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

Well I got a question. how did they know this female was not wearing a bra. Were they watching her as she dressed.

And the person complaining may be accused of sexual harassment.

Yes she can but she needs to do it. It's a female issue why did she not address you and pull you to the side?

I’m kind of thinking if I’m the male NCO that I don’t even want to open that can of worms considering where the Army is with sexual harassment and assault concerns. A soldier making an anonymous complaint can ruin a career

I had incident in which a female MSG told another female soldier SPC she couldn't wear the dress she had on because it showed her shape, but what it really came down to the MSG was jealous of this young soldier's figure (this was off duty in civilian clothes). If a female soldier is wearing something to revealing I would direct another female soldier NCO tell her unless it really came down to it I had to tell her myself; I would have another witness an NCO with me to let her know what she has on isn't appropriate. If no one is offended, somethings are best to be left alone. Sexual harassment is a very serious issue in today's military and society.

Hell no that's clearly sexual harassment!!!

In the current climate of the Army I would definitely not tell one of my female Soldiers to wear a bra. What is your point of telling you soldier this. Some regulation will probably back him but its very weird.

I’m really curious how all this panned out for you. I’m also furious at your body being policed on private time like this; the military has some rights -like how you represent the military on your own time, but men and women both have nipples, so unless they’re requiring all men to also wear t-shirts on private time on the off chance their nipples and terrifically offensive pubic chest hair is offending the masses, then the military really needs to grow the f* up.

Chastity, is there a reason that you don't wear a bra? If your PLT SGT is female, why not use the open door policy and seek to understand why your PLT SGT wants you to wear a bra? You don't say where you are serving, but I have been around the world and cultures differ, in the middle east women wear headscarves and a lot of clothes, in Thailand no one can enter certain sites with shorts or short sleeve shirts. There is also the alarming number of sexual harassment/ assaults that the Army is dealing with, I am not saying that you not wearing a bra is you asking for it but there are guys that think that way, do you want to be assaulted to prove someone is is a sh*tbag that shouldn't be around women?

I would say, quit staring at my breast!!

I wish a soldier would tell me to go put on a bra! Boy you better do some growing up bc ducks bread balls ass are all things that have been around since the fucking I've age. Do a little bit of maturing and growing up as if you've never seen a breast a day in your life and then come back to the army.