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<div>What is your understanding of the current Army policies/regulations on PDA?</div><div><br></div>Do you correct Soldiers who you see engage in PDA in uniform?<div><br></div><div>What regulation or document do you support that correction with?</div><div><br></div><div>At what level of affection does PDA "cross the line" from acceptable to prohibited?</div><div><br></div><div>Is it about "professionalism"?</div>
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Posted >1 y ago
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I will kiss my wife hello or goodbye any time I want to, regulations be dammed. I did when I was in the military. I did not grope her in public and would never do it. Come on people use common sense.
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It would be a perfect world if this wasn't required to regulate. Unfortunately there are those that will not understand boundaries for whatever reason and you have to have something available to be able to enforce common sense.
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You mean Soldiers with Soldiers or you mean like a Soldier walking with his wife to the commissary?
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I think it is okay for Soldiers in uniform to give someone a quick kiss. I do not agree with someone sitting there making out with another person while in uniform. I also don't think that someone should walk around holding hands with someone (unless they are their child).
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Many years ago when I first came back I wanted to hug and kiss everyone,because I did make it back, problem was, no one wanted me. We were the "baby killing, war mongering, dogs", so therefore outcasts.
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MAJ Zeski, is it a simple kiss on the lips or a hug or are they acting like they've been separated for a deployment? If it's the former I don't make a big deal because I kiss my wife in public or hug her while I'm in uniform. But she understands the protocol and she holds my arm if we're walking together.
Now the latter is a different story outside homecoming celebrations.
Now the latter is a different story outside homecoming celebrations.
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It is about professionalism and the integrity of the uniform. Simply stated, we cannot make out with anyone in uniform. There are caveats to that rule though. You can break the rule when leaving or returning from a deployment. That being said, you need to keep it clean.
When Don't Ask, Don't Tell was getting booted (Finally!), my G2 called all of the leadership in the ACE to a conference room and we went over some vignettes related to the whole thing. At one point, he asked if it would be OK for two men to kiss in uniform while out on the town. I raised my hand and said, hell no! He asked why, and my response was, "If I can't make out with my wife in public, then the same goes for everyone else!"
When Don't Ask, Don't Tell was getting booted (Finally!), my G2 called all of the leadership in the ACE to a conference room and we went over some vignettes related to the whole thing. At one point, he asked if it would be OK for two men to kiss in uniform while out on the town. I raised my hand and said, hell no! He asked why, and my response was, "If I can't make out with my wife in public, then the same goes for everyone else!"
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Common sense should apply here. I will say this though, PDA in uniform is a long and historic tradition under certain circumstances.
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