Tucker6900
Regular Member
...Violation of uniform protocal to hold the umbrella?
The rules were rexaled a few years ago to allow both enlisted and officers, not in formation, wearing Class A (dress uniform with uniform blouse worn)or Class B (dress uniform without uniform blouse - think "business casual" for values that mean no suit jacket/sports coat) uniforms - to carry umbrellas or small packages. They are supposed to carry one or the other in the left hand so that a salute can still be rendered. My mental picture is of an enlisted Marine, holding an umbrella, saluting a Marine officer, also holding an umbrella, with the fiollowing exchange: "Semper Fi, eh wot?" responded to with "Ooh rah! Raw-ther*."
stay safe.
* - you have to imagine a very upper-class posh accent
That is a despicable use of the military.
If he wants to play King, he should take on lackey staff to do those menial chores, not abuse a professional warfighter.
When speaking to that arrogant boob-in-chief, I'd replace the i in Semper Fi with a u.
Someone is actually going to suggest that a lowly Marine was ordered to hold an umbrella to keep his commander dry is a UCMJ issue?
Well, we should send the commander to gitmo then.