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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Lindsey Graham, have historically produced campaign materials featuring them in military uniform ... lacked certain patches to render him as such, including his name tag. Dean Widener, a U.S ...

campaign or cause." Some military personnel members aboard the USS Wasp in Yokosuka, Japan were photographed wearing the red patches, which displayed the text "Make Aircrew Great Again" and a ...