23-year Marine vet here. DoD Directive 1344.10 is now a dead letter.
In fact, you could argue that uniformed service members now have an implicit obligation to speak out favorably on progressive politics given the public comments of SecDEF, Joint Chiefs, several service branch leaders and unified combatant commanders.
It’s a Bizzaro-world that undermines good order & discipline making our military much less likely to be able to accomplish its mission when called upon.
It’s also true that concealed weapons are not allowed on base much less on base and in a POV. For better or worse, they have to be secured and stowed in every command I’m familiar with.
Good post. Any member of the armed forces would be best served by being apolitical in these times.