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DoD throws cold water on 'Ice Bucket Challenge'
http://www.navytimes.com/article/20140821/NEWS05/308210042/DoD-throws-cold-water-on-Ice-Bucket-Challenge-DoD throws cold water on 'Ice Bucket Challenge'
Aug. 21, 2014 - 04:43PM
By Jeff Schogol
Staff writer
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(The) DoD Office of General Counsel has issued an edict that current service members and Defense Department employees cannot have ice dumped on them while in uniform — including civilian uniforms.
Apparently, being soaked with ice and water while wearing a uniform can be construed as an official Defense Department endorsement for the cause, the office has concluded.
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