Army and Air Force Exchange Service selling p**n – (continued)

By: American Decency Staff

… At his Forward Operating Base in Shkin, Afghanistan, every square inch of wall space was covered with pictures of naked women. The big screen t.v. in the mess hall played pornographic satellite channels during meal times. …"Army and Air Force Exchange Service selling p**n Army and Air Force Exchange Service is defending its policy to sell sexually explicit magazines like Playboy, Penthouse, Nude Playmates, and a host of others, despite the federal Military Honor and Decency Act, (10 U.S.C. § 2489) which prohibits the sale of sexually explicit publications in military exchanges. They seem more concerned with the number of complaints received rather than the law. Military families are encouraged to file complaints. Here is a link: http://odin.aafes.com/feedback/default.asp Pat Trueman I wrote this brief personal note September 14, 2007 Personal note: … Pornography on American military bases. We seek God's blessing upon our fighting men yet we allow material that debases His children at our military training centers. Pray that military people receiving this email particularly will let their voices be heard. Bill Johnson ================================== This concerning email from a young lady who have communicated with before. I have been impressed with her heart for the Lord and for His people. She writes: Hi Bill! I think I told you this before but in light of your last email about porn and the military let me describe my husband's experience: … signed up for the Army in 2003 because he admired his grandfather and other veterans of the WWII & Korea eras. As soon as we reached our first duty post, he knew he had made a mistake by enlisting. His fellow soldiers bragged daily about the girls they'd gang raped in the barracks the night before. Married NCO's talked openly and in detail about their affairs and strip club adventures. My husband was sent to Afghanistan for a year and says to this day that the violence, the fighting, the actual WAR was not the worst of it… At his Forward Operating Base in Shkin, Afghanistan, every square inch of wall space was covered with pictures of naked women. The big screen t.v. in the mess hall played pornographic satellite channels during meal times. … couldn't sleep most nights because t.v.s all around him blasted porn DVDs at full volume. The computers were being used more for viewing online pornography than for emailing family back home. … got out of the Army before his term of service was even up. After he returned to Hawaii from Afghanistan, he began proceedings to file as a conscientious objector, not because he is against war but because he is against our military. Before he got far along in that process, he was offered a quick exit and an honorable discharge on the condition he didn't talk to the media. While he was in the Army, … tried every way he could think of to influence change. But he was just a Specialist, not a high ranking officer, plus the scope of the problem is unbelievably far reaching. Every time he brought his concerns to a Sergeant, or Captain, or General, these men would tell him to get over it, mind his own business. What … and I went through with the Army is part of the reason I am so passionate about the issue of pornography, although there is more to it – pornography has been a sort of recurring theme in my life, unfortunately. But at the same time, I know for sure that God used all of the awful experiences we had in the military to ultimately strengthen our marriage as well as our individual characters. I am pleased and grateful that you had the courage to bring attention to this issue of porn in the military. It is beyond rampant, beyond out of control. On a different front: I have had two recent victories – my college's book store has finally stopped putting advertisements for porn magazines in the bags with our books we buy, and also my local Tops grocery store has placed blinders over Cosmopolitan at checkout. (But those tabloids up there are just as bad usually and they are still in plain view.) I think fighting pornography is the hardest job in the world. I really do. I am exhausted. Your sister in Christ, (kept anonymous intentionally) —————- Please express your concern at: http://odin.aafes.com/feedback/default.asp ========= American Decency Association Bill Johnson, President P.O. Box 202 Fremont, MI 49412 ph: 231-924-4050 www.americandecency.org

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