lawful orders in the furtherance of that policy because they don't like who gives them then it destabilizes the services, what we refer to as "good order and discipline". You can vote, you can makje political statements
so long as you are not in uniform and
so long as you make it clear that you are speaking for yourself as an individual and not as a member of the DoD; you can similarly
Join a partisan or non-partisan political club and attend its meetings when not in uniform, subject to restrictions of subparagraph 4.1.2.4
Just to quote what you
cannot do, I'll provide it here. You cannot:
- Participate in partisan political fundraising activities, rallies, conventions, management of campaigns, or debates, either as an individual or as a member of the United States Armed Forces.
- Use official authority to influence or interfere with an election, affect the course of outcome of an election, solicit votes for a particular candidate or issue, or require or solicit contributions from others.
- Allow or cause to be published partisan political articles, letters, or endorsements signed or written by a member that solicits votes for or against a candidate, party or cause.
- Serve in any official capacity with or be listed as a sponsor of a partisan political club.
- Speak before a partisan political gathering, including any gathering that promotes a political party, candidate, or cause.
- Participate in any radio, television, or other program or group discussion as an advocate for or against a political party, candidate, or cause.
- Conduct a political opinion survey under the auspices of a partisan political club or group or distribute partisan political literature.
- Perform clerical or other duties for a partisan political committee or candidate during a campaign, on an election day, or after an election day during the process of closing out a campaign.
- Solicit or otherwise engage in fundraising activities in federal offices or facilities, including military reservations, for any political cause or candidate.
- March or ride in a partisan political parade.
The list goes on. My thinking is that the guy has been active on YouTube talking about Trump, what a good guy he is, etc. He's also been active in the Groyper sphere and he's done actual vandalism (which in and of itself is a UCMJ violation for a court-martial). In any case, his public praising and support of Nick Fuentes would fall under 4.1.2.1 and 4.1.2.2. To put it another way, three Marines who marched at Charlottesville were punished for their presence, with two being administratively separated and the third being reduced in rank, forfeiture of pay and allowances, and restriction (if I remember correctly). As I stated also, Spencer Rapone was punished for having a picture taken at West Point with the words "Communism Will Win" inside his cap. To be fair, though, he was a commissioned officer and we have a
lot more restrictions on what we can and cannot do, and the penalties for fucking that up are generally more serious than the enlisted troops. For many infractions that would land an enlisted troop on a 45/45 restriction at an Article 15/NJP/Captain's Mast a commissioned officer can receive a letter of reprimand which is often a career killer, no matter your rank.
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