{"id":95670,"date":"2020-02-14T11:05:44","date_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:05:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=95670"},"modified":"2020-02-14T11:13:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-14T15:13:17","slug":"navy-punishes-sailors-over-make-aircrew-great-again-patches-worn-at-trump-speech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=95670","title":{"rendered":"Navy Punishes Sailors Over ‘Make Aircrew Great Again’ Patches Worn at Trump Speech"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nA service member wears a patch that says “Make Aircrew Great Again” as they listen to President Donald Trump speak to troops at a Memorial Day event aboard the USS Wasp, Tuesday, May 28, 2019, in Yokosuka, Japan. (AP Photo\/Evan Vucci)<\/em><\/p>\n

AW1 Rod sends us the link where service members were investigated for violating an order for participating in a political event while in uniform. The political event? A Memorial Day speech by President Trump on board USS Wasp.<\/p>\n

Exactly how a service member is in violation by attending a speech in uniform when the event is occurring on-board his\/her US warship was left unsaid. <\/p>\n

The real issue, of course, was the patches worn by some Pilots and Aircrew. Read on..<\/p>\n

By Gina Harkins<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sailors who showed up to a speech by President Donald Trump wearing patches playing off the commander in chief’s famous campaign slogan have been punished — along with some of their superiors — for violating a Pentagon order that bars troops in uniform from participating in political events.<\/p>\n

Eighteen sailors and officers assigned to the Guam-based Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron 25 were informed days after Trump’s Memorial Day address on the amphibious assault ship Wasp that they were suspected of violating Pentagon policy. Nine of them had attended the speech sporting flight suits with red patches that said, “Make Aircrew Great Again.”<\/p>\n

Journalists attending the speech posted photos of the patches on Twitter, prompting questions about whether the uniform devices violated Defense Department policy requiring troops to remain apolitical while in uniform. The patches featured the president’s likeness, along with the riff on Trump’s “Make America Great Again” slogan.<\/p>\n

Military.com obtained a copy of the 103-page investigation into the incident, which was launched just days after Trump’s speech, through a Freedom of Information Act request. It found that, while the sailors didn’t intend for the patches to make a political statement, they still broke the rules.<\/p>\n

The sailors’ officer-in-charge, a lieutenant commander, confiscated the patches immediately after Trump’s speech.<\/p>\n

The Navy also took “appropriate administrative measures” against an undisclosed number of sailors and leaders involved in the incident, Lt. j.g. Rachel McMarr, a Navy spokeswoman in Hawaii, said.<\/p>\n

A Navy official with knowledge of the cases said some sailors and officers faced nonjudicial punishments, but the charges were later dropped. The official spoke on condition of anonymity due to not being authorized to discuss private personnel matters. The personnel ultimately received administrative reprimands, which were carried out at the unit level. The severity of those punishments were not disclosed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From the 1MC- “Away, away the Morale Suppression Team! Morale detected on the Flight Deck near the Podium! Now, Away!”<\/p>\n

You all should know where my sympathies lie with this one. Naval Aircrew bending the rules and have some fun? The horror! Yeah, prolly not the smartest move, but the over-the-top reaction seems unfortunately the norm these days. At least calmer heads prevailed, the NJP was dropped, and a verbal ass-chewing was the final result.
\nRead the entire article here: Military.com<\/a>
\nThanks, AW1 Rod!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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