8-11. CONTROL OF PROSTITUTION
The difficulty in controlling sexually transmitted disease is further compounded in
a community where a large number of prostitutes operate. Therefore, the policy of the
Department of the Army is to cooperate fully with civilian authorities in the repression of
prostitution. Since military authorities have no jurisdiction over civilians, commanders
and military police must assist civilian law enforcement agencies in the repression of
prostitution by strictly enforcing "off limits" directives and by providing information
concerning known prostitutes.
8-12. ARMY HUMAN SELF-DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
The purpose of the Army human self development program is to assist the
commander in promoting healthy mental, moral, and social attitudes in the personnel
under his command. Under this program, the Army undertakes to ensure, insofar as is
possible under the conditions of military service, the continuance of the wholesome
influence of the home, the family and the community. The program is broad in its
applications, positive in its approach, and embraces all activities of the soldier.
8-13. EDUCATION AND MANAGEMENT OF SUSCEPTIBLES, SUSPECTS, AND
CASES
a. General. Most young soldiers do not expose themselves to sexually
transmitted diseases. They do not desire to contract an infection and will make the
necessary effort to avoid it because of personal moral standards. Occasionally,
however, such an individual may contract an STD. In such an instance, individual
concern usually prevents repetition. These soldiers usually will cooperate willingly in
helping to bring sex partners to treatment. To attempt to prevent reinfection in such
individuals by the use of fear, punishment, or disgrace is needless and is, in the long
run, harmful in its effect upon the morale of personnel. Guidance and advice are more
effective than fear of punitive action for the majority of servicemen. A fairly large
number of cases of sexually transmitted disease in military personnel occurs in a small
minority of unmanageable individuals who repeatedly contract infection. These
individuals usually are socially maladjusted in other ways and would behave the same in
or out of the military service. To resort to control methods involving fear of punishment
or social disrepute has little, if any, effect on these individuals. They are best eliminated
from the service because of their basic maladjustment, not because they have
contracted an STD. Moreover, personnel in the service must not be permitted to
believe that such individuals were discharged for sexually transmitted disease infection,
because this belief is likely to encourage concealment of the disease out of fear of being
discharged as undesirables.
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