Can a platoon sgt tell a female soldier that she is required to wear a bra when in civilians?

I don't even begin to know what to even remotely try to say to that, honest....

I was a grunt and never been a Plt Sgt but as enlisted a Plt Commander. I know that sounds strange. I have always enforced strict uniform regulations. Back in the day before Marines went on liberty we had to get a liberty pass and were inspected by the duty NCO. If we did meet the standards we had to change. At one-time blue jeans and sneakers were not allowed. Over the years that changed and we were allowed to wear what we want on liberty. Things like standing in the pay line and getting $60,00 in cash every 2 weeks were over. When I was a Plt Commander. I was upset the way a few Marines dressed on liberty. My Plt Sgt told me it is not much you can do about it. I found ways to correct that problem. When I left the grunts and was in H&S Bn. It the first time I had to deal with female Marines (WM) as a leader. I did not care if they did not wear a bra in civvies. I was only concerned about them meeting Marine Corps standards in uniform and performing their duties. One female Marine Sgt made a serious mistake when I pulled her aside to discuss her uniform infractions. She said SSgt if you have something to tell me you can say it in front of everyone. I am old school infantry, locked her heels and went the fuck off on her. She was in tears and troops in that interservice unit put the word out. " Don't mess with that crazy Marine grunt SSgt." There was a hardcore Army SSgt Vietnam vet in that unit no one would mess with. He was the of one of the few who knew I was a Vietnam combat vet. He was not afraid to crack the whip and enforce discipline. He did not take shit from males or females and was feared. BTW have some people seen some military females in public, not in uniform? Bra or no bra they are sexy as hell. No one would have a clue they are military. I had a minor problem with a WM Cpl who worked in legal. I only saw her in uniform on Base but ran into her at a bar off base in civies. She was hot with her hair down and wearing tight jeans. She flirted but I had no clue who she was. She called by name and said I know her from legal. I said you are the one in the front office I have to deal with involving legal problems with my Marines I said you are a very sexy good looking woman out of uniform. She said Gunny I look better with no clothes on. I had to remind her I was an E-7 and she was an E-4. I think this whole thing is about a famle Plt Sgt having a problem with females wearing a bra off duty. Most don'tgive a shit.

You're in civies...unless you are at a military function like Bn or Bde sports day or similiar, you should be able to where your attire as you feel as long as it's not racist or derogatory toward the military. The scary thing is that the Regs stipulates what you can and cannot do with loopholes in the system. The key thing is to remember is that you represent the Armed Forces of the United States and the way some people sees you in public can and possibly will make assumptions both in positive and negative ways about the military as well as yourself.

So if you do that ensure to check you male soldiers for underwear and undershirts.

SP4 Byron Skinner. It is now a fact of life that females will be assigned to former male MOSs, and will be in mixed gender platoon. One the subject to wearing the proscribed under garments I have to admit I didn't sea any underwear in Vietnam. It was to attractive to the leaches crawling on your legs on night missions. Yes I did see a couple of guys that got leaches on the testicles and scrotums, not pretty to have these blood filled sack hanging below your testicles… The only salvation of leaches is that when they bite into you, you can't feel it, really the first inkling of a leach bite is the sack of warm stuff goring down your body…Female shoulders should be able to wear what ever underclothing that makes the most comfortable. ..Off duty off post, the best advice for the US Army is to look the other way. Some unit commanders have a bayonet up their six and like to concern themselves with an issue like this are not needed in the US Army any more, best to retire them.

It is unfortunate but the foolish experiment of having women serve alongside men since the 1970s has been catastrophic for the careers of male solders and officers. I personally witnessed the destruction in moral and unit efficiency during my enlistment. There is no doubt most male enlisted ranks believe women are treated differently and allowed to use their sex in avoiding work details, dress codes, sick calls etc., especially in the field. The rate of suicides are direct result of poor leadership brought on by the irrational female brain that we see so much of in the democratic party. Young men are not equipped to deal with a females constant drama and recognize how women are treated differently especially when comes to sex and a majority of female soldiers uses their sex to get what she wants .Leadership refuses to stand up to this wicked experiment on young men, who are expected to think like women and recognize they are similarly situated but treated entirely differently "so deal with it." The career Officer Corps has done nothing to help the enlisted in all theses years by standing up to this lunacy. Not even the Army of Israel allows woman to be treated differently than males. I would support a general day of protest for all soldiers to put a stop to this lunacy or a day of silence to all females, until the Leadership separate the females into a separate branch like in WWII

I would love to see how that counseling statement ended up ..

Absolutely not.

No

In this day and age good luck with that as a retired Police Officer who went back to Active duty and Retired! There are certain lines I won’t cross like telling a woman she needs a bra. In the real world the Law states you must be covered it doesn’t cover undergarments! The law of the Land off post meaning State and Local Laws! Be careful of what you think your Rank gives you because it ends at the gate! Walk up to a woman soldier or not and demand she put on on bra and cause a disturbance! And it will escalate in public and draw public attention! It’s a career ender and makes you look like a perv!