Analysis examines how lower-ranking military officers can become civil-military controversies

The article argues that non-policy officers (colonel and below in most services, captain and below in the Navy and Coast Guard) are increasingly drawn into civil-military controversies because social media lets individual actions reach national audiences. It cites the June arrest of an active-duty Air Force major at a protest near the US Capitol while in uniform. The author says DoD Directive 1344.10, last issued in 2008, predates these developments and that regulatory compliance alone does not settle the judgment calls officers face.

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