10-20-2003, 09:14 PM
The Uniform Code of Military Justice has some very strict limits on what public utterances a commissioned officer may make. An excellent example is the Air Force two star who referred, in public and in uniform, to President Clinton as "a dope smoking draft dodger" and was sent packing a day or two later by the Chief of Staff of the Air Force.
The other issue raised is one of top cover. If a general addresses anyone in public in uniform, he must assume that he is going to be taken as making an officila utterance.
If, on the other hand, he is addressing a congregation in civilian attire and is speaking as a private citizen, the rules are, as General Myers notes, a hell of a lot grayer.
The other issue raised is one of top cover. If a general addresses anyone in public in uniform, he must assume that he is going to be taken as making an officila utterance.
If, on the other hand, he is addressing a congregation in civilian attire and is speaking as a private citizen, the rules are, as General Myers notes, a hell of a lot grayer.
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In War, the outcome is never final. --Carl von Clausewitz--
Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum
John 11:35 - consider why.
In Memory of Pete