{"id":77630,"date":"2018-02-10T10:25:41","date_gmt":"2018-02-10T15:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=77630"},"modified":"2018-02-10T10:49:36","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T15:49:36","slug":"new-pentagon-rule-bans-offensive-jokes-and-harassing-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=77630","title":{"rendered":"New Pentagon rule bans \u2018offensive jokes\u2019 and harassing behavior."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Mattis\"<\/p>\n

Military Times<\/a> reports on Thursday the Pentagon released Department of Defense Instruction 1020.03, \u201cHarassment Prevention and Response in the Armed Forces.\u201d The new instruction establishes guidance to the services\u2019 to prevent all types of harassment, ranging from offensive jokes to sexual harassment.<\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, known for his own use of colorful language to inspire the troops, said a new Pentagon policy targeting offensive language and behavior should not be interpreted as a draconian end to military camaraderie.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to adapt to your times,\u201d Mattis said. \u201cThere\u2019s a rough, good humor among soldiers. We all know that. But I have never seen rough good humor countenance or in any way frame something that\u2019s disgusting, repellent or something like that.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the instruction, \u201charassment may include offensive jokes, epithets, ridicule or mockery, insults or put-downs,\u201d as well as physical threats or racially-tinged interactions that \u201ccreates an intimidating, hostile, or offensive environment.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m of a mixed mind about this. One person\u2019s harassment is another\u2019s vivid learning experience. Times change- I get that- and we all can agree there is no place in the military for sexual harassment. But I can see this becoming a sop for some puppy\u2019s hurt feelings when receiving some well-deserved stick-and-rudder from a superior. Thoughts? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Military Times reports on Thursday the Pentagon released Department of Defense Instruction 1020.03, \u201cHarassment Prevention and … New Pentagon rule bans \u2018offensive jokes\u2019 and harassing behavior.<\/span>Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":657,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77630","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-military-issues","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77630","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/657"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=77630"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77630\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=77630"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=77630"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=77630"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}