The Navy quietly yanked a photo from the Pentagon’s official image hub after eagle-eyed viewers spotted a cheeky detail.
The now-scrubbed image, originally posted to the military’s official Defense Visual Information Distribution Service website, featured a sailor wearing a patch reading: “JOIN THE NAVY, SAVE THE BIG BOOTY VENEZUELANS!”
The eyebrow-raising slogan — riffing on WWII recruitment posters — was apparently referencing the Navy’s months-long operations in the waters near Venezuela ahead of the Jan. 3, 2026 arrest of the country’s now-former dictator Nicolas Maduro.
Between the text was an image of a busty — and scantily clad — Latina woman serving drinks on a beach to a man in a Navy uniform.
The sailor wearing the patch was fixing an aircraft aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford, according to the original DVIDS upload.
The Navy has rules about uniform standards and what service members can slap onto their gear, but unofficial patches have long been a way for troops to inject humor and personality.
The image was quickly flagged by online sleuths and began circulating on social media, drawing laughs — and raised eyebrows — before it disappeared.
The sailor was pictured aboard the USS Gerald R. Ford. Xinhua/Shutterstock So-called “morale patches” — often funny and irreverent — have long circulated among troops in deployed environments, even as official uniform regulations prohibit unauthorized insignia.
It is unclear whether the sailor will face disciplinary action.
The Navy did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment.
