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SF_BHT · 05-31-2009, 11:56

This has been the Policy and regulations for years..... I have a early 1980's hard copy of the AR and it says the same thing. TR is right that they are looking at it a lot harder since Boykin's speaches......

Ref Obama making any new Policy/Reg changes I have not been able to find any on the books yet.

It boils down to two things with this example:

Military member speaking in Public in Uniform - No he can not if it falls into the parameters for the AR that Richard posted

They were making a True or False ref to prove or disprove this statement "A new federal government policy prohibits U.S. service members from speaking at "faith-based public events""

Nothing is new so it is false as they stated..... If someone takes that example they used as he is being blocked from speaking he is being blocked by a long standing Regulation that has nothing to do with the current or past Bush administrations. Just a bad example for their site from my standpoint.

The core problem is that most Soldiers do not know that this exist and have committed to and done public speeches in Uniform. We tend to forget that when you raise your hand and swear in you lose some of your rights until you get out. That comes with having to have some extra controls over your service members to maintain discipline and keep our military out of Political issues. At times people have turned a bind eye for a long time but I think that they are looking at things a little closer due to some recent issues. LTG Boykin is one of them.

Remember the DOD can have you speak in Uniform but you can not unless they want you to.

Just my 2 cents

05-31-2009, 11:56	#6
SF_BHT Quiet Professional Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Sneaking back and forth across the Border Posts: 6,693	This has been the Policy and regulations for years..... I have a early 1980's hard copy of the AR and it says the same thing. TR is right that they are looking at it a lot harder since Boykin's speaches...... Ref Obama making any new Policy/Reg changes I have not been able to find any on the books yet. It boils down to two things with this example: Military member speaking in Public in Uniform - No he can not if it falls into the parameters for the AR that Richard posted They were making a True or False ref to prove or disprove this statement "A new federal government policy prohibits U.S. service members from speaking at "faith-based public events"" Nothing is new so it is false as they stated..... If someone takes that example they used as he is being blocked from speaking he is being blocked by a long standing Regulation that has nothing to do with the current or past Bush administrations. Just a bad example for their site from my standpoint. The core problem is that most Soldiers do not know that this exist and have committed to and done public speeches in Uniform. We tend to forget that when you raise your hand and swear in you lose some of your rights until you get out. That comes with having to have some extra controls over your service members to maintain discipline and keep our military out of Political issues. At times people have turned a bind eye for a long time but I think that they are looking at things a little closer due to some recent issues. LTG Boykin is one of them. Remember the DOD can have you speak in Uniform but you can not unless they want you to. Just my 2 cents Last edited by SF_BHT; 05-31-2009 at 14:07.
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