Navy Sailor Refuses To Stand For National Anthem - IMMEDIATELY Regrets
It.
WRITTEN BY DAVID MILLER
A former Navy intelligence specialist recently took a page out of Colin
Kaepernick's playbook and refused to stand for the national anthem
during morning colors. However, she quickly learned she'd made a huge
mistake.
Conservative Tribune reported that Petty Officer 2nd Class Janaye Ervin
was stripped of her security clearance and assigned to menial labor for
a few days before she was forced to leave the Navy for disrespecting our
country so blatantly.
It all started on September 19, when Ervin refused to stand for the
anthem when she was on reserve duty at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam in
Hawaii. The International BusinessTimes reported that Ervin claimed she
was trying to make a statement about blacks being persecuted in the
United States by doing this. "I just didn't want to stand at that
moment," Ervin said "I can't stand for this song knowing that the song
isn't for me, being black. The song doesn't represent me at all. To be
honest, I never really thought about the flag my entire life, I had no
reason to. It's just a flag."
The next day, Ervin's superiors read her her rights and gave her a
warning about potentially compromising her security clearance, which she
needed for both her military and civilian job. One day after that, she
was stripped of her security clearance and escorted out of the secure
area where she was working.
Ervin is now claiming that she was never told which order she was
violating, but this is clearly a lie since she violated the 10th General
Order for Sentries, "...To salute all officers and colors and standards
not cased....." which is taught in Navy boot camp.
All members of the Navy are required to memorize all 11 general orders
in bootcamp, and they are aware that violating any one of them is
subject to Article 92 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice and is
subject to whatever punishment is decided by court-martial.
On September 21, Ervin took to Facebook to publicly whine about how
"unfair" this has been for her. "The Navy has decided to punish me for
defending the Constitution and has taken away my equipment I need to do
my Naval job," she wrote, according to PopularMilitary.com.
Hey, Janaye, the Navy did not take ANYTHING from you - you forfeited
your own job when you knowingly violated a general order.