DoD Unauthorized Political Activity –

The Department of Defense (DoD) maintains a policy that DoD personnel acting in their official capacity may not engage in activities that associate the DoD with any partisan political campaign or election, candidate, cause, or issue.

All military personnel, including National Guard and reserve forces, are prohibited from wearing military uniforms at political campaigns or election events.

Military members may not:

• Fundraise

• Speak

• Canvass or advocate on behalf of a partisan candidate or cause.

• Military members are disallowed from placing partisan political signage in military housing onboard military installations.

Acceptable political activities:

• Members are allowed (in a private capacity) to support their candidate or cause in limited scope, as long as it is never in uniform and is not serving a large role within the cause (i.e., supervisory position).