Well he did screw up mixing politics with the military. He’s welcome to have a DOMA party or an abortion party, but mix it with his promotion and it can be seen as crossing the line.
You’re joking right?
He was ‘celebrating’ current law.
You have to be joking, or accidentally wandered onto the wrong website.
Was the unprecedented, improper allowance of uniformed military to participate in a "gay pride" parade last year crossing the line? Will it be this year?
Exactly what “Poliics” did he mix with his promotion? However I would like to see exactly what was in the reprimand!!!
Raises interesting questions about how the members of our military are supposed to defend our Constituion.
I think we need more details. If he was in civilian clothes, having a private party...he is allowed to do that, just as he is allowed to attend a political rally in civilian clothes.
Add to this, he was merely celebrating the law of the land - DOMA. It is very strange that supporting the law is considered bad behavior.
The only place where he could have gone wrong is if he was in uniform. And promotion ‘ceremonies’ usually involve being in uniform, and having the new rank pinned on. And, usually somebody in your chain of command is there to read the citation. If that happened...combined with the fact that this was a politically charged issue (involving the president’s very recent flip-flop on his position), it might be construed as improper. But I doubt that happened, since nobody in hos COC seems to have been reprimanded.
Well he did screw up mixing politics with the military. He’s welcome to have a DOMA party or an abortion party, but mix it with his promotion and it can be seen as crossing the line.
NO, It’s called Free Speech.