It is also a violation. NO ONE in uniform/serving in the military is t6o make public political statements (At least that is the way it was for the 30 years I was in!)
I didn’t cathc the corporla’s name as the CNN feed froze and they cut away during the interview. But by that point he had already said he voted for Ron Paul and expressed his opinion that Iran was Israel’s military business and not ours.
712 posted on Tuesday, January 03, 2012 9:17:27 PM by MagUSNRET: “It is also a violation. NO ONE in uniform/serving in the military is t6o make public political statements (At least that is the way it was for the 30 years I was in!)”
You’re right, but I’ve seen it happen more than a few times — sometimes deliberate, often by well-meaning servicemembers who honestly didn’t realize they were breaking the rules because they’d been doing it before and nobody said anything.
I was personally in attendance when an E-6 in uniform stood up at a Republican event and made pro-Republican comments, and a retired two-star general complimented him for his service and his statement.
Military-friendly reporters generally avoid running the photo and don’t identify the servicemember by rank or unit.
That’s pretty hard to avoid on TV, though.