I don’t intend to argue the point brake it up with UCMJ
I will say this. The military itself is not a democratic system. Nor is the Catholic Church, for that matter. Being on government subsidies for income should preclude some rights as well. For the same reasons.
It’s just the way I see it. I’m not arguing
:: If he was active-duty and sung the National Anthem in his street clothes, he’d be looking at the same CO and explaining his dereliction ::
Please look at this and understand that I am intimately familiar with the scenario I proffer.