The US Navy is working to ban the Confederate battle flag from all public spaces on Navy installations, ships and aircraft, the service said on Tuesday, as the military grapples with questions about racial inequality raised by the Black Lives Matter protests.
The Navy made the move amid demonstrations across the United States and other countries sparked by the death of George Floyd, an African-American man who died after a white policeman knelt on his neck for nearly nine minutes.
In a statement, the Navy said Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Mike Gilday had directed his staff to begin drafting an order that would prohibit the flag "from all public spaces and work areas aboard Navy installations, ships, aircraft and submarines".
"The order is meant to ensure unit cohesion, preserve good order and discipline, and uphold the Navy’s core values of honour, courage and commitment," the statement added.
The Navy's move follows the Marine Corps ordering the removal of the Confederate battle flag from all its installations, including a ban on depicting the flag on mugs and car bumpers.
In a reversal, an Army official said Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy was open to having a bipartisan conversation about renaming Army bases named for Confederate leaders. Fort Hood, Texas, for example, is named for General John Bell Hood.
Also on Tuesday, the US Senate confirmed General Charles Brown as the first African-American military service chief, voting unanimously to make him chief of staff of the Air Force......snip~
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The Navy Bends the Knee to the PC Left.