[FreedomCalls]

>>I was told that service men and women are not allowed to attend these things in uniform

>They can't take "sides" or be political.

How is it that this guy was able to attend on behalf of the Sheehan side then? Was what he was doing illegal?

Wearing his Marine fatigues, former Marine corporal Mike McNeil, of Ft. Worth, looks at a name on one of the crosses lining the side of the road leading to President Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas, Friday, Aug. 12, 2005. McNeil, who served in the first Gulf War, says he plans to read each name on the crosses for the soldiers killed in Iraq to show support for their families. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

He was in full uniform, although the AP listed him as a "former" Marine. His "high and tight" is fresh though. Was he just posing for the cameras?

[Hodar]

How is it that sheehan can say she doesn't want Pres. Bush to invoke her son's name for any reason, yet she feels free to invoke the names of others for her cause. That's what I love about the left...they don't see what hypocrites they are!

-zlala (hodar's wife)

[El Gato]

How is it that this guy was able to attend on behalf of the Sheehan side

The article doesn't say which side he was supporting if either.

If he is a former Marine Colonel (and Marines don't generally speak of themselves as "former". Marines or "ex" Marines) then his wearing of his uniform is technically illegal. Retired service members are only allowed to wear the uniform on appropriate occasions. (I technically am one, although from the reserves and without enough "good years" to get retirement pay or benefits). National holidays, funerals, and so forth.

That said, I remember seeing a retired Army Major and a retired AF Lt. Col. at a support the troops rally... for the first Gulf war, actually before the war itself, during the Desert Shield phase.