It's obvious that breakem has not served because if he had he would know that in MEPPS all recruits are asked questions about their associations and their moral character. Being in this group is borderline sedition. The Army will not take a communist in because you cannot be loyal if you are amoral. Communists believe that the will of the state overrides any silly rule about telling the truth. There is no absolute right or wrong and Marxists believe that truth is only what the powerful TELL you it is. All laws are not absolute and are abstract to them. It is contrary to the beliefs of what the US Military is trying to teach these young soldiers and sailors.
So the ANSWER breakem is no. You cannot be an active member of a Marxist organization. It is one of the questions that they will ask and that can keep you from being accepted into one of the great institutions this country created.
If you read the UCMJ...and read it like you are not a MARXIST...you will see how this sailor could be brought up on multiple charges. He is in trouble. Bigtime!
Hint: look up punitive articles
Thanx for the link, despite your venon, your the first one on the thrad to try to "educate" me. When General Pershing walked through our camp he only told us to be strong in battle.
I didn't see anything that addresses the rule prohibiting demonstrating or joining this group. While it makes sense, I am asking to see the rule in writing. I'm not much for getting in line just because someone else says so.