Step on to any military base in the country, and you are likely to be able to buy any of several sexually explicit magazines including Playboy’s Lingerie and Playmates in Bed. This pornography saps the morale of the troops, according to Tim Wildmon of the AFA, especially in a day when military men and women are serving alongside each other.

“We believe that the bill they passed in 1996 banning sexually explicit material from being sold on military installations is not being enforced.”

We asked the Department of Defense how Playboy and Penthouse were left off the ‘explicit’ list. Their reply: “Any material offered for sale or rental on DOD property that the Board determines to be sexually explicit is not offered for sale or rental on property under the jurisdiction of DOD.” 

“To read that the Department of Defense does not consider Playboy and Penthouse to be sexually explicit material was a real head-scratcher.”

It strikes Patrick Trueman of the Alliance Defense Fund as strange that it would take a committee to decide if certain pornography is sexually explicit.

“You don’t need a board to figure out what that is. Common sense dictates that Playboy, Penthouse and the others are sexually explicit.”

The Pentagon continues to be less than helpful. Michael Dominguez, in the chain of command overseeing the committee, refused to comment for this story.