German military OKs fraternization
WHAT’S UP: The Germany military has issued new regulations allowing sexual relations between service members as long as it doesn’t happen during work hours. The rules allow homosexual
or heterosexual sexual activity and make no distinction about the rank of the parties, according to the daily newspaper Bild. Commanders are encouraged to help with billeting arrangements for couples involved in relationships.
WHAT’S NEXT: The liberal policy, which applies at home and on deployments like the current missions in Afghanistan and the Balkans, is an effort by German military leaders to cut down on interference with the personal lives of troops. The policy would never fly in the U.S. military, which bans homosexual activity and relationships between superiors and subordinates and would never allow unmarried couples — heterosexual or homosexual — to shack up together in the barracks.
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