The Pentagon is putting the freeze on service members filming themselves in uniform taking the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge that has swept across social media and raised millions to research Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (A.L.S.), also known as Lou Gherig’s disease.
Service members have joined the wave of people who have dumped a bucket of ice water on their heads following challenges from friends or colleagues to complete the stunt or donate to ALS research. Celebrities and politicians have also gotten in on the action to include former President George W. Bush, Justin Timberlake and Peyton Manning.
The Pentagon’s Office of General Counsel Standards of Conduct Office did not state that service members could not participate, but ordered troops and DoD civilians not to perform the challenge in uniform.
