In uniform military allowed in political advertisements?

[DurShar]

A few weeks ago I seen a candidate for the vacated house seat in my district had a photo of him with some military personnel on his campaign website. I didn't think it was an appropriate picture at the time but let it fly until I ran across this http://fundamental-truths.blogspot.com/2008/09/oh-07is-austria-putting-military.html">article earlier today. Now I am curious if this candidate is breaking election laws and/or endangering these soldiers well being? Please enlighten me if you know anything about this subject.

[Iggo]

1. I hear that they're not supposed to.

That doesn't seem to stop them, though.

[leftofcool]

2. See if you can find the full article from the DOD

There may be some exceptions on this.

[DurShar]

4. I found this.

I can't make heads or tails of the lengthy article but maybe someone else can.

http://www.dtic.mil/whs/directives/corres/pdf/134410p.pdf">ARTICLE

[leftofcool]

5. According to the article, a soldier may not

engage in political activity when in uniform. However, if this is a candid shot, and the soldier is not engaging in political activity, it appears to be okay. You see soldiers in photos with candidates all the time, so I suspect this is a candid shot the candidate is using to his benefit.

[DurShar]

6. I don't know how candid it is

since the soldiers are talking with a state representative in front of the Ohio State House. But thanks for taking time to look over the article.

[NeedleCast]

3. We were always told never to do this

It got kicked into our heads pretty often.

Uniforms appear legit.