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USS Ford Aviators Counseled After Wearing Patch Depicting a Bat as 'China's Newest Carrier'
Virginian-Pilot military.com ^ | 26 June | Katherine Hafner

Posted on 08/12/2020 11:41:20 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie

Aviators in a small training detachment aboard the aircraft carrier Gerald R. Ford were recently counseled by leadership after wearing an unauthorized and inappropriate patch, the Navy said.

Half of the patch, according to a photo on Twitter, included the aircraft carrier's logo with the words "America's Newest Carrier" and "Integrity at the Helm." The other half, however, depicted an image of a bat with the words "China's Newest Carrier," a reference to one theory about the origins of the novel coronavirus.

"The patch in question was inappropriate and not consistent with uniform regulations, which state patches must be appropriate in nature and approved by commanding officers," Cmdr. Jennifer Cragg, spokeswoman for Naval Air Force Atlantic, said in an email Thursday.

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TOPICS: Humor; Military/Veterans; Society
KEYWORDS: covid; military; navy
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To: Seruzawa
Different Navy than I remember. LOL.

I should have closed my tags and also clarified my comment. I was Air Force. Rules may have been different. Like I said, within the unit and on our aircraft, they were okay. Outside the unit it was whatever the formal unit patch was.

They were, as were all things like this, subject to the Unit Commander’s approval.

41 posted on 08/12/2020 1:33:09 PM PDT by IYAS9YAS (There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Up yours, Commander Jennifer Cragg.

Besides, the Chinese virus is believed by many to be man-made.


42 posted on 08/12/2020 1:35:39 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (Wipe ANTIFA off the face of the Earth. Indict Soros, too...their sugar daddy.)
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To: Seruzawa
Yeah, I know. It's just frustrating that sometimes our Obama era holdovers seem to feel that our flyers attitudes are a greater threat to the country than the Chinese.
43 posted on 08/12/2020 1:36:08 PM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Where can I buy one?


44 posted on 08/12/2020 1:56:41 PM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots & tyrants.)
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To: PIF
"... worried about staying in good graces with the CAG ... who now has to stay in the good graces of the political officer "

Key position in all military units:
It worked for the communists in the Soviet & Chinese military...
It is working just fine for the communists gradually taking control of the American military...

45 posted on 08/12/2020 1:58:40 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is Sam Adams now that we desperately need him)
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To: All

POTUS needs to identify the officer that thought this was important and reassign them to someplace nasty - PCS for 20 years.


46 posted on 08/12/2020 1:59:23 PM PDT by TheTimeOfMan (The Eloi unexpectedly protected the Morlocks from rogue Eloi as they themselves prepared to be eaten)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Leave them the hell alone!

You want them to kill people and break things when the time comes. They had better walk with a swagger and have the mind set to do it now.

This kind of PC crap is going to bury us.


47 posted on 08/12/2020 2:04:31 PM PDT by Sequoyah101 (We are governed by the consent of the governed and we are fools for allowing it.)
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To: rktman

Chicom feelings matter!


48 posted on 08/13/2020 8:16:11 AM PDT by Robocop5626
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