There’s one rule that every branch knows of: keep your hands out of your pockets while you’re in uniform. And yet, here we are. Every branch of the military’s historical leadership has been caught on camera casually chilling with their hands in their pockets. Makes one wonder when putting your hands in your pockets became unprofessional…
Here are 21 photos of US military legends with their hands in their pockets
1. General Curtis LeMay
![curtis lemay](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311201/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
2. General of the Armies John J. “Black Jack” Pershing
![jack pershing](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311202/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
3. Major General Carl Spaatz
![carl spaatz](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311203/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
4. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower
![d-day hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311204/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
5. Lieutenant General Lewis B. “Chesty” Puller
![north korea](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311205/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
6. Lieutenant Colonel James “Jimmy” Stewart
![jimmy stewart](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311206/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
7. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower…again
![patton gloves](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311207/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
8. Chesty Puller again
![chesty in the jungle hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311208/origin.png?strip=all&quality=95)
9. And again
![chesty again](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311209/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
10. General Martin Dempsey
![dempsey hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311210/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
11. Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D. Eisenhower needs hand warmers
![eisenhower hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311211/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
12. Sergeant Elvis Presley
![elvis hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311212/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
13. General of the Army Douglas MacArthur
![MacArthur hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311213/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
14. Brigadier General Chesty Puller
![chesty puller hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311214/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
15. Brigadier General Richard Clarke
![general clarke hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311215/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
16. Rear Admiral John L. Hall
![patton](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311216/origin.png?strip=all&quality=95)
17. Lieutenant Audie Murphy
![audie murphy](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311217/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
18. General Billy Mitchell
![father of the air force with hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311218/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
19. General Raymond Odierno
![odierno](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311219/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
20. Chesty Puller does what he wants
![chesty puller with hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311220/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)
21. Major General Smedley Butler
![smedley butler with hands in their pockets](https://www.wearethemighty.com/wp-content/uploads/legacy/assets.rbl.ms/17311221/origin.jpg?strip=all&quality=95)