Now it looks like they almost are. Every issue item comes with classes from how to select, to how to maintain, so now.....
I guess they have to now. Since President Bush signed into law the UCMJ rule that visiting a prostitute, even in countries where it's legal, is now an Article 134 offense, punishable by up to a year in prison, a fine, and a dishonorable discharge. I guess in the military, if you want sex, you had better be married.
Mark
Article 134 is a pretty wide net and covers everything from using indecent language to not paying your bills to cohabitation to negligent homicide. Technically speaking, any sexual activity other than the missionary position between husband and wife falls under the UCMJ. Sodomy (defined to include oral sex), even within marriage, is in violation of Article 125 and can lead to 5 years imprisonment.
Of course, the military (like real life) enforces some violations more stringently than others. Nobody is going to Leavenworth for receiving a hummer from their wife and it is equally unlikely that sailors and soldiers will cease patronizing prostitutes.
See Punitive Articles of the UCMJ for some interesting information.
Congress would have to pass that rule as well, because the UCMJ is part of federal law.
Reminds me of the cartoon strip of the teenage kid asking his Grandfather what he did for safe sex when he was young as Grandpa was reading the paper. Grandpa never stopped reading his paper but just held up his left hand and showed the wedding ring.