[Vision2020] Troops angry over no-hookers plan

[Pat Kraut]

Now there you see! The whole thing was put out in the press as a really bad
thing and now we find out the truth. One that I would agree with and support
whole heartedly.
PK
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ron Force" <rforce at moscow.com>
To: "Scott Dredge" <sdredge at yahoo.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 9:22 AM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Troops angry over no-hookers plan


> Nope, it's real. But the motivation is a little more "PC".
>
>
> U.S. May Punish Troops Seeing Prostitutes
> PAULINE JELINEK; Associated Press Writer
>
> DATELINE: WASHINGTON
>
> U.S. troops stationed overseas could face courts-martial for patronizing
> prostitutes under a new regulation drafted by the Pentagon.
>
> The move is part of a Defense Department effort to lessen the possibility
> that troops will contribute to human trafficking in areas near their
> overseas bases by seeking the services of women forced into prostitution.
>
> In recent years, "women and girls are being forced into prostitution for a
> clientele consisting largely of military services members, government
> contractors and international peacekeepers" in places like South Korea and
> the Balkans, Rep. Christopher Smith, R-N.J., said Tuesday at a Capitol
Hill
> forum on Pentagon anti-trafficking efforts.
>
> Defense officials have drafted an amendment to the manual on
courts-martial
> that would make it an offense for U.S. troops to use the services of
> prostitutes, said Charles Abell, a Pentagon undersecretary for personnel
and
> readiness.
>
> If approved, that would make it a military offense under the Uniform Code
of
> Military Justice to have contact with a prostitute, Lt. Col. Ellen Krenke,
> an Abell spokeswoman said later. The draft rule is open to 60 days public
> comment after being published in the Federal Register, she said.
>
> Officials also are developing a training program for troops and
contractors,
> to be distributed in November. The program will explain trafficking,
> department policy on it and possible legal action against violators, Abell
> said in a written statement.
>
> Additionally, the military is reviewing regulations and procedures for
> placing off-limits those businesses where such activities take place and
> working with Justice Department officials to tighten rules on contractor
> misconduct.
>
> Gen. Leon J. LaPorte, commander of the 37,000 U.S. troops in South Korea,
> said another initiative started on the peninsula has been to "make on-base
> military life a more desirable experience, and attempt to diminish the
> seductive appeal of many of the less wholesome off-duty pursuits."
>
> That effort includes offering expanded evening and weekend education
> programs, band concerts, late-night sports leagues and expanded chaplains'
> activities.
>
> All new arrivals to duty in Korea are given prostitution and human
> trafficking awareness and the military is working with Korean law
> enforcement agencies, he said.
>
> "In spite of all these efforts, we know that there are still some U.S.
> service members, Department of Defense civilians and contractor personnel
> who may continue to contact prostitutes and, thereby, be construed as
> supporting human trafficking," LaPorte said.
>
> NATO officials in July outlined new guidelines adopted to ensure alliance
> peacekeepers do not encourage sex trafficking gangs by seeking the
services
> of women forced into prostitution.
>
> The rules follows accusations from human rights groups that NATO
> peacekeepers and civilian staff working for international organizations
had
> fueled the growth of sexual slavery in the Balkans.
>
> **********************************************
> Ron Force        Moscow ID USA
> rforce at moscow.com
> **********************************************
>
> The article reads like something out of "The Onion".
> Ron Force...can you debunk this one?
>
> -Scott
>
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