Because this is America, damn it.

[lizvogel]

Because important.

Military leadership defends right to protest.

“Every member of the U.S. military swears an oath to support and defend the Constitution and the values embedded within it,” Milley wrote. “This document is founded on the essential principles that all men and women are born free and equal and should be treated with respect and dignity. It also gives Americans the right to freedom of speech and peaceful assembly.”

     (Army Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff)

Includes the full text of both the memo from the chairman to the Joint Chiefs and the memo from the Sec'y of Defense to all service personnel.