By A new executive order has been signed formally outlawing prostitution:
For the first time, the Department of Defense has specifically made it a crime for a servicemember to patronize a prostitute. The punishment: up to a year in prison, forfeiture of pay and dishonorable discharge.
The formal order came in a presidential executive order signed without fanfare Oct. 14, directing changes in the Manual for Courts-Martial. It is part of an assault the military has been waging against human trafficking.
A Defense Department spokeswoman, Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke, said in an e-mailed response to questions that “prostitution†and “pandering†will now be among the offenses covered by Article 134 of the courts-martial manual.
This order pretty much puts prostitution on the same level as drug abuse in the military now. It is going to be interesting to see what effect this has on operations in the “ville”. Probably not much.
