Navy yanks promo photo of sailor wearing cheeky Venezuela patch
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“The Navy quietly yanked a photo from the Pentagon’s official image hub after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a cheeky detail.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the Navy removed the photo.
“The now-scrubbed image, originally posted to the military’s official Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website, featured a sailor wearing a patch reading: 'JOIN THE NAVY, SAVE THE BIG BOOTY VENEZUELANS!'”
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— The Defense Visual Information Distribution Service (DVIDS), formerly the Defense Video & Imagery Distribution System, is an operation supported by the Defense Media Activity (DMA). It provides a conn…
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— This is a list of active duty United States Army major generals collected from publicly available and accessible information.
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— Project Maven (officially Algorithmic Warfare Cross Functional Team) is a Department of Defense initiative launched in April 2017 to accelerate the adoption of machine learning and data integration ac…
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“The slogan was apparently referencing the Navy’s months-long operations in the waters near Venezuela ahead of the Jan. 3, 2026 arrest of Nicolas Maduro.”
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Wikipedia confirms the 2026 U.S. intervention and Maduro's arrest but does not mention prior Navy operations near Venezuela as claimed.
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— 2026 (MMXXVI) is the current year, and is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2026th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 26th year of the …
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— On 3 January 2026, the United States launched a military strike in Venezuela and captured incumbent Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores. The US operation, codenamed Operatio…
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— As part of Operation Southern Spear, the United States enacted a blockade on sanctioned oil tankers traveling in and out of Venezuela on 17 December 2025, after placing additional sanctions affecting …
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“The image included a scantily clad Latina woman serving drinks on a beach to a man in a Navy uniform.”
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— The Argentine Navy (ARA; Spanish: Armada de la República Argentina) is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Army and …
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— The Haitian Navy (French: Marine Haitienne; Haitian Creole: Marin Ayisyèn), is the naval branch of the armed forces of Haiti. The constitutional duty of the Navy is to protect the maritime sovereignty…
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— Latin (lingua Latina or Latinum) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lo…
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“The sailor wearing the patch was fixing an aircraft aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford.”
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“The Navy stated the patch was 'unofficial and inappropriate' and not consistent with uniform regulations.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the Navy's statement about the patch.
“The Navy said the matter is 'currently under review.'”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the Navy's statement about the matter being under review.
“So-called 'morale patches' have long circulated among troops in deployed environments.”
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No evidence was found in cross-references, web search, or Wikipedia to confirm the existence or use of 'morale patches' by troops.
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