Well that didn't last long

Pentagon deletes post over controversial patch on soldier’s arm

This meme features a real photograph of a U.S. Navy sailor performing maintenance on a missile aboard a ship, topped with the headline 'Pentagon deletes post over controversial patch on soldier’s arm'. A zoomed-in circle highlights the patch sewn to the sailor's arm, which is styled as a vintage U.S. Navy recruitment poster. The patch displays the text 'JOIN THE U.S. NAVY / SAVE THE BIG BOOTY VENEZUELANS', which uses a double meaning pun: 'booty' references both the oil reserves (treated as plunder/treasure) that many claim the U.S. seeks from Venezuela, and sexual slang referring to a woman's body, paired with pin-up art of a woman on the patch design. The meme jokes about how quickly the Pentagon deleted the original post after the controversial patch was noticed.

This is a Reddit meme based on a real-world incident where the U.S. Pentagon removed an official social media post after the controversial patch on the sailor's arm was spotted by the public. The original meme title is 'Well that didn't last long', which jokes about the extremely quick removal of the post after controversy arose.