US Army sexual assault prevention officer accused of running prostitution ring

[ORAC]

Reminds me of Buchan back in the 70s........ :E:E

Army sexual assault prevention officer accused of running prostitution ring (http://www.timworstall.com/2014/06/04/army-sexual-assault-prevention-officer-accused-of-running-prostitution-ring/)

[West Coast]

Multi tasking

[Basil]

I guess MASH was understated.
Anyway, as someone mentioned in the article: The sergeant's handling of his appointment probably did, in fact, reduce the incidence of sexual assault.

[NutLoose]

Fort Hood Sexual Assault Prevention Officer Accused Of Running Prostitution Ring - US News (http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/06/04/fort-hood-sexual-assault-prevention-officer-accused-of-running-prostitution-ring)

[Melchett01]

Sounds familiar. A couple of US Army females got caught running a brothel on base in Baghdad in 03. Nobody knew until the Posties became suspicious about the number of parcels leaving theatre and all going to the same address back home. When they investigated they found the parcels were full of cash and it didn't take a great deal of effort to get to the bottom of things.

[500N]

Mel

Were they using locals or themselves ! ?

[ValMORNA]

The grapevine had it that there was a successful 'call-girl' (military) ring in action in RAF Habbaniya in the mid-1950s. No personal knowledge.

[Rosevidney1]

I must say that the Americans are more enterprising than us!

[NutLoose]

Ohh I don't know RV, the reason might simply be down to the quality of the goods you have for sale.

[Melchett01]

500N,

As I recall it, they were how can I put it, self-employed. And we aren't much better. When in the Med Centre in Basrah one time m, I asked about the jars of condoms in the counter. Thd reply was along the lines of we're just not cut out to deal with a load of pregnancies on top of everything else.

I guess it wasn't the first time and won't be the last time that sort of thing happens on Det - that's 'soldiers' for you! But why are my dets never that much fun ??!!!

[LowObservable]

it didn't take a great deal of effort to get to the bottom of things.

I'm sure it didn't. :E:E:E:E

[MAINJAFAD]

Reminds me of Buchan back in the 70s

Run by OC WRAF was the story I heard, but that was years later on my one and only visit to the place for an 11 Group sporting event.

[oldpax]

I was told that the were were plans to open a legalized brothel here at one time(I was there in 61).Apparently it was knocked on the head as all the married women complained that their husbands might use it.Perhaps that's why british soldiers are good fighters,all that pent up testosterone!I for one would have welcomed such an idea,Aden at 19 years old was the pits, I have no good reminisces about the place.

[MPN11]

Also RAF Sopley (Southern Radar) in the late 1960s. Using the local service airwomen; telephone bookings via the Watch Supervisor, IIRC.

[Basil]

the reason might simply be down to the quality of the goods you have for sale.
10/10 for comeback - smartypants! ;)

Also RAF Sopley (Southern Radar) in the late 1960s. Using the local service airwomen; telephone bookings via the Watch Supervisor, IIRC.
Certainly recollect wife looking daggers when she found me chatting up to little WRAF corporal ATC assistant :E

[Wander00]

Watton Comcen in the mid to late 60s had something of a reputation. On the Watton not the comcen theme, anyone know anything of a former RN pilot, "Wedge" Thorp, who was on 360

[Simplythebeast]

Nothing like drilling the troops I suppose.

[MPN11]

Wander00 ... Watton was harmless when I got there in 1970, but then the flying side and naughty sailors/sailoresses had gone by then. We ATCOs were a quiet and innocent bunch :cool:

[Bladdered]

AMQs at a large airbase new Swaffham was busted in the early 80 when the law that monitor this stuff (lol) noticed that the chairs and sofas in a number of low quality porn vids were that camouflage pattern that many here will remember. SIB staked out a number of establishments particularly those close to US Bases as the mix of 'participants' - particularly the multi-cultural balance (just done my Diversity and Awareness Training) gave a few clues. The female participants turned out to be wifeys whose hubbies were away on Det - gives OMO a whole new slant.

[teeteringhead]

Run by OC WRAF was the story I heard, but that was years later on my one and only visit to the place for an 11 Group sporting event.

Funnily enough only the other day the "OC WRAF runs Escort Agency [fnarr fnarr] operating from WRAF Block" tale came up in conversation.

Never knew where it was though ....:(

[langleybaston]

a famous Metman called, shall we say, Farmer Bill, was heard to say that he arrived for a three months detachment at 1 Gp Bawtry aged 19, and left three months later aged about 40.

And smiling.

This was not a complaint, by the way.

[BEagle]

...which might explain why he didn't understand why a Bravo Juliet could be quite such a problem:

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Anyway, LB - your fellow weather guessers' forecasts have been utter $hite this week - have all the beetles died and the fir cones rotted, or what? Sometimes I think that the wretched Met Office is hard-pressed to forecast the local sunset time these days, let alone the weather....:(

[NutLoose]

Quote:
Run by OC WRAF was the story I heard, but that was years later on my one and only visit to the place for an 11 Group sporting event.
Funnily enough only the other day the "OC WRAF runs Escort Agency [fnarr fnarr] operating from WRAF Block" tale came up in conversation.

Never knew where it was though ....

But the WAAF block was out of bounds :E

Definitely a different play on the old WRAF bed check.

[Danny42C]

Seem to remember that at Leeming in the early sixties, there was reputedly a caravan "business" on the Caravan site, carried on by a couple of ex-WRAF who'd seen the possibilities when they'd been serving on the Station earlier together.

Not all that unlikely, there was already a (very good) ex-RAF MT fitter who was building up a useful car repair business from his caravan. But the later venture did not last long when the news reached SHQ. :rolleyes: