military intelligence, military heterosexuality

[cimorene]

"A Marine infantryman...told me that the guys in his unit complained that if openly gay men were allowed in the Marine Corps they would no longer feel comfortable masturbating together."

--Steven Zeeland, author of Military Trade, in "Military Tradesman," http://www.marksimpson.com/pages/journalism/journo_zeeland.html

cimness: Best RL quote about the military ever Y/Y?
perhael: A million times Y.

Comments

[undersea.livejournal.com]

I definitely did a double take on that one.

[hollsh.livejournal.com]

Because nothing ruins a room full of masturbating guys like GAY.

[cimness.livejournal.com]

You know I was picturing the group masturbation 1-on-1, but now I have this image of like the entire... do they sleep in bunkbeds? Maybe a whole room. In the dark. With someone counting off.

[revulo.livejournal.com]

Oh that was just fabulous.

[leslieo54.livejournal.com]

Totally awesome. AWESOME. :-)

[brownbetty]

Is Military Trade, as I suspect, a book about rough trade in the military?

[cimness.livejournal.com]

It probably is, but I haven't read the information about it, I'm afraid. I just liked the quote.

[medize.livejournal.com]

My goodness. That goes way beyond Freudian slip.

[buddleia.livejournal.com]

*cries laughing*
It's hard being straight, huh?