Posted on 04/11/2021 3:08:50 PM PDT by rickmichaels
The U.S. Navy has drawn criticism for updating its Twitter bio to depict an eagle wearing a face mask in a reference to the coronavirus pandemic.
The change to the Navy logo was spotted by Twitter users on Friday, drawing mockery and accusations that the nation's adversaries would be 'laughing' at the update.
The logo, a stylized version of the unofficial Navy emblem that dates back to the 1970s, shows an eagle holding an anchor in its talons. The updated version depicts a blue mask covering the eagle's beak.
'Why desecrate the US Navy logo with a mask? It's a blatant show of weakness. China is laughing..' one Twitter user wrote.
'China, Iran, and Russia are pissing their pants laughing at us,' wrote right-wing commentator John Cardillo.
'This is so depressing,' remarked Robby Starbuck, the music video director and Republican candidate for Congress.
'The @USNavy put a mask on the Eagle on its home page. We’re doomed,' tweeted Robert J. O'Neill, the former SEAL Team Six operator who participated in the raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
The Navy's twist on the logo is believed to be an attempt to emphasize the importance of personal precautions in the pandemic. The service has not yet commented on the matter.
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Oh, fer crying out loud! ANOTHER humiliation for the military.
So the Navy I served has gone full on faggot. So glad I’m retired!!!
Well now all that’s left is Rum and the Lash.
And I guess West Point is actively trying to lower their status to that of our ivy league cess pits by teaching woke crap? Come on, West Point. Our military academies are among the few that just might be trying to keep up standards. Ditch the idiots teaching that drivel and send them to schools that teach “studies” and other totally non academic excrement. You’ve already got a big (non stated color) mark for allowing that communist supporting idiot to graduate. And Annapolis has a big feces stain for graduating Carter.
Unbelievable! When I saw this, I though it was from the Babylon Bee.
The third element now rules.
Even our Eagles can carry Covid!
And that's the short list.
OMG!! Is this for real???
I think they passed faggot and hit the gas.
What? No Fig Leaf?
Mother. Of. God.
Just when you think things couldn’t get anymore foolish...the US government never disappoints.
Next: Masks on the ship’s guns...
Probably not as bad as the eagle on the Sec. of Defense logo holding it’s nose.
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