In an Army care package, what defines pornography?

Question

This is just out of curiousity. I read that in care packages going to the soldiers, you can't send anything pornographic. So I get it that a porno movie or magazine would be off limits. But what about Playboy? It doesn't show intercourse so does the Army consider it p**n? What if a woman wanted to send her husband s**y pictures in her lingerie? Would that be p**n?

Answer 1

I wouldn't send pictures like that unless you do not mind a bunch of other guys seeing them. They will probably get a hold of them.

Answer 2

Usually a female in a bikini is okay.

However legally it is all up to the view of the person who sees it.

If a person [male or female] sees it and is offended, then it becomes illegal.

I have seen a male officer who observed an enlisted man with a picture of his wife on his clipboard. The officer said that the picture was offensive to him, and he made a complaint. The picture showed the enlisted man's wife, wearing a halter top and jeans. Bare belly, bare shoulders and arms, bare back.

It was ruled offensive and the enlsited man was ordered to hide his 'p**n'.

We gave the officer grief for years after that,

Answer 3

Playboy= pornography

A wife sending pictures to her husband in lingerie, tastefully done is fine. if everything is covered, you are fine.

Answer 4

I have seen the guidelines somewhere online where it states "anything depicting nude or semi-nude persons is prohibited."  But of course this is only if you get caught.  I sent a tantalizing picture to the sandbox but it was from the neck down, just in case, that way I could not be identified.  Don't know if anyone else has seen it, but wouldn't really care.

Answer 5

chad is 100% correct, others WILL see them