US Navy warns troops of punishment for protest during national anthem

‘The US Navy has warned its troops that they could be punished for their refusal to stand when the national anthem is played to protest police shooting of African Americans in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement.
The development came after two African American sailors separately went public with their protest gestures against the US flag as a symbol of persisting oppression against the country’s black population through their social networking pages in the past month, Military.com reported Friday.
According to the report, a message directed at active-duty sailors and reserve personnel on active duty cites Navy Regulation 1205, “which mandates that personnel in uniform must stand at attention and face the flag when the national anthem is played.”’
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