Navy reviewing wearing of Trump patches aboard ship

[left-of-center2012]

The Navy says it is reviewing whether service members violated Defense Department policy or regulations by wearing a uniform patch with the words "Make Aircrews Great Again" during President Donald Trump's visit to their ship in Japan.

The phrase emblazoned on the patch, along with a likeness of Trump, is a play on his campaign slogan. The military has uniform dress codes and regulations against partisan political acts while in uniform.

In a brief statement Tuesday, the Navy said only that the matter was under review by Navy leadership to ensure that the wearing of the patches did not violate policy or regulations.

Trump visited the USS Wasp assault ship on Tuesday before returning to Washington from four days in Japan.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/navy-reviewing-wearing-trump-patches-aboard-ship-63329190

[sellitman]

1. These make me puke

How horrible!

[C_U_L8R]

2. Looks more like Mitt Romney

What a joke

[left-of-center2012]

3. I was thinking ..

Robert Kennedy

[Maru Kitteh]

14. With Bill Clinton's nose.

[ooky]

13. It sure as hell isn't what Trump looks like.

[JHB]

16. Blonde Romney with buck teeth, looked like to me.

Hope they're better at their jobs than their artwork. Or their adherence to regs.

[BigmanPigman]

4. Make Aircrew a Fucking Joke

for wearing that crap. What review...it IS in violation. Punish the idiots right now.

"This is a violation of Article 134 of the UCMJ. This can’t be tolerated! When I swore my oath in 1975 it was to my country, not to a potus, and nothing has changed. Wearing patches or insignia in fealty to President is no different than showing fealty to a dictator. @tedlieu"

[Delmette2.0]

7. +1,000

[UniteFightBack]

5. So I guess Aircrew sucked if they need to make it great again. Fucking IDIOTS. nt

[Hekate]

6. Politicized military: what could possibly go wrong with that?

[TreasonousBastard]

8. WTF is to "review"? Nothing goes on a uniform that isn't military...

issue.

At least that's the way it was when I was in the Army. Of course, back then it was more likely "Fuck Nixon".

[Old Vet]

19. I was in during those fun days.............

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

9. When I flew in the Air Force no one would have even suggested such a political patch.

We wore our command patch (in my case, the Military Airlift Command), the squadron patch and the American flag patch.

The squadron patch would represent some aspect of the squadron's mission or history. Even using a variation of #MAGA -- without the image of Fat Donnie pointing his short finger at you -- would have been too blatantly political for a patch.

[Freethinker65]

10. Yikes. What a horribly conceived patch.

I honestly would not have known who the center character was supposed to resemble without the MAGA reference.

[gratuitous]

11. Considering the person depicted is a declared candidate for the presidency in 2020

I'm not sure how this escapes being a political statement. I hope the fellows wearing these patches are appropriately sanctioned. Trump will probably look into pardoning them (because he knows how to run the military better than the military does).

[UTUSN]

12. Goody goody, but should be open-closed that the military is NON-political, belongs to the COUNTRY!

[Mc Mike]

15. A light keelhauling is in order.

No need for the lash.

[sarabelle]

17. Why do they need a review? Isn't this against the law?

Supporting an enemy of the US, i thought was against the law? Trump is certainly one of the country' biggest enemies.

Match his words up with any of the dictators of current society.

[spanone]

18. well, it was a 'campaign slogan' worn on navy uniforms...it DID violate policy.