Claim: Navy SEALs were ordered to discontinue wearing the "Don't Tread on Me" uniform patch because it is too closely associated with "radical groups."
Fact-check: Navy SEALs Ordered to Remove 'Don't Tread on Me' Patches
Verdict: false
Organisation: Snopes
Author: David Mikkelson
Date published: 2013-11-04T00:00:00