Top Marine Explains Why He's Banning Confederate Flags on Bases
6 Mar 2020
Military.com | By Gina Harkins
The Marine Corps is a combat organization that can't afford breakdowns in trust or unit cohesion, which is why the service's top general says he's banning all Confederate items on base.
Commandant Gen. David Berger acknowledged on Thursday that his recent directive to remove Confederate paraphernalia has been met with mixed reactions. But the general stood by the move in his first public comments about the controversial decision in an exclusive interview with Military.com.
"Things that divide us are not good," Berger said. "Whatever [Marines] have in their homes is fine. When on government property, we have to think as a unit and how to build a team, a cohesive team."
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