{"id":78720,"date":"2024-08-21T15:48:54","date_gmt":"2024-08-21T15:48:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/08\/21\/marines-sailors-to-get-more-training-on-political-dos-and-donts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T16:00:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T16:00:06","slug":"marines-sailors-to-get-more-training-on-political-dos-and-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/your-navy\/2024\/08\/21\/marines-sailors-to-get-more-training-on-political-dos-and-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Marines, sailors to get more training on political do\u2019s and don\u2019ts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps and Navy have ordered all Marines, sailors and federal civilian employees to undergo training about off-limits political activities this summer, ahead of the presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marines.mil\/News\/Messages\/Messages-Display\/Article\/3869919\/implementing-guidance-for-permissible-and-impermissible-political-activities-tr\/\" target=\"_blank\">an Aug. 12 message<\/a>, Marine Corps staff director Lt. 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Gregg Olson ordered commanders to train units on the do\u2019s and don\u2019ts of political involvement by Sept. 15. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro set the same deadline in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mynavyhr.navy.mil\/Portals\/55\/Messages\/ALNAV\/ALN2024\/ALN24061.txt?ver=GsHur1JAR0_ynNu6T3Qwsg%3d%3d\" target=\"_blank\">a message issued July 17<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The orders come after the DOD\u2019s Office of Inspector General reported in May that the Pentagon had failed to properly train and guide troops about partisan political activities before the 2024 campaign season.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2024\/06\/04\/dod-failed-to-share-rules-on-partisan-politics-before-election-season\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP19148124452312.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">DOD failed to share rules on partisan politics before election season<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The lack of communication means service members could violate rules they don\u2019t know exist and portray the DOD as politically partisan.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IG recommended that service secretaries and the chief of the National Guard Bureau issue memos to outline what troops can\u2019t do during a presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Tuesday, the Army and Air Force had resolved that recommendation, meaning they agreed to it but hadn\u2019t yet completed it, said Mollie Halpern, a spokesperson for the DOD Inspector General\u2019s Office. The National Guard had sent the memo, and the issue was still unresolved with the Navy. It was uncertain Wednesday whether the Navy\u2019s July message to commanders would resolve the recommendation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IG\u2019s report this spring warned the lack of guidance means service members may be prone to violating rules they don\u2019t know exist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFailure to ensure compliance and awareness of the permissible and prohibited political conduct activities could result in service members unintentionally violating (policy) and the DOD, a nonpartisan institution, illustrating a partisan position to the public,\u201d the IG report states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"5500\" height=\"3667\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg 5500w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1024 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22271838847244.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1365 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 5500px) 100vw, 5500px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Vice President Kamala Harris, now the Democratic nominee for president, speaks with service members at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in 2022. (Leah Millis\/AP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.esd.whs.mil\/Portals\/54\/Documents\/DD\/issuances\/dodd\/134410p.pdf\">Pentagon policy adopted in 2008<\/a> encourages service members to vote, serve as election officials and sign political petitions as private citizens, rather than as representatives of the military. Troops shouldn\u2019t participate in those activities while wearing their military uniforms, the rules stipulate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same policy spells out the list of prohibited activities, or \u201cmust nots.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The list of off-limits actions include: fundraising for political candidates, participating in letter-writing campaigns, soliciting votes for a political party or candidate, attending political events as official military representatives and displaying large political signs, banners or posters on their private vehicles, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The complex policy also says, broadly, that \u201cany activity that can be reasonably viewed as directly or indirectly associating the DOD with partisan political activity\u201d should be avoided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his message, Olson said Marines and sailors should ask legal staff before engaging in political activities they have questions about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks <a href=\"https:\/\/dodsoco.ogc.osd.mil\/Portals\/102\/Documents\/Political%20Activities%20Docs\/2024%20DSD%20Memo%20on%20Political%20Activities.pdf\">sent a memo<\/a> February 15 to senior Pentagon leaders and DOD field activity directors reminding them to stay apolitical in their official duties. Attached was a \u201cquick guide\u201d on what service members could and couldn\u2019t do according to DOD rules.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cMaintaining the hard-earned trust and confidence of the American people requires us to avoid any action that could imply endorsement of a political party, political candidate or campaign by any element of the department,\u201d Hicks wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The IG determined the memo lacked comprehensiveness and failed to reach all service members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spaceforce.mil\/News\/Article-Display\/Article\/3741523\/political-activity-dos-and-donts-for-airmen-guardians-dod-employees\/\" target=\"_blank\">Air Force sent guidance to airmen and Space Force guardians in April<\/a>, outlining what political activities they could do, both in uniform and in a personal capacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cAs individuals, we do not have to be politically neutral, but the Air Force and Space Force do,\u201d the guidance states. \u201cThese rules help to ensure the DOD does not influence or appear to be partisan in our nation\u2019s electoral process.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In its May report, the IG\u2019s office recommended that the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness update the 2008 policy on political activities to require all of the services to train troops every year there\u2019s a presidential election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of Tuesday, the DOD had agreed to the change but had not yet amended the policy, Halpern said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ashish S. 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