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Home Front: Culture Wars
Hagel: Troops' workplaces will be checked for 'degrading' images of women
2013-05-08
[MILITARYTIMES] Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel has ordered a close-up and comprehensive inspection of all military offices and workplaces worldwide to root out any "materials that create a degrading or offensive work environment."

The extraordinary searches will be similar to those the Air Force conducted last year and prompted officers to scour troops' desks and cubicles in search of photos, calendars, magazines, screen-savers, computer files and other items that might be considered degrading toward women.

The inspections will now target soldiers, sailors and Marines. They come amid heightened concern about sexual assault in the military and a new Defense Department report that suggests more than 70 troops every day experience some type of sexual assault.
Posted by:Fred

#11  So I guess no more pictures of Muslim women in potato sacks lined up outside the womens entrance to the mosque.
Posted by: Glenmore   2013-05-08 21:55  

#10  So, this is what it has come to. Wasting time on political correctness police, instead of using the same budget dollars on training and warfighting (or for taking care of the warfighters - or getting the VA to reduce its backlog...)

This is disgusting they prioritize the morality police against someone being offended, instead of concentrating on what really matters. This is supposed to be the Army, not the Office.
Posted by: OldSpook   2013-05-08 21:15  

#9  Guess we were right to oppose him.
Posted by: Iblis   2013-05-08 17:49  

#8  "This is a barracks, not a bordello."
-- Patton
Posted by: Muggsy Mussolini1226   2013-05-08 17:42  

#7  So, if a guy has a picture of his wife in a bikini, and the CO finds it on his computer, does the guy get in trouble?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-05-08 15:32  

#6  Sheer genius.

Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2013-05-08 15:12  

#5  Well, so much for those PR visits by WWII planes.
Posted by: AlanC   2013-05-08 14:53  

#4  I dunno. Seems to me if your "troops" have cubicles, they're not "troops".

Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-05-08 14:49  

#3  This will sure help moral! /sarc
Posted by: DarthVader   2013-05-08 12:40  

#2  How about issuing a directive that starting tomorrow all recruiting and retention of straight white males will cease? Solves all those icky issues at one stroke. Hey, with the Congressional removal of the prohibition of woman in combat, think of the massive potential pool of replacements available.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-05-08 11:23  

#1  What if they find degrading images of men?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305   2013-05-08 11:19  

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