This is nowhere near a Hatch act violation. First off the Hatch Act doesn't apply to uniformed personnel. What does apply is https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/

This is nowhere near a Hatch act violation. First off the Hatch Act doesn't apply to uniformed personnel. What does apply is https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/dodd/134410p.pdf https://www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/Documents/DD/issuances/do... and I just don't see a lecture by a historian, even if it seems to touch on relevant material to the election as falling within it. And that's the case even if someone asks a question and later the conversation becomes more partisan. The traditions of academic freedom would say that speakers aren't identified with the Constitution. Should we prohibit the Latinists at West Point from talking about Cataline? It just isn't the case that every possible statement is prohibited even if it weighs in on matters that some candidates have spoken about.