President Donald Trump's military leaders have roundly rebuked the deadly violence that unfolded at the white-nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, last weekend.
"No place for racial hatred or extremism in @USMC," Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, tweeted Tuesday, soon after Trump held a fiery press conference in which he defended his response to the violence. "Our core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment frame the way Marines live and act."
The US Navy's senior military officer weighed in Saturday, the day it became apparent that three people died in connection to the rally. "Events in Charlottesville unacceptable & musnt be tolerated @USNavy forever stands against intolerance & hatred," Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, tweeted.
The official Twitter account for the 82nd Airborne Division, one of the US Army's renowned infantry units, addressed an image of a man who wore a hat bearing the division's emblem while rendering what appeared to be a KKK salute.
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The image has been retweeted about 30,000 times since Saturday, and it circulated across military groups in social-media channels.
"Respectfully, anyone who thinks this man represents our culture and values has never worn the maroon beret...and never will," the 82nd Airborne Division tweeted.
The account added: "Our WWII Airborne forefathers jumped into Europe to defeat Nazism. We know who we are. We know our legacy."
"Anyone can purchase that hat. Valor is earned," it said.
US military leaders distance themselves from Trump's stance on Charlottesville
"No place for racial hatred or extremism in @USMC," Gen. Robert Neller, the Marine Corps commandant, tweeted Tuesday, soon after Trump held a fiery press conference in which he defended his response to the violence. "Our core values of Honor, Courage, and Commitment frame the way Marines live and act."
The US Navy's senior military officer weighed in Saturday, the day it became apparent that three people died in connection to the rally. "Events in Charlottesville unacceptable & musnt be tolerated @USNavy forever stands against intolerance & hatred," Adm. John Richardson, the chief of naval operations, tweeted.
The official Twitter account for the 82nd Airborne Division, one of the US Army's renowned infantry units, addressed an image of a man who wore a hat bearing the division's emblem while rendering what appeared to be a KKK salute.
@BFriedmanDC/Twitter
The image has been retweeted about 30,000 times since Saturday, and it circulated across military groups in social-media channels.
"Respectfully, anyone who thinks this man represents our culture and values has never worn the maroon beret...and never will," the 82nd Airborne Division tweeted.
The account added: "Our WWII Airborne forefathers jumped into Europe to defeat Nazism. We know who we are. We know our legacy."
"Anyone can purchase that hat. Valor is earned," it said.
US military leaders distance themselves from Trump's stance on Charlottesville
