U.S. Pacific Fleet officials determined the American public could reasonably view the patches being worn on military uniforms as official Defense Department endorsement of Trump's 2020 campaign ...

The latest breach of America’s civil-military tradition of political ... a play on his “Make America Great Again” campaign slogan. Unit patches like this can be authorized by local command ...

Samuel Boyle, a Navy spokesman, told Military.com ... candidate, campaign or cause, according to Defense Department Directive 1344.10. Some on social media said the patch is a clear violation ...

Wire services photographers also captured images of the same military members. Airmen onboard the USS WASP wearing patches on their ... of a political candidate, campaign or cause," the policy ...

For the rest of the campaign, the candidate would carry the military patch that the stranger gave him that day. On Tuesday, Earl Smith met Barack Obama again — this time, in the Oval Office.