US Coast Guard is denying report about swastikas

[muriel_volestrangler]

6. Comparing July 2019 and current language:

The following is a non-exhaustive list of symbols whose display, presentation, creation, or depiction would constitute a potential hate incident: a noose, a swastika, supremacist symbols, Confederate symbols or flags, and anti Semitic symbols, among many others.
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The CO/OIC must also decide on appropriate action, if any, including situations where the conduct or speech may not be a hate incident but nevertheless could be divisive or disruptive to command climate and unit cohesion.
https://media.defense.gov/2019/May/21/2002134212/-1/-1/0/CIM_5350_4D.pdf

So in July 2019, "hate incidents" were clearly worse than "divisive", and a swastika was among the defining displays for a hate incident.

November 2025:

Conduct previously handled as a potential hate incident, including those involving symbols widely identified with oppression or hatred, is processed as a report of harassment in cases with an identified aggrieved individual, or in accordance with Chapter 11 of this Instruction. The terminology “hate incident” is no longer present in policy.
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PUBLIC DISPLAY OF DIVISIVE SYMBOLS AND FLAGS
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This does not include private spaces outside of public view, such as family housing.
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Potentially divisive symbols and flags include, but are not limited to, the following: a noose, a swastika, and any symbols or flags co-opted or adopted by hate-based groups as representations of supremacy, racial or religious intolerance, or other bias.

https://media.defense.gov/2025/nov/14/2003820615/-1/-1/0/CI_5350_6A.pdf

So there has to be "an identified aggrieved individual" for it to rise to "harassment", and swastikas in family housing are fine. Motherfuckers.