Troops get word of 'no paying for sex' order - presidential executive order

Stars and Stripes ^ | January 10, 2006 | Steve Mraz and Jason Chudy

[Former Military Chick]

umm, no kidding it is a crime

[Lurker]

Man oh man are the MPs going to be busy in Bangkok.

L

[JRios1968]

"If you are married, you shouldn’t be visiting no prostitutes,” he said. “If you are not married you shouldn’t be either. It is called safe sex.”

No better way to put it into words.

[BobS]

Put them in the back of a 2.5 ton truck and bring them on base. Then set them loose. That did happen once:)

[1rudeboy]

Why would Bush issue an E.O.? He's the Commander-in-Chief.

[digger48]

We know damned well Clinton never proposed this directive. I think he actually encouraged it.

[Wiseghy]

While prostitution is legal in some countries, the very brief comment about "trafficking in persons" is telling. No way we would want to offically condone or approve the international slave trade in sex workers worldwide. This is, of course, letting alone the terrible moral problems and health risks to service people and families back home.

[in hoc signo vinces]

The military has gone back an forth so many times on this...it's not funny.

They had brothels in HAWAII during WWII, Boys Town in Laredo was set up during the Mexican-American War...Vietnam...they'd deliver.

[AlaninSA]

It's a crime, but (having been) an 18-year old E3 can be awfully confused in some places in our strange world. Imagine a non-worldly kid from BFE, Minnesota in a large European city. He's never been anywhere, never been in a city of more than 25,000 people. Here is this thing that's illegal in the States...and legal there.

Awfully easy for the kid to make a mistake.

I've seen it...and lived it (although patronizing German hookers was not one of the mistakes I made) from both the angle of being the actual E3 and (in later years) being the E3's commanding officer.

This clarification is probably a good thing.

All we need now is a warning about the military base trolls...the women who're looking to hook up with a military guy in order to escape Hicksville.

[DTogo]

What if it's legal where the serviceman/woman is visiting, such as Nevada?

[tet68]

In Germany, prostitution is legal as long as prostitutes have a license, said Christiane Lautenschläger, a spokeswoman with the Kaiserslautern Polizei.

So engaging in legal commerce is a crime now?
What, is the world coming too?

[RTINSC]

Don't ask, don't tell..

[Joe 6-pack]

"What if it's legal where the serviceman/woman is visiting, such as Nevada?"

UCMJ jurisdiction is not based on geography, but on the individual's status as a member of the Armed Services.

[capydick]

I wonder if The Wall in Nuremberg will see a drop in business. That place was unbelievable.

From what I heard.

[John Jorsett]

Maybe the military needs to institute a new speciality: Camp Follower.

[Always Right]

Why would Bush issue an E.O.? He's the Commander-in-Chief.

An executive order is how he communicates his rules.

[tet68]

Oh wait, I get it, "NO PAYING FOR SEX".
Works for me, who want's to be first?

[tet68]

In reality, I never paid for it, but I did do a lot of work
for the Mamasan of my favorite bar, and naturally the girls
wanted to show their appreciation. Which I naturally appreciated.

[GladesGuru]

Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it.

George Washington issued an order he was unable to enforce - he outlawed profanity in the Continental Army. Needless to say, the order was widely disregarded.

In fact, it became an example of why one never issues an order which one does not have the power to enforce.

I fear, given the nature of Man (and woman, too), any order forbidding use of prostitutes is as enforceable as the no swearing rule of Washington's.

Looking at the cheery side of the protty ban, JAG lawyers will be kept busy, military stockades will be brimming with "offenders" and just that amount of time, effort, and money will be diverted from the war on terrorists.

Lawyers are smiling. So are terrorists.