What? Do you even know what sedition is?
se·di·tionSure there's disorder resulting, but it's not rebellious at all.
noun: sedition; plural noun: seditions
- conduct or speech inciting people to rebel against the authority of a state or monarch.
- any action, especially in speech or writing, promoting such discontent or rebellion.
- Archaic. rebellious disorder.
Do you know what a psyop is? The point of the behavior was the photograph. The point of the photograph was its publication. The point of the publication was to create disdain for military sacrifice. The point of creating that disdain in the public mind is foment REBELLION.
Too farfetched? Then you're going to have to come up with a "reasonable" explanation for National Guard soldiers mocking the scaredness of their own work - a sacredness they are acknowledged for throughout the military, and which is the most pervasive part of their training and operations. This whole thing screams psyop, as it is utterly inconceivable that these soldiers would even remotely think of this as a "prank."