Department of Defense
DIRECTIVE
NUMBER 1344.10
February 19, 2008
USD(P&R)
SUBJECT: Political Activities by Members of the Armed Forces
Directives 4.3.2. and 4.3.2.1.
A retired member of the U.S. Armed Forces may NOT, in campaign literature (including Web sites, videos, television, and conventional print advertisements) Use or allow the use of photographs, drawings, and other similar media formats of themselves in uniform as the primary graphic representation in any campaign media, such as a billboard, brochure, flyer, Web site, or television commercial.
Steve Seroka:
Violates the Defense Department’s ban on campaign banners with photos of him in uniform
Not supported by veterans organizations
His awards and decorations being called into question, too
paid for by DNCPAC; Tom Morley, treas.