When I moved to Camp Basra which is operated by the Royal Air Force and the British Army, I discovered Zoo and Nuts magazines, they are fully nude weekly lad magazines published in the UK. If you go to a US camp in Iraq or Afghanistan, you are limited to Maxim and FHM because of the G.O. #1. Let me tell you something about General Order #1 Prohibited Activities […] c. Introduction, possession, use, sale, transfer, manufacture, or consumption of any alcoholic beverage. […] e. The introduction, possession, transfer, sale, creation, or display of any sexually explicit photograph, videotape, movie, drawing, book, or magazine. For purposes of this order, “sexually explicit” means any medium displaying the human anatomy in any unclothed or semi-clothed manner and which displays portions of the human torso […] In other words, U.S. troops aren’t allowed to drink alcohol and to have pornographic materials while in Iraq or Afghanistan. There is a reason behind G.O.#1  We don’t want drunk and horny American troops running around the A.O.R.

When I moved to Camp Basra which is operated by the Royal Air Force and the British Army, I discovered Zoo and Nuts magazines, they are fully nude weekly lad magazines published in the UK. If you go to a US camp in Iraq or Afghanistan, you are limited to Maxim and FHM because of the G.O. #1.

Let me tell you something about General Order #1

Prohibited Activities

[…] c. Introduction, possession, use, sale, transfer, manufacture, or consumption of any alcoholic beverage. […]

e. The introduction, possession, transfer, sale, creation, or display of any sexually explicit photograph, videotape, movie, drawing, book, or magazine. For purposes of this order, “sexually explicit” means any medium displaying the human anatomy in any unclothed or semi-clothed manner and which displays portions of the human torso […]


In other words, U.S. troops aren’t allowed to drink alcohol and to have pornographic materials while in Iraq or Afghanistan.

There is a reason behind G.O.#1 

We don’t want drunk and horny American troops running around the A.O.R.