http://www.usmc.mil/directiv.nsf/0/87f31144d04a360285256778006e75a0/$FILE/MCO%205370.4B.pdf You may not like this, but here goes. In the military all laws are not codified some are called "lex non scripta" or unwritten common law. I'm not sure what this branch of the service is going to say, but in the Army the punishment during wartime would be severe. The standard for someone in the military is much higher than the civilian.
All laws do not have to be codified in order for them to be punishable...this is a relatively new trend that started with the statist interpretation of laws in the last century...especially during Clinton's time in office.
I hope the military never discards this tradition.
Thanx, that wasn't so painful was it? Look to the corps to make the most sense from a defense standpoint. My son says he doesn't remember this being covered in Boot Camp six years ago, but that no one in his platoon would have done any demonstrating for fear of group pressure and because they took the marine values seriously. After that he was guarding embassies from locals and not US demonstrations.
Here's some info I found. About 15,000 of the american communist party served in world war II. Some in OSS. By the fifties membership in ove 400 organizations considered sunversive was prohibited to members of the armed services. The list has dwindled down because many of the organizations evaporated.
The point on this coast guard guy is convincing the service that ANSWER is in that category. I have asked for info, but no one has provided it.